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April 22nd, 2022 09:00

Unable to determine the boot device

Hello dear

i'm facing the this error when installing dell power edge 2950 "Unable to determine the boot device. Drivers may not be initialized. Initialize using the BIOS utility, or check if the disks are connected properly."

now i burned the image ''cdu_1.6_core_173_A01.iso'' and make my dell power edge 2950 to boot from this dvd but i cannot boot, it seems the image is not bootable

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April 22nd, 2022 20:00

Did you have virtual disk properly configured on the server? You can boot the server to PERC configuration utility and check the status of all Physical and Virtual disks. 

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April 23rd, 2022 04:00

The virtual disks status is optimal , i already configured RAID 5

 This is the content of image ''cdu_1.6_core_173_A01.iso'' , you can check if the downloaded is okay or not

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April 24th, 2022 21:00

Hi, how about we try “Systems Build and Update Utility” But please know the data will be gone.

 

https://dell.to/3EGu1Ot

 

Please see the attached for the OS.

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April 26th, 2022 05:00

Dear

When i try to download but the download is finished after 4 MB only

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When i open the image i can see that the files inside are not complete , there is no autorun file to make it bootable

 

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April 26th, 2022 06:00

Hi, I'm not sure what causes the blocking of full download but I found a different version Can you try to dowload it? https://dell.to/3vfzuZi

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April 26th, 2022 14:00

Dear Hello

Thanks you for feedback, our Dell Power Edge 2950 can support only Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2000..This new ISO image you share does not support Windows Server 2003.

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April 26th, 2022 22:00

Hi, I think that means you'll have to install manually I hope this video helps.
https://dell.to/3xXCETu

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May 4th, 2022 15:00

Dear

I could download the boot OS https://dell.to/3EGu1Ot, and burned it in DVD.

Now when this boot DVD is ejected and i Inserted the Windows Server 2003 installation DVD into the DVD-ROM drive, after few seconde OS 2003 DVD is ejected also... it seems i need additional DVD''  Dell OpenManage Server Administrator Version 6.3.0''

Can you please advise??

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May 4th, 2022 18:00

Hi @kata,

 

Please try this ISO, it has both Dell Systems Build and Update Utility, the OpenManage Server Administrator agent. It may come in handy for other 9G servers. 

 

https://dell.to/3kFqnLl

 

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May 10th, 2022 15:00

Hello

This ISO does not include OS win2003

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May 10th, 2022 23:00

Hi, it's not supposed to. This media only meant to help you install the OS. For the actual OS, you will need to contact MS, I'm thinking. 

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