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Novell 5.1 SP8 installing on PowerEdge 800 with SATA Drive Error
I am trying to install Novell Netware 5.1 on my new PE800 and when I get to the storage drivers section of setup, I plug in the AARICH.HAM driver (as dell has supplied from the drivers section) and netware then asks for the port it is installed on. I have looked and the port tells me 10012, 10014, 10016 and 10019 depending on the IRQ in bios that I choose. The problem is that no matter which one I choose, it fails to load. It tells me that the device failed to load and it may be disabled. I know the device isn't disabled because I am booting a DOS partion from it before I start the installation.
Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.
BTW...I have even downloaded the Service Pack 8 from novell to get the latest AARICH.* files with no luck.
Thanks
Doug
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Carrie_1
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Message Edited by DELL-Carrie on 07-07-2005 08:53 AM
Dborland
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July 7th, 2005 12:00
I will be trying the Server Assistant program today. I hope it works. The other limitation is that I have to use an older NW5.1 to be able to install NDS7. So when I get the Server Assistant CD today I guess we will find out. I'm all ears if you have any more ideas...
Thanks
Doug
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July 7th, 2005 13:00
Well, I received a package from DELL this morning that had server assistant 4.4 in it and it requires netware 6.5 to install. If I use the NW51SP8 overlay cd, I still can't get the SATA driver to work. If I get SP8 installed as a standalone server with NDS8 on it, can I remove NDS8 and merge it into my existing tree then install NDS7 on it? any help is appeciated.
Doug
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July 7th, 2005 15:00
Doug,
I have seen problems in the past with the SATA driver not loading. It may stem from the version of IDEATA.HAM or NBI.NLM on the Dell Server Assistant.
Try installing with the Netware 5.1, sp8 overlay CD without the DSA and see if that works. I'll watch for you to post back.
As for rolling NDS back, I do not know if that is possible. This is a question for Novell. If you have software contracts with them, you may want to give them a call. If not, you can post that question on their forums.
Carrie_1
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July 7th, 2005 16:00
Doug,
What is the service tag of your server?
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July 7th, 2005 16:00
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July 7th, 2005 17:00
Carrie_1
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July 7th, 2005 18:00
I just sent you an email. Please let me know if you did not receive it.
Dborland
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July 8th, 2005 14:00
I received your file. Thanks. I can now get the IDEATA.HAM to load. The next step in the installation says "no storage device was detected on this system" when I load IDECD.CDM and IDEHD.CDM. any ideas? Is there a different driver than IDEHD.CDM when using an SATA drive?
Thanks
Doug
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