dell poweredge 2300

[Dustin Reiner]

Here is a link to the bios update for that server.  Download this file
to a Windows system with a floppy drive and execute it.  It will
create a boot floppy which will flash your bios to the latest version.

http://support.dell.com/support/downloads/download.aspx?c=us&cs=04&l=en&s=bsd&releaseid=R58203&SystemID=PWE_PNT_PII_2300&category=1&os=LE30&osl=en&deviceid=159&devlib=1&fileid=70071

You can also download similar images from the same site to update the
SCSI/RAID controller.

-Dustin

On 5/25/05, ebenoit at hopevale.com <ebenoit at hopevale.com> wrote:
> Thank you, now I have something to go on :)
> 
> Quoting John Seth <johnseth at phoenixwing.com>:
> 
> > I have Dell Poweredge servers which I ended up replacing all the perc/2
> > cards to perc/4 since they updated the firmware and some sligh I/O
> > issues with the onboard drives and external drive arrays I have.  You
> > may want to check and see if your poweredge system has updated perc
> > cards to replace the existing ones.
> >
> > --- Tony
> >
> >
> >
> > ebenoit at hopevale.com wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > > I have tried to search on the internet as to why a couple of things happen
> > to
> > > this server, let me explain:
> > >
> > > I have been trying to install FC3 on this server and everytime I try I get
> > the
> > > following errors.
> > >
> > > 1. first I get this error:
> > > warning firmware out of date please update ..it recognizes all scsi hard
> > drives
> > >
> > > this is the 2nd error I get ...please help!!
> > >
> > > 2.
> > > Could not allocate requested partitions:
> > >
> > > Unsatisfied partition request
> > > New Part Request - mountpoint None uniqueID: 9
> > > type: physical volume (LVM) format: 1 badblocks: None
> > > device: None drive: ['sdb'] primary: None
> > > start: None end: None migrate: None origfstype: None.
> > >
> > >
> > > "is this just simply telling me that the lithium battery is dead??"
> > >
> > > OR
> > >
> > > Do I need to update the firmware, I have no idea how to execute an .exe
> > file
> > > when I have completely erased any dos partitions that might have exsited
> > please
> > > advise??
> > >
> > > OR
> > > something else i overlooked?
> > >
> > > Thank you linux friends...
> > >
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