XP pro on PowerEdge 2650 1

[736xl]

Is it possible to install XP Pro on a poweredge 2650?

Thanks

 

[LawnBoy]

Yes...


"We must fall back upon the old axiom that when all other contingencies fail, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth." - Sherlock Holmes

 

[736xl]

Thanks for your reply. Any chance you could give me some pointers? If i use the openmanager, xp is not an option,and If I use XP to boot, doesn't recognize the drives. I know I can press F6 to load aditional scsi drivers. Is this where I load the Perc drivers to make the drives available? Help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

 

[LawnBoy]

Yes, that's where you load the PERC drivers. IIRC, xp will have drivers for the NICs.


"We must fall back upon the old axiom that when all other contingencies fail, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth." - Sherlock Holmes

 

[736xl]

Sorry for my stupidity but what's IIRC?
You are my hero


Thanks

 

[736xl]

I've looked everywhere for these drivers. Where can I get them? Thanks

 

[LawnBoy]

If I Recall Correctly. When I did this (and it's been several years) I think I used the Perc drivers for w2k.

Just lookup the 2650 drivers on Dell's site.


"We must fall back upon the old axiom that when all other contingencies fail, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth." - Sherlock Holmes

 

[technome]

736xl...
Likely you have a Perc adapter, which model do you have ? If not sure, post your server's service tag.

If Dell does not specifically have an XP driver listed for the 2650, perhaps it is list for another server. The base for the driver is written by LsiLogic, many drivers are released which service multiple cards

Lsilogic, the OEM manufacturer, general has listed xp drivers or newer drivers then Dell.. but we need to know the Perc model to match it to a Lsi model.




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[736xl]

It is the perc 3Di. I'll give the win2k drivers a try. Greatly appreciate for everyone's help.

 

[technome]

Not an Lsilogic based adapters, one of the few Perc Adaptec oem controllers. True to form for Adaptec, not keeping up with driver releases, the reason I stopped using adaptec raids years ago.

Newest driver I could find, towards bottom of page...

http://support.us.dell.com/support/downloads/format.aspx?releaseid=R105802

might try the win 2003 driver
Driver for win2k3: ftp://ftp.us.dell.com/scsi-raid/RAID-DRVR-R74084.exe

Reference to Lawnboy's suggestion

http://www.dellcommunity.com/suppor...ardrive&message.id=9716&c=us&l=en&cs=19&s=dhs

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Chernobyl disaster..a must see pictorial

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[736xl]

Got this thing running. Awsome. I have a few more questions now. any chance I could find a sound card for the unit? Doesn't look like it is standard PCI buss.

Thanks

 

[technome]

I'm not into sound cards much, hopefully someone else pitches in.


........................................
Chernobyl disaster..a must see pictorial

http://www.kiddofspeed.com/default.htm