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FIT4IT

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July 30th, 2006 11:00

Add SCSI driver before inserting hardware

Hi community,
 
i tried to add the SCSI driver for PERC5 and SAS5 (from PowerEdge 2900) at a running SBS 2003 system at a PowerEdge SC420 but failed because it complained that the hardware could not be found. It is possible to install the drivers before the hardware is inserted?
 
Regards

mderosa

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August 8th, 2006 08:00

Hi,

I have the same problem. I would like to install the PERC5 driver on a PE1600SC before cloning it to a PE2950.

Did you solve the problem?

Best Regards

Marco

FIT4IT

14 Posts

August 8th, 2006 12:00

NO! Dell wrote me that it is not possible. It would be OK if the 29x0 would support booting from the IDE CDROM-Channel but this is disabled at BIOS stage (but you can access the harddisc within Windows). I am evaluating a 3rd party solution called Acronis TrueImage with the Universal Restore option. Will let you know how it's going.

mderosa

2 Posts

August 20th, 2006 08:00

Well,

I cloned my old 1600SC on a 2950 with this procedure:
- buy some cheap SATA interface and disks.
- install them on the old PC
- clone original disks on SATA disks (I used Symantec Ghost Corp)
- move the SATA disks on the 2950, unplug the SAS disks.
- boot using SATA disks, let W2K3 recognize new hardware, configure new network interfaces, install SAS drivers etc.
- plug in the SAS disk, and clone SATA disk to SAS disk.
- job done

Good luck

Marco

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