On Tuesday, July 20, 2010 08:08:43 pm Robert Heller wrote:
> 'Little' Dell PowerEdge servers with plain (non-RAID) SATA disks
> appearently work that way too (same BIOS stupidity I guess). Once they
> see a disk, they assume it will *always* be there. If you pull the
> disk for some reason (disk
> Well, they would not even let you pay for it and overnight it to you
> then send the old one back for another drive so you could break even? It's
> an utmost priority if you have all common hardware to keep replacement disks
> on site no matter who you work for or company.
Which is why you'll a
On Tue, 2010-07-20 at 20:08 -0400, Robert Heller wrote:
> > Which makes me wonder why would you ever shut it down in the first
> > place? I sure would not wait a week on a disk replacement much less
> > more than 24 hours.
>
> First of all WD was not going to send us a new disk unless we sent t
On Tue, Jul 20, 2010 at 06:26:15PM -0400, Bob McConnell wrote:
> Stephen Harris wrote:
> > On Tue, Jul 20, 2010 at 03:31:48PM -0400, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote:
> >> This is not a "Dell-specific BIOS hack". Dear child, ask your folks about
> >> PCs. I think it was only this decade that PCs would actual
On Tue, Jul 20, 2010 at 11:34:17AM -1000, Dave wrote:
> Thanks for all the discussion, but keyboard is not the issue.
Of course it isn't. It's probably that you've configured the BIOS
to mirror the two disks, and with one disk missing it's bitching
and moaning at you.
The whole keyboard chatter
At Tue, 20 Jul 2010 16:40:25 -0400 CentOS mailing list
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> On Tue, 2010-07-20 at 16:26 -0400, Robert Heller wrote:
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> > A PowerEdge with plain old SATA disks will complain about a missing disk
> > as well -- we had a disk die and everytime it booted while we waited for
> > the
At Tue, 20 Jul 2010 17:38:32 -0400 (EDT) CentOS mailing list
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> On Tue, 20 Jul 2010 at 11:34am, Dave wrote
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> > Thanks for all the discussion, but keyboard is not the issue.
> >
> > I guess I should edit the bios settings and look for a way to tell it "hey,
> > you've only got one dis
Stephen Harris wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 20, 2010 at 03:31:48PM -0400, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote:
>> This is not a "Dell-specific BIOS hack". Dear child, ask your folks about
>> PCs. I think it was only this decade that PCs would actually boot
>
> This decade being the 2010s? :-)
The calendar is '1' base
On Tue, 20 Jul 2010 at 11:34am, Dave wrote
> Thanks for all the discussion, but keyboard is not the issue.
>
> I guess I should edit the bios settings and look for a way to tell it "hey,
> you've only got one disk now, be happy."
All Dell desktops I've dealt with (including the Precision T3400 I
Thanks for all the discussion, but keyboard is not the issue.
I guess I should edit the bios settings and look for a way to tell it "hey,
you've only got one disk now, be happy."
best,
Dave
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On Tue, Jul 20, 2010 at 9:50 AM, Lamar Owen wrote:
> The answer depends on what kind of Dell this is. Is it a PowerEdge server?
> Some sort of embedded RAID controller (PowerEdge and Precision workstations
> both have those)? More information required to fully answer.
>
Precision WorkStation
On Tue, 2010-07-20 at 16:26 -0400, Robert Heller wrote:
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> A PowerEdge with plain old SATA disks will complain about a missing disk
> as well -- we had a disk die and everytime it booted while we waited for
> the replacement it would stop complaining that the disk was missing (we
> had software
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> On Tuesday, July 20, 2010 02:56:16 pm Dave wrote:
> > I just installed centos on a Dell that used to have 2 internal disks, but I
> > removed one just before the install. Now when I boot it, it stops and
> > outputs a message com
At Tue, 20 Jul 2010 15:31:48 -0400 CentOS mailing list
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> Robert Heller wrote:
> > At Tue, 20 Jul 2010 08:56:16 -1000 CentOS mailing list
> > wrote:
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> >> I just installed centos on a Dell that used to have 2 internal disks,
> >> but I removed one just before the install. Now when
At Tue, 20 Jul 2010 20:49:23 +0100 CentOS mailing list
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> This is not a "Dell-specific BIOS hack". Dear child, ask your folks about
> PCs. I think it was only this decade that PCs would actually boot
> *without* a keyboard. EVERY PC EVER MADE before would not.
>
> Nah! Every BIOS si
On Tue, 2010-07-20 at 15:31 -0400, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote:
> Robert Heller wrote:
> > At Tue, 20 Jul 2010 08:56:16 -1000 CentOS mailing list
> > wrote:
> >>
> >> I just installed centos on a Dell that used to have 2 internal disks,
> >> but I removed one just before the install. Now when I boot i
On Tuesday, July 20, 2010 03:50:39 pm Stephen Harris wrote:
> I'm sure sufficient googling would find even older examples.
Yep, especially single-board computers (typically ISA capable, but also capable
of not being in a slot (like an Advantech PCA-6145 i486 board used in lots of
embedded PC app
> This is not a "Dell-specific BIOS hack". Dear child, ask your folks about
> PCs. I think it was only this decade that PCs would actually boot
> *without* a keyboard. EVERY PC EVER MADE before would not.
>
Nah! Every BIOS since I remember (at least from 1990) had a choice on
the first page,
On Tuesday, July 20, 2010 02:56:16 pm Dave wrote:
> I just installed centos on a Dell that used to have 2 internal disks, but I
> removed one just before the install. Now when I boot it, it stops and
> outputs a message complaining about the missing disk and I have to hit F1 to
> get it to continue
On Tue, Jul 20, 2010 at 03:31:48PM -0400, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote:
> This is not a "Dell-specific BIOS hack". Dear child, ask your folks about
> PCs. I think it was only this decade that PCs would actually boot
This decade being the 2010s? :-)
> *without* a keyboard. EVERY PC EVER MADE before woul
This is not a "Dell-specific BIOS hack". Dear child, ask your folks about
PCs. I think it was only this decade that PCs would actually boot
*without* a keyboard. EVERY PC EVER MADE before would not.
Nah! Every BIOS since I remember (at least from 1990) had a choice on
the first page, Standard BI
Robert Heller wrote:
> At Tue, 20 Jul 2010 08:56:16 -1000 CentOS mailing list
> wrote:
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>> I just installed centos on a Dell that used to have 2 internal disks,
>> but I removed one just before the install. Now when I boot it, it stops
and
>> outputs a message complaining about the missing disk
At Tue, 20 Jul 2010 08:56:16 -1000 CentOS mailing list
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> I just installed centos on a Dell that used to have 2 internal disks, but I
> removed one just before the install. Now when I boot it, it stops and
> outputs a message complaining about the missing disk and I have to hit F1
> I just installed centos on a Dell that used to have 2 internal disks, but I
> removed one just before the install. Now when I boot it, it stops and
> outputs a message complaining about the missing disk and I have to hit F1 to
> get it to continue booting.
>
> Is there some bios setting that is c
I just installed centos on a Dell that used to have 2 internal disks, but I
removed one just before the install. Now when I boot it, it stops and
outputs a message complaining about the missing disk and I have to hit F1 to
get it to continue booting.
Is there some bios setting that is causing this
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