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05-08-2017 09:14 AM - edited 05-08-2017 09:16 AM
05-08-2017 09:14 AM - edited 05-08-2017 09:16 AM
Proliant Microserver Gen8 cannot boot from HDD
Hello, I just got my first HP server home!
I've tried installing Ubuntu server and Ubuntu desktop on it and it cannot boot from the HDD when the setup is installed.
I've disabled the raid-controller in BIOS so the SATA mode is set to AHCI.
What it tells me when trying to boot from HDD: Non System disk or disk error.
I have two HDD's in the server: Toshiba 500GB 7200rpm 32mb
Anyone how to solve this? I cannot manage to fix it and I'm really excited to start using linux on it...
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05-08-2017 09:22 AM
05-08-2017 09:22 AM
Re: Proliant Microserver Gen8 cannot boot from HDD
If the B140i has been disable and the controller is in SATA AHCI mode, the OS should just install and boot.
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05-08-2017 09:30 AM - edited 05-08-2017 09:33 AM
05-08-2017 09:30 AM - edited 05-08-2017 09:33 AM
Re: Proliant Microserver Gen8 cannot boot from HDD
I have the B120i. And I know it should but it won't and I'm really starting to wonder what the issue might be..
There's no issue booting from any USB drive for setups etc.
My steps of enabling AHCI:
- F9 on system startup
- System options
- SATA Controller Options
- Embedded SATA Configuration
- Enable SATA AHCI Support
Is there anything else I need to do?
Also: Since I have two drives, I think it's weird that I only can see one HDD in the Standard Boot Order. May this be something that's causing the issue?
The sata controller has IRQ set to 7, not sure if it makes any difference
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05-08-2017 09:34 AM
05-08-2017 09:34 AM
Re: Proliant Microserver Gen8 cannot boot from HDD
My HDD's are plugged in the HDD slots on the front. Are these maybe just for extra drives?
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05-08-2017 09:41 AM
05-08-2017 09:41 AM
Re: Proliant Microserver Gen8 cannot boot from HDD
Sorry, I meant B120i, but the way to disable is the same. The drives should show up as /dev/sda through /dev/sdd if you populate all four slots. The only thing you need to watch for is where the installer is putting the boot loader. if your booting from USBkey, the installer may see it as /dev/sda and install the boot loader there insead of on the first disk which the installer may see as /dev/sdb
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05-08-2017 09:47 AM - edited 05-08-2017 09:50 AM
05-08-2017 09:47 AM - edited 05-08-2017 09:50 AM
Re: Proliant Microserver Gen8 cannot boot from HDD
@Jimmy Vance wrote:Sorry, I meant B120i, but the way to disable is the same. The drives should show up as /dev/sda through /dev/sdd if you populate all four slots. The only thing you need to watch for is where the installer is putting the boot loader. if your booting from USBkey, the installer may see it as /dev/sda and install the boot loader there insead of on the first disk which the installer may see as /dev/sdb
That's quite interesting! But when I installed, it only found two drives and it even called them by their names: Toshiba. I cannot see any drive names in BIOS. Atleast not in the boot order section. There all I can see is Hard drive (C:) and the usb drive seems to have the same letter assigned to it.
Another suspicion of mine is that I cannot do anything in Intelligent Provisioning. It's just frozen and I cannot click anything on the "Set preferences" page. It says System Boot Mode is set to UEFI boot mode, which I doubt it's supposed to be. I want to change it but I can't since the page is just frozen when I load it on the server.
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05-08-2017 10:04 AM
05-08-2017 10:04 AM
Re: Proliant Microserver Gen8 cannot boot from HDD
Every time I try booting from my HDD now it just says:
Attempting to boot from Hard Drive (C:)
Attempting to boot from NIC
No idea why it switches to NIC immediately..
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05-08-2017 10:27 AM
05-08-2017 10:27 AM
Re: Proliant Microserver Gen8 cannot boot from HDD
Issue seems to be solved..? I swapped the positions of my two drives and now it seems to work fine. Wow am I a beginner or what
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03-16-2023 03:50 AM
03-16-2023 03:50 AM
Re: Proliant Microserver Gen8 cannot boot from HDD
Hello @Capkix,
Thank you for posting! Since you have posted in an old topic and there is no response yet, I would recommend you create a new topic using the create "New Discussion" button, so the experts can check and assist you further.
Sunitha G
I'm an HPE employee.
[Any personal opinions expressed are mine, and not official statements on behalf of Hewlett Packard Enterprise]