On Sat, Nov 28, 2009 at 10:46 PM, Justin The Cynical < cyni...@penguinness.org> wrote:
> Yuriy Kuznetsov wrote: > >> Hi Justin, >> >> This is the problem: system does not boot at all; it goes as far as DRAC >> check and stopped; it does not even try to load the kernel. >> It looks like the system can not see RAIDs at all. >> >> May be I need to install some Dell modules for my RAID controller to be >> recognized as one of he boot options? >> > > Dell modules? Are you thinking like a kernel module? No, if the system > doesn't even show the initrd loading, that won't do any good. I've never > heard of anyone needing anything special to boot linux on a Dell. > > What is the last thing that displays on the screen when you power it on? > A non-system disk error? Swear words in Mongolian? > > Knowing this should help diagnose the issue. > There is no non-system disk error message, nothing which says disk at all. I'll check today what exactly is the last message during boot(I think it's something about DRAC but not 100%) when get to that machine tonight. And definitely I did not see anything in Mongolian on the screen ;-) Regards, yuriy