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Offline fergro

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Ibm x226 servers
« on: September 16, 2005, 06:12:33 AM »
Hi All

I have just purchased an IBM Xseries 226 server and have attempted to load SME 6.01 on it. The Scsi/bios can see the Scsi drives and controller, however when it starts to load SME the first message is:

"No hard drives have been found. You probably need to manually choose device drivers for installation to succeed. Would you like to select drivers now?"

I then inserted a floppy disk in the FDD with what I thought were the appropriate drivers from the CD supplied by IBM. You guessed it, the floppy did not try to read for extra drivers and it continued to inform me that there were no drivers and would not continue.

I am not sure where I am going wrong maybe someone could enlighten me.

Thanks

RF
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Janm

Re: Ibm x226 servers
« Reply #1 on: September 16, 2005, 08:34:07 AM »
Quote from: "fergro"
Hi All

I have just purchased an IBM Xseries 226 server and have attempted to load SME 6.01 on it. The Scsi/bios can see the Scsi drives and controller, however when it starts to load SME the first message is:

"No hard drives have been found. You probably need to manually choose device drivers for installation to succeed. Would you like to select drivers now?"

I then inserted a floppy disk in the FDD with what I thought were the appropriate drivers from the CD supplied by IBM. You guessed it, the floppy did not try to read for extra drivers and it continued to inform me that there were no drivers and would not continue.

I am not sure where I am going wrong maybe someone could enlighten me.

Thanks

RF


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Produktspecifikation
Produkt IBM eserver xSeries 226 8648 - Xeon 3.2 GHz
Type Server
Model Tower - 4 U
Dimensioner (B x D x H) 16.5 cm x 66 cm x 46.7 cm
Vægt 25.8 kg
Locale Danish / Denmark
Processor 1 x Intel Xeon 3.2 GHz - 64 bit extra 1 for dual processor
Processor Hyper-Threading Technology, Intel Extended Memory 64 Technology
Cachehukommelse 2 MB L2
Cache pr. processor 2 MB
RAM 512 MB (installet) / 16 GB (maks.) - DDR II SDRAM - 400 MHz - PC2-3200
Controller SCSI ( Ultra320 SCSI ) - PCI-X / 100 MHz ( Adaptec AIC-7902 )
Diskdrev 3.5" 1.44 MB floppy
Harddisk 1 10Gb for testing only
Optisk CD-ROM
Monitor 1 for testing only
Grafik controller PCI - ATI RADEON 7000M - 16 MB
Sound Soundcard
Network Networkadapter - Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet
Effect AC 110/230 V 530 watt output

Ekspansion / Konnektivitet
Expansion Bays Total (Fri) 2 ( 1 ) x frontadgang - 5.25" x 1/2H
1 ( 0 ) x frontadgang - 3.5" x 1/3H
6 ( 6 ) x hot-swap - 3.5" x 1/3H
Antal Expansion Åbninger Total (Fri) 6 ( 4 ) x Hukommelse - DIMM 240-pin
2 ( 1 ) x Processor - Socket 604
1 ( 1 ) x PCI Express x16
2 ( 2 ) x PCI
1 ( 1 ) x PCI-X / 133 MHz
2 ( 1 ) x PCI-X / 100 MHz
Interface 1 x netværk - RJ-45
4 x Hi-Speed USB - 4-PIN USB type A
1 x skærm/video - VGA - 15-pin HD D-Sub (HD-15)
2 x seriel - RS-232 - 9-pin D-Sub (DB-9)
1 x parallel - IEEE 1284 (EPP/ECP) - 25-pin D-Sub (DB-25)
1 x mus - generisk - 6-pin mini-DIN (PS/2 Style)
1 x tastatur - generisk - 6-pin mini-DIN (PS/2 Style)
1 x lyd - Udgang - 3,5 mm stereo-ministik
1 x lyd - Indgang - 3,5 mm stereo-ministik
1 x mikrofon - indgang - 3,5 mm mono-ministik
1 x lager - Ultra320 SCSI

The IBM eserver xSeries 226 provides superb availability at a price that small and midsize businesses can afford. New support for 64-bit extensions through Intel EM64T as well as up to 16GB DDR2 memory provides outstanding performance and helps protect investments for future growth.

PCI-Express provides high-speed I/O enhancements to support 64-bit applications you may implement now or in the future.

New, integrated IBM ServeRAID-7e (RAID-0 and -1) provides additional flexibility as a standard feature on the x226. In addition, support for new simple-swap Serial ATA models provide affordable storage that is easy to manage without needing to open the server.

ASF 2.0 - along with IBM Director - provides a new level of systems management functionality, helping you save administrative time and lower expenses. Its remote power on/off capability uses rich security to enable administrators to power clients on or off remotely - often even if the operating system is not responding. The optional Remote Supervisor Adapter II simplifies management with support for out-of-band management, monitoring and alerting to manage your server at virtually any time, from virtually any place.

Janm

Offline FrancisT

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Ibm x226 servers
« Reply #2 on: September 12, 2006, 10:59:43 AM »
I have an IBM x206 server & could never boot from the SCSI drive once I had installed sme.  Since I installed one of the early sme 7 versions I have had no problems and it runs happily now.

Francis
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