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February 14th, 2008 02:00
PE 2600 boot from external device
I have a poweredge 2600 with bios A14 on it with an internal CD rom. I have a DVD media that I want to use for a new OS install. I dont see any option to boot from USB such as USB Key, USB DVD rom, or even firewire dvd rom (i have a firewire card i can put in it) I would prefer to find a work around rather than buy a new DVD rom just for a single install.
Anyone know if this is possible?
Thanks,
Dave
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dell-richard g
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February 26th, 2008 21:00
The PE26x0 series was many server-line generations ago, thus booting from USB devices was not available at that time, thus it will not work today either. This includes USB based bootable devices (i.e. bootable USB key, DVD ROM..etc).
Even with the latest BIOS A21 for the PE2650, there is no support for bootable USB devices.
DCneedshelp
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February 27th, 2008 00:00
Thats a bummer, I guess I will have to find a replacement internal DVD rom for this unit. =(
DCneedshelp
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February 27th, 2008 00:00
Thats a bummer, I guess I will have to find a replacement internal DVD rom for this unit. =(
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February 27th, 2008 00:00
Thats a bummer, I guess I will have to find a replacement internal DVD rom for this unit. =(
Thanks for the feedback, I didnt think it was going to work out.Tennant
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March 25th, 2008 20:00
Did you find a solution to this, as I have the same issue with a PE2650? I've tried replaing the CD drive with a DVD drive but the BIOS just says there is no CD drive present (and hence it can't be selected in the Boot Order)...yet the drive is recognised fine once booted into Windows and reads DVDs perfectly.
Tennant
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March 26th, 2008 00:00
Tennant
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March 27th, 2008 16:00
That's exactly what I tried to do...took the DVD drive out of a Toshiba Tecra 9000 laptop and installed it in the Dell caddy. However the BIOS wouldn't recognise it even though Windows did.
Do you know wht makde/model of drive you used?
Tennant
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March 28th, 2008 00:00