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Old April 28th 04, 09:50 PM
Paul
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Default Problem adding a new hard rrive to a Proliant 800

I have a Compaq Proliant 88 with a single SCSI drive, running Novell 4.1.1
and the drive is out of free space. I purchased a new Maxtor 18 gig SCSI and
put it in the computer. The BIOS recognizes the drive when it is booting up,
and the Compaq utility correctly sees the drive, but after that, the drive
is reported as a 9 gig drive to everything (fdisk, partition magic, server
magic, ghost, DOS 6.2 and 7), not the 181 gig drive that it is. I called
Compaq, but India, I mean Tech Support told me they could not help me as the
drive was a third party drive. I bought 2 of these drives from CDW. They
sold these to me as replacement drives for a Compaq Proliant. I have had
these drives for 3 weeks now, and have not been able to resolve this issue.
Anyone have a similar issue, or can provide me some direction?
Thanks!


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Old April 28th 04, 09:51 PM
Paul
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That was supposed to say Proliant 800...sorry...
"Paul" wrote in message
...
I have a Compaq Proliant 88 with a single SCSI drive, running Novell 4.1.1
and the drive is out of free space. I purchased a new Maxtor 18 gig SCSI

and
put it in the computer. The BIOS recognizes the drive when it is booting

up,
and the Compaq utility correctly sees the drive, but after that, the drive
is reported as a 9 gig drive to everything (fdisk, partition magic, server
magic, ghost, DOS 6.2 and 7), not the 181 gig drive that it is. I called
Compaq, but India, I mean Tech Support told me they could not help me as

the
drive was a third party drive. I bought 2 of these drives from CDW. They
sold these to me as replacement drives for a Compaq Proliant. I have had
these drives for 3 weeks now, and have not been able to resolve this

issue.
Anyone have a similar issue, or can provide me some direction?
Thanks!




  #3  
Old April 29th 04, 04:25 AM
NuT CrAcKeR
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I havent added drives to a compaq server that didnt have an array controller
in probably 7 years.

I would suggest picking up a cheap controller on eBay. Oh, you didnt mention
which version of the 800 you have. HP veriosn, NonHP verision.. PPro 200
verision, PII350 version...

LC

"Paul" wrote in message
...
That was supposed to say Proliant 800...sorry...
"Paul" wrote in message
...
I have a Compaq Proliant 88 with a single SCSI drive, running Novell

4.1.1
and the drive is out of free space. I purchased a new Maxtor 18 gig SCSI

and
put it in the computer. The BIOS recognizes the drive when it is booting

up,
and the Compaq utility correctly sees the drive, but after that, the

drive
is reported as a 9 gig drive to everything (fdisk, partition magic,

server
magic, ghost, DOS 6.2 and 7), not the 181 gig drive that it is. I called
Compaq, but India, I mean Tech Support told me they could not help me as

the
drive was a third party drive. I bought 2 of these drives from CDW. They
sold these to me as replacement drives for a Compaq Proliant. I have had
these drives for 3 weeks now, and have not been able to resolve this

issue.
Anyone have a similar issue, or can provide me some direction?
Thanks!






  #4  
Old April 29th 04, 07:50 AM
NuT CrAcKeR
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I dont think i could have misspelled version one more time... even if i had
tried !

I am so embarrassed...

LC

"NuT CrAcKeR" wrote in message
...
I havent added drives to a compaq server that didnt have an array

controller
in probably 7 years.

I would suggest picking up a cheap controller on eBay. Oh, you didnt

mention
which version of the 800 you have. HP veriosn, NonHP verision.. PPro 200
verision, PII350 version...

LC

"Paul" wrote in message
...
That was supposed to say Proliant 800...sorry...
"Paul" wrote in message
...
I have a Compaq Proliant 88 with a single SCSI drive, running Novell

4.1.1
and the drive is out of free space. I purchased a new Maxtor 18 gig

SCSI
and
put it in the computer. The BIOS recognizes the drive when it is

booting
up,
and the Compaq utility correctly sees the drive, but after that, the

drive
is reported as a 9 gig drive to everything (fdisk, partition magic,

server
magic, ghost, DOS 6.2 and 7), not the 181 gig drive that it is. I

called
Compaq, but India, I mean Tech Support told me they could not help me

as
the
drive was a third party drive. I bought 2 of these drives from CDW.

