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

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