DL320 G4 OS installation

[Michaela_2]

Hi again,

slipstream installation worked with disabled embedded sata controller.
After enabling the controller and configuring it as RAID1 W2K3 startup picture appears for half a second and the server boots again.
What can I do now?

Thanks again!
Michaela

[sandeep_raman]

The main purpose of slipstreaming is to provide sata drivers while installation.
Not sure why you disabled the controller.
Also in the BIOS ensure that SATA option is set to RAID.

SRH

[Michaela_2]

I was wrong with the description. Controller WAS enabled. I hadn't enabled advance RAID support in Bios after OS installation. After doing so the loop occured.
Now I tried to install OS again with both enabled SATA controller and RAID1 configured but after going into graphic mode a STOP error 0x00000007B occurs.

Regards
Michaela

[sandeep_raman]

Is this the sequence you have tried?

1.SATA Raid enabled in BIOS
2.Slipstreamed SP1 and raid drivers into base Os Cd.
3.Configured array in the sata bios and the logical volume is seen.
4.While booting off the slipstreamed cd,do you get the stop code?

SRH

[Michaela_2]

Right!

[Christopher L]

Here's a thought...How about the SmartStart guru's in our development side actually add the support for the embedded SATA controller so that our customers can use the SmartStart application that is shipped with the DL320 G4??? Just an idea.. I have a customer that ordered a dozen DL320 G4 without the floppy add-on and cannot use the SmartStart CD due the the unrecognized controller. We ended up using iLO with a virtual floppy to install W2K3 manually. I just feel that if HP is going to ship units with embedded hardware then the software configurations tools shipped with these should support them.

[Michaela_2]

After having spent working time at least in the value of the server I decided now to use Windows software-based mirroring!

Good luck for all the other fighters with this problem!!!

[sandeep_raman]

Were you successful or in progress?
Btw if its the onboard sata controller, its a software raid implementation though you configure the array in the controller bios.

SRH

[Michaela_2]

Mirroring has worked, redundancy with the 2 hot-plug HDDs is also working.
Case closed for me.

Regards
Michaela

[sandeep_raman]

Thats great, if you don't mind,share the option that worked for you, lots of guys would be benefitted.

Also if you feel any of the response helped or gave a lead,
http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/helptips.do?#34

SRH