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IBM® Netfinity® 5100 Installation Guide
Solving problems
ServerGuide startup problems
Look for the symptom in the left column of the chart. Probable solutions to the
problem are in the right column.
Setup
Suggested action
Netfinity Setup
and Installation
CD won't start.
•
Be sure the system is a supported Netfinity server with a
startable (bootable) CD-ROM drive.
•
If the startup (boot) sequence settings have been altered, be
sure the CD-ROM is first in the boot sequence.
•
If more than one CD-ROM drive is installed, be sure that
only one drive is set as the primary drive. Start the CD
from the primary drive.
ServeRAID
program cannot
view all installed
drives - or -
cannot install
NOS.
•
Be sure there are no duplicate SCSI IDs or IRQ
assignments.
•
Be sure that the hard disk drive is connected properly.
The Operating
System
Installation
program
continuously
loops.
Free up more space on the hard disk drive.
ServerGuide
won't start your
NOS CD.
Be sure the NOS CD you have is supported by ServerGuide. See
the Netfinity Setup and Installation CD label for a list of NOS
versions supported.
Can't install NOS
- option is
grayed out.
Either there is no logical drive defined (ServeRAID systems) or
the ServerGuide system partition is not present. Run the setup
and configuration program.
TechConnect
CD
Suggested action
Can't start
TechConnect
CD.
Be sure you're starting the CD on a system with Microsoft
Windows installed.
Can't view
publications
from
TechConnect
CD, or text is
unreadable.
Be sure you have the Adobe reader installed (available from the
TechConnect CD).
Diskette Factory
CD
Suggested action
Get "time out" or
"Unknown host"
errors
Be sure you have access to the Internet through FTP directly.
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