USB as a Main Storage device
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So, I'm attempting to install an OS, and use a USB as a virtual drive, to install the OS to. I tried to enable it in the BIOS, but nowhere in the BIOS could I find an option to enable Virtual Drive support or any such thing. Help, anybody? The server I'm attempting to install this on is a Dell PowerEdge R510.
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Here is someone having an issue with that....
http://en.community.dell.com/support-forums/servers/f/956/t/19426355
But they never resolved it, they just had a flaky detection problem.
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It sees the USB, it just tells me that "This Device Does Not Support Virtual Drives" and then it tells me that it may just be turned off in the BIOS.
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I am digging through the R510 Manual....
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If you do the BIOS F2 setup option, you can opt to disable UEFI. Maybe that would fix it?
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@scottalanmiller I'll try it now.
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Nothing useful in the manual.
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@scottalanmiller now that just made me laugh!
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@scottalanmiller Haha, funny story... The server now locks up when trying to enter that part of the UEFI. Tried 3 times.
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@Mike-Ralston said:
@scottalanmiller Haha, funny story... The server now locks up when trying to enter that part of the UEFI. Tried 3 times.
System reset!
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@Dashrender said:
@Mike-Ralston said:
@scottalanmiller Haha, funny story... The server now locks up when trying to enter that part of the UEFI. Tried 3 times.
System reset!
Each one of those three times was with a full system Reset.
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@Mike-Ralston said:
@Dashrender said:
@Mike-Ralston said:
@scottalanmiller Haha, funny story... The server now locks up when trying to enter that part of the UEFI. Tried 3 times.
System reset!
Each one of those three times was with a full system Reset.
Not what I meant - time to reset the BIOS/UEFI, not just a system reboot - aka default all values and start over.
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@Mike-Ralston said:
@scottalanmiller Haha, funny story... The server now locks up when trying to enter that part of the UEFI. Tried 3 times.
Just wonderful.
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@Dashrender Oh, so flash the BIOS?
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@Mike-Ralston said:
@Dashrender Oh, so flash the BIOS?
That's not a bad idea. Was it fully updated before?
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@scottalanmiller , @coliver Yes, it was.
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Hate to ask this question because I have heard horror stories, but is your bios/server firmware at the most current version? I've seen in the past where updating has fixed odd bios issues.
Edit: @scottalanmiller beat me to it.
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@Mike-Ralston said:
@Dashrender Oh, so flash the BIOS?
You could try that, but no - normally in the BIOS you have an option to 'set default settings' this will remove any changes you've made, then you reboot and start over tweeking the BIOS.
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@Dashrender said:
@Mike-Ralston said:
@Dashrender Oh, so flash the BIOS?
You could try that, but no - normally in the BIOS you have an option to 'set default settings' this will remove any changes you've made, then you reboot and start over tweeking the BIOS.
I might have to, I can't access the BIOS and the UEFI has now "Died", so I'm not sure what else to do.
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@coliver said:
Hate to ask this question because I have heard horror stories, but is your bios/server firmware at the most current version? I've seen in the past where updating has fixed odd bios issues.
Edit: @scottalanmiller beat me to it.
Outdated BIOS could easily be the issue.