They
sold these to me as replacement drives for a Compaq Proliant. I have

had
these drives for 3 weeks now, and have not been able to resolve this

issue.
Anyone have a similar issue, or can provide me some direction?
Thanks!








  #5  
Old April 29th 04, 09:14 PM
Paul
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Yes, it has an array controller. It has a Perc 2.
"NuT CrAcKeR" wrote in message
...
I dont think i could have misspelled version one more time... even if i

had
tried !

I am so embarrassed...

LC

"NuT CrAcKeR" wrote in message
...
I havent added drives to a compaq server that didnt have an array

controller
in probably 7 years.

I would suggest picking up a cheap controller on eBay. Oh, you didnt

mention
which version of the 800 you have. HP veriosn, NonHP verision.. PPro 200
verision, PII350 version...

LC

"Paul" wrote in message
...
That was supposed to say Proliant 800...sorry...
"Paul" wrote in message
...
I have a Compaq Proliant 88 with a single SCSI drive, running Novell

4.1.1
and the drive is out of free space. I purchased a new Maxtor 18 gig

SCSI
and
put it in the computer. The BIOS recognizes the drive when it is

booting
up,
and the Compaq utility correctly sees the drive, but after that, the

drive
is reported as a 9 gig drive to everything (fdisk, partition magic,

server
magic, ghost, DOS 6.2 and 7), not the 181 gig drive that it is. I

called
Compaq, but India, I mean Tech Support told me they could not help

me
as
the
drive was a third party drive. I bought 2 of these drives from CDW.

They
sold these to me as replacement drives for a Compaq Proliant. I have

had
these drives for 3 weeks now, and have not been able to resolve this
issue.
Anyone have a similar issue, or can provide me some direction?
Thanks!










  #6  
Old April 29th 04, 11:30 PM
NuT CrAcKeR
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oh god... that is just plain sacrilege

A DELL controller in a Compaq?

Thats like putting mustard in red wine

does your Perc have the latest firmware and bios ?

Im suprised the CPQ utilties will see anything on the PERC controller.

That is just strange.

"which" perc 2 do you have? SC or DC ? AMI based or Adaptec Based?

I do have some knowledge of dark-side servers...

LC

"Paul" wrote in message
...
Yes, it has an array controller. It has a Perc 2.
"NuT CrAcKeR" wrote in message
...
I dont think i could have misspelled version one more time... even if i

had
tried !

I am so embarrassed...

LC

"NuT CrAcKeR" wrote in message
...
I havent added drives to a compaq server that didnt have an array

controller
in probably 7 years.

I would suggest picking up a cheap controller on eBay. Oh, you didnt

mention
which version of the 800 you have. HP veriosn, NonHP verision.. PPro

200
verision, PII350 version...

LC

"Paul" wrote in message
...
That was supposed to say Proliant 800...sorry...
"Paul" wrote in message
...
I have a Compaq Proliant 88 with a single SCSI drive, running

Novell
4.1.1
and the drive is out of free space. I purchased a new Maxtor 18

gig
SCSI
and
put it in the computer. The BIOS recognizes the drive when it is

booting
up,
and the Compaq utility correctly sees the drive, but after that,

the
drive
is reported as a 9 gig drive to everything (fdisk, partition

magic,
server
magic, ghost, DOS 6.2 and 7), not the 181 gig drive that it is. I

called
Compaq, but India, I mean Tech Support told me they could not help

me
as
the
drive was a third party drive. I bought 2 of these drives from

CDW.
They
sold these to me as replacement drives for a Compaq Proliant. I

have
had
these drives for 3 weeks now, and have not been able to resolve

this
issue.
Anyone have a similar issue, or can provide me some direction?
Thanks!












  #7  
Old April 29th 04, 11:49 PM
Paul
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My mistake. Nor a Perc...those are on the Dells, as you said.
It has a controller, but I do not know which one. I have serial numbers for
the server, from Compaq, but i have yet to get a straight answer out of
them. I tell them what the serial numbers are, and they ask me what hardware
do I have? Seems to me they should tell me what HW I have, seein's how they
built this beast!
Anyways, needless to say this computer is not my only presssing, need to get
off my desk in a hurry, handed down from the last guy project i have. He was
very good at generating pretty reports, though. Sorry if I rambled, or
misled you on the Perc...

