Dell poweredge 2850 quick question :)

hellarda

hellarda

hellarda

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hi,

just bought a 2850 off the bay, it didnt come with a CD rom drive so i want to install vmware esxi on it via a bootable USB stick, however i can't seem to get it to work... :/

can anyone tell me how to do this?

cheers
 
thanks for that,

sorry if i didnt make it clear in the OP but the server doesnt even recognise the USB drive, it only gives the option to boot from the HDD :/


thanks
 
Strange, my 1850 boots fine from USB, have you tried a different stick? Have you enabled it in the BIOS?
I'd be tempted to just stick a cd drive in there and install from that - off the top of my head they just use normal IDE ports on the motherboard.
 
yes it is strange, i dont have a cd drive that will fit :/ and i dont have any money atm, ANY.

so sorta really need to install from USB, will try and external HDD in a sec
 
right,

managed to get it to boot from and exrternal HDD, couldnt get esxi to install, but i managed to get SBS 2008 to boot, it gets past the 'windows is loading files'

but after it has loaded the files it BSOD's before it gets to the GUI, with and error message about security acounts system?

i cant remember the exact error, will have a look when i get home from school, i have googled it and tried what some people suggested of changing the HDD, but this made no difference.


any ideas?

cheers
 
right progress, ive managed to get past the error somehow, but now after the vista loading splash screen (the green lines going acorss the bar) its just goes to a black screen, the signal is still there because the TV doesnt go into standby, but it is only black... :/


help?

cheers
 
Where are you? I can maybe lend u one.
ESXi goes onto a 2850, although the controller that shipped with most 2850's were pants. sorry :/
 
err south of london.... thanks for the offer :L

yeh i heard that :/ i think its probably just me not copying it over properly
 
Hmmmn, I'd be tempted to try Ubuntu via USB - there are officially supported apps that create the USB drive automatically. This way at least you know your boot media is good.
Did you create the raid array? :)
 
ohwell ;)
yeah iirc, i created the raid first then installed esxi, it went on ok dispite not being 'supported'. although this was 4.0 rather than 4.1.
 
omg right, now i have managed to get it to boot the esxi installer but, i get a 'fatal out of memory' error when its loading cim.vgz???


argh this is annoying me :(
 
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