dell server

[andymushu]

i have a server just sitting on my floor that i recently tried to make work. it is a poweredge 2300/600 (thats what it says when it boots, im not sure if it is 2300 or 2600). i thought it needed an os, but i tried to boot it with ubuntu in the cd drive and nothing happened. it says there is no bios installed. how would i go about procuring this bios? i did a couple searches on google, but im not known for being very efficient in my searches. any help would be appreciated.

[Spawn-Inc]

does the server look like this the 2300

or this the 2600?

if its the first picture then its the 2300 in which case here is a link to all the downloads from dell.
otherwise here is the same thing but for the 2600.


note that i don't have any exp with dell's or servers or updateing or changing bios, i know how to use it just not update as i've never had to. i am good at looking up things though for the most part so i hope that helps.

[andymushu]

ok that did help confirm that i do have a poweredge 2300. it still leaves the issue of the bios though.

thanks for the help spawn

[Spawn-Inc]

if you look at the link for the 2300 i gave you it has a updated bios to download. but like i said i wouldn't know how to install it. i'm sure it says though.

here is the link again

[andymushu]

thanks again. i hope this works...

[Luke122]

It says the bios is not installed? Can you get the exact error message for us?

[andymushu]

Can you get the exact error message for us?

well, there are a couple. first it says that no logical drives are found. then it says BIOS not installed. then it says the SCSI bios is not found, then it says its not installed. then it gives me the option to reboot or go to setup utility, which i messed with extensively.

[Spawn-Inc]

well i think i logical drives has to do with the harddrives but other than that its outta my league. i did a quick google serch and found this site http://www.ntfs.com/logdrives.htm i'm not sure if you know about them or not but like i said i don't. did that bios update do any good?

[andymushu]

i haven't tried to update the bios yet, im trying to hunt down a floppy as well as trying to get ubuntu to work on my desktop. i will let you guys know what becomes of this server. thanks for all the help.

[Luke122]

If the bios itself was missing, you wouldnt get any sort of action from the PC... just a series of beeps.

SCSI bios not installed is a different error.. that's the BIOS on the scsi controller, which is seperate from the mobo bios. On the motherboard itself, there's usually a "reset bios" jumper near the battery.. try to reset it, and see if you are still getting the error.