HP Microserver G8 wont boot after OS Installation

[tronic1972]

The device, just a few weeks old was working but has seemed a bit flakey since I got it. The current issue is the device wont see any storage onto which the operating system has been installed. The server just keeps saying:

"Non-system Disk, replace ......"

The sever looks for an OS on the USB, HD CD as per bios but none are found.

I have tried various OS's. (ESXi is what Im trying to install at the moment)

I have reloaded the BIOS

I have tried on USB and HDD.

The guy on the HP is telling me I need to install HP drives only. If this is the case I will return the item as this is rediculous. I know many people running these devices with non-HP drives.

I have also tried installing with ALL HHDs removed

Hoping I can get some help soon as this device has not been used since it has been purchased (3 weeks)

Thanks, T

P.S. This thread has been moved from ProLiant Servers (ML,DL,SL) to ProLiant Servers - Netservers. -HP Forum Moderator

[wanhao]

Hi:

Maybe you can try to set your boot device order in RBSU, wrong device boot order may cause this error.

[tronic1972]

Hi,

I did this. I tried setting the USB as the first device when I was installing to USB and the HDD to first device when I installed to the HDD.

Thanks, T

[Oscar A. Perez]

Are you using the B120i Controller or SATA AHCI?

If you are using the former, did you select the B120 as your bootable controller?  See page 6

http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual/c03326739/c03326739.pdf