-----Original Message----- From: centos-bounces@centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces@centos.org] On Behalf Of Rainer Duffner Sent: Sunday, August 31, 2014 16:54 To: CentOS mailing list Subject: Re: [CentOS] Install Centos 6 x86_64 on Dell PowerEdge 2970 and aSSD (hardware probing issues)
Am 31.08.2014 um 21:52 schrieb Jason Pyeron jpyeron@pdinc.us:
I have a fleet of 2970s and we are upgrading the hardrives
on the motherboard SATA ports (A/B not the PERC backplane) when a "detecting hardware" is performed the system crashes, reboots and gives an E1422 error code (useless video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PhyMeUHJar4).
We narrowed it down to a motherboard BIOS issue, if we
remove the SSD or add noprobe to the kernel the installer does not crash.
Is that actually a supported configuration (in the Dell-sense)?.
Yes. They support internal SATA drives, we are changing from spinning drives to SSD. I am working with Dell to get a BIOS patch, but I wont hold my breath.
Which is the "primary" hard drive then? SATA or PERC?
It will be the SATA.
Have you booted any other OS on it?
Centos 5/6 32/64
FreeBSD 10? CentOS7?
About to try that.
Ubuntu?
Note that I have no idea about Dell servers. I've never worked with them in my professional life - but my experience is that trying the same thing more than three times in a row
Agreed, but there are 20+ servers and twenty plus SSDs. The SSDs work fine in the non-PE2970 systems with RHEL/Centos 6 64bit.
is a waste of time (and nerves: I can literally see my life being shortened by watching server-BIOS boot-up screens.)
-Jason
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