"NuT CrAcKeR" wrote in message
...
oh god... that is just plain sacrilege

A DELL controller in a Compaq?

Thats like putting mustard in red wine

does your Perc have the latest firmware and bios ?

Im suprised the CPQ utilties will see anything on the PERC controller.

That is just strange.

"which" perc 2 do you have? SC or DC ? AMI based or Adaptec Based?

I do have some knowledge of dark-side servers...

LC

"Paul" wrote in message
...
Yes, it has an array controller. It has a Perc 2.
"NuT CrAcKeR" wrote in message
...
I dont think i could have misspelled version one more time... even if

i
had
tried !

I am so embarrassed...

LC

"NuT CrAcKeR" wrote in message
...
I havent added drives to a compaq server that didnt have an array
controller
in probably 7 years.

I would suggest picking up a cheap controller on eBay. Oh, you didnt
mention
which version of the 800 you have. HP veriosn, NonHP verision.. PPro

200
verision, PII350 version...

LC

"Paul" wrote in message
...
That was supposed to say Proliant 800...sorry...
"Paul" wrote in message
...
I have a Compaq Proliant 88 with a single SCSI drive, running

Novell
4.1.1
and the drive is out of free space. I purchased a new Maxtor 18

gig
SCSI
and
put it in the computer. The BIOS recognizes the drive when it is
booting
up,
and the Compaq utility correctly sees the drive, but after that,

the
drive
is reported as a 9 gig drive to everything (fdisk, partition

magic,
server
magic, ghost, DOS 6.2 and 7), not the 181 gig drive that it is.

I
called
Compaq, but India, I mean Tech Support told me they could not

help
me
as
the
drive was a third party drive. I bought 2 of these drives from

CDW.
They
sold these to me as replacement drives for a Compaq Proliant. I

have
had
these drives for 3 weeks now, and have not been able to resolve

this
issue.
Anyone have a similar issue, or can provide me some direction?
Thanks!














  #8  
Old April 30th 04, 02:44 AM
NuT CrAcKeR
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when the server boots, it should tell you which controller you have (if its
an array controller).

What processors are in your machine ?

LC

"Paul" wrote in message
...
My mistake. Nor a Perc...those are on the Dells, as you said.
It has a controller, but I do not know which one. I have serial numbers

for
the server, from Compaq, but i have yet to get a straight answer out of
them. I tell them what the serial numbers are, and they ask me what

hardware
do I have? Seems to me they should tell me what HW I have, seein's how

they
built this beast!
Anyways, needless to say this computer is not my only presssing, need to

get
off my desk in a hurry, handed down from the last guy project i have. He

was
very good at generating pretty reports, though. Sorry if I rambled, or
misled you on the Perc...

"NuT CrAcKeR" wrote in message
...
oh god... that is just plain sacrilege

A DELL controller in a Compaq?

Thats like putting mustard in red wine

does your Perc have the latest firmware and bios ?

Im suprised the CPQ utilties will see anything on the PERC controller.

That is just strange.

"which" perc 2 do you have? SC or DC ? AMI based or Adaptec Based?

I do have some knowledge of dark-side servers...

LC

"Paul" wrote in message
...
Yes, it has an array controller. It has a Perc 2.
"NuT CrAcKeR" wrote in message
...
I dont think i could have misspelled version one more time... even

if
i
had
tried !

I am so embarrassed...

LC

"NuT CrAcKeR" wrote in message
...
I havent added drives to a compaq server that didnt have an array
controller
in probably 7 years.

I would suggest picking up a cheap controller on eBay. Oh, you

didnt
mention
which version of the 800 you have. HP veriosn, NonHP verision..

PPro
200
verision, PII350 version...

LC

"Paul" wrote in message
...
That was supposed to say Proliant 800...sorry...
"Paul" wrote in message
...
I have a Compaq Proliant 88 with a single SCSI drive, running

Novell
4.1.1
and the drive is out of free space. I purchased a new Maxtor

18
gig
SCSI
and
put it in the computer. The BIOS recognizes the drive when it

is
booting
up,
and the Compaq utility correctly sees the drive, but after

that,
the
drive
is reported as a 9 gig drive to everything (fdisk, partition

magic,
server
magic, ