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May 2nd, 2016 13:00
How Boot PowerEdge T110-II from Optical Drive?
We have a Dell PowerEdge T110 II server. We are having trouble getting it to boot from the internal optical drive (DVD-ROM, I believe). We are using BIOS on the server. Could you please tell me what steps I need to take to allow booting from the DVD drive? Thanks.
JRN92
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May 26th, 2016 11:00
Thanks for your response, Robert. After some trial-and-error work, the problem was that a "press any key to boot from CD" prompt with a short time limit was being generated. However, this prompt was not visible on the T-110 screen so we did not "press any key" when required. That is why the server kept booting from the hard disk and not the CD (even though I did change the boot order in the BIOS to start from CD). The solution was to press a key repeatedly during the start up process, which then did boot from the CD.
kaplang11
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May 8th, 2021 05:00
I am having the same problem. I will try this solution.
But, I just must say that it is negligent of Dell to have never resolved this problem. Resolution should have been included in their bios update.
Boo!