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> From: centos-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:centos-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Rainer Duffner
> Sent: Sunday, August 31, 2014 16:54
> To: CentOS mailing list
> Subject: Re: 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@xxxxxxxx>:
>
> > 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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