IBM X206M server Reboot Issue

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Walrus

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#27870 9-Nov-2008 19:46

IBM - Bah!

I have an IBM x206m server with inbuilt SATA RAID (with 2 x 160Gb SATA drives).
I have added 2x external USB Hard Drives (for backup).
Everytime I alter the BIOS to change the boot order, and reboot, it adds the USB drive back into number 1 in the order and the server won't boot off it.

Bios version is 1.43

Any thoughts?

Cheers

Mark

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#176976 9-Nov-2008 20:54

How about doing all your BIOS fiddling without the USB drives plugged in ? Then when the machine has booted plug them back in. Then leave it alone (it is a server after all :-)
Mark

exportgoldman

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#176981 9-Nov-2008 21:19

Walrus:
IBM - Bah!

I have an IBM x206m server with inbuilt SATA RAID (with 2 x 160Gb SATA drives).
I have added 2x external USB Hard Drives (for backup).
Everytime I alter the BIOS to change the boot order, and reboot, it adds the USB drive back into number 1 in the order and the server won't boot off it.

Bios version is 1.43

Any thoughts?

Cheers

There's another section/option in the BIOS from memory which also chooses not the boot order, but the bootable hard drive options, which you can turn off USB Hard Drives.

Another ugly hack is to put the boot files on the usb drive (boot sector ntldr.com and boot.ini) and then it will continue to boot off the RAID array after.

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Walrus

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#176986 9-Nov-2008 21:39

Thanks guys.

Have tried both.

The first is the remove them, they are auto detect on reboot.
Second one, the 'second setting'. I moved the Array to first with the two removable ones second and third. On reboot, one of the removable ones goes first, with the array second.

Will chuck the boot files to the drives and test. Messy, but might help.

Any other thoughts?

Cheers

exportgoldman

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#176987 9-Nov-2008 21:50

Walrus: Thanks guys.

Have tried both.

The first is the remove them, they are auto detect on reboot.
Second one, the 'second setting'. I moved the Array to first with the two removable ones second and third. On reboot, one of the removable ones goes first, with the array second.

Will chuck the boot files to the drives and test. Messy, but might help.

Any other thoughts?

Cheers

It'll take a couple of days, but I'll pop into somewhere with a 206M and check the settings I use as I have this problem at a site but have not bothered to fix it yet. :-)

Tyler - Parnell Geek - iPhone 3G - Lenovo X301 - Kaseya - Great Western Steak House, these are some of my favourite things.