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    • DashrenderD
      Dashrender @scottalanmiller
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      @scottalanmiller said:

      @Dashrender said:

      If an 80 gig drive works, then it seems like XenServer simply doesn't support installing to USB drives.

      Question - where were you planning on installing XenServer too?

      It does, this is a different issue.

      http://beaukey.blogspot.com/2012/05/running-xenserver-from-usb-stick.html

      I mistyped - I meant it means XenServer probably doesn't support datastores on USB drives.

      But really - it doesn't sound like he's even that far - @Mike-Ralston Is XenServer fully installed somewhere? or is the install itself what's failing?

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      • scottalanmillerS
        scottalanmiller @Dashrender
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        @Dashrender said:

        I mistyped - I meant it means XenServer probably doesn't support datastores on USB drives.

        We aren't talking about datastores yet. This is just the base install. No one officially supports a datastore on USB. That could work, in theory, but would be a disaster in any real use case.

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        • scottalanmillerS
          scottalanmiller @Dashrender
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          @Dashrender said:

          But really - it doesn't sound like he's even that far - @Mike-Ralston Is XenServer fully installed somewhere? or is the install itself what's failing?

          This is the installation. He's just trying to kick off the install and it can't even start - it gives that error before beginning.

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          • Mike RalstonM
            Mike Ralston @Dashrender
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            @Dashrender The install itself is failing. And it still is, even with the hard-drive. That's to be expected, though, I loaded a harddrive into what's electrically either the 3rd or 9th slot. I can't get into the BIOS to change the RAID configuration, though.

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            • scottalanmillerS
              scottalanmiller @Mike Ralston
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              @Mike-Ralston said:

              @Dashrender The install itself is failing. And it still is, even with the hard-drive. That's to be expected, though, I loaded a harddrive into what's electrically either the 3rd or 9th slot. I can't get into the BIOS to change the RAID configuration, though.

              The BIOS is still hosed? We can't move forward if the BIOS is bad.

              The slot that is used isn't a factor, but that you can't set up the RAID to put that drive online, is. Until it is setup in the RAID configuration, that drive is not exposed to any OS being installed. It simply doesn't exist as far as the system is concerned.

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              • Mike RalstonM
                Mike Ralston @scottalanmiller
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                @scottalanmiller Well, it's after hours, and I still have more work for later tonight. I'll retrofit a caddy to put it in the correct slot in the morning, just for the sake of it. That doesn't work, I'll reflash the BIOS.

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                • scottalanmillerS
                  scottalanmiller @Mike Ralston
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                  @Mike-Ralston said:

                  @scottalanmiller Well, it's after hours, and I still have more work for later tonight. I'll retrofit a caddy to put it in the correct slot in the morning, just for the sake of it. That doesn't work, I'll reflash the BIOS.

                  Slot won't matter. No slots are enabled until the RAID controller sets up the drives. Even if it was set up before, switching drives will disable that as it is a new drive setup. The BIOS must be reflashed.

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                  • DashrenderD
                    Dashrender
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                    Any luck on the re flash?

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                    • scottalanmillerS
                      scottalanmiller
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                      I doubt that he is awake yet.

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                      • Minion QueenM
                        Minion Queen
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                        Yeah he is a teenager no such luck there since he went to bed at like 5am 😛

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                        • DashrenderD
                          Dashrender @Minion Queen
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                          @Minion-Queen said:

                          Yeah he is a teenager no such luck there since he went to bed at like 5am 😛

                          Wow you guys are killin' him.
                          😉

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                          • thanksajdotcomT
                            thanksajdotcom @Minion Queen
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                            @Minion-Queen said:

                            Yeah he is a teenager no such luck there since he went to bed at like 5am 😛

                            I got to sleep around 4AM. It was a rough first hour and a half...

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                            • scottalanmillerS
                              scottalanmiller @thanksajdotcom
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                              @thanksaj 4:30 here.

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                              • Minion QueenM
                                Minion Queen
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                                No he decided he had to rebuild his desktop cause he downloaded a game that bogged it down. Darn kid.

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                                • thanksajdotcomT
                                  thanksajdotcom @scottalanmiller
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                                  @scottalanmiller said:

                                  @thanksaj 4:30 here.

                                  Didn't realize it was a contest...:P

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                                  • thanksajdotcomT
                                    thanksajdotcom
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                                    @Minion-Queen said:

                                    No he decided he had to rebuild his desktop cause he downloaded a game that bogged it down. Darn kid.

                                    What do you mean by rebuild? New hardware? System restore?

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                                    • Minion QueenM
                                      Minion Queen
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                                      System restore I think. With him you never know though.

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                                      • thanksajdotcomT
                                        thanksajdotcom @Minion Queen
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                                        @Minion-Queen said:

                                        System restore I think. With him you never know though.

                                        Maybe he pulled new RAM out of somewhere we won't discuss. Who knows? LOL

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                                        • Mike RalstonM
                                          Mike Ralston @thanksajdotcom
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                                          @thanksaj said:

                                          @Minion-Queen said:

                                          System restore I think. With him you never know though.

                                          Maybe he pulled new RAM out of somewhere we won't discuss. Who knows? LOL

                                          What ACTUALLY happened, is my system died. Motherboard failure by the looks of it, but I won't have time to fully troubleshoot until tomorrow evening. Thank goodness I just built myself a Mini-ITX PC a few days ago, I'm now able to use that as a work PC until that one is revived.

                                          And if lack of sleep is a contest, I've gotten like 6 hours for the whole week 😛

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                                          • scottalanmillerS
                                            scottalanmiller
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                                            You need sleep time to flush toxins from your brain.

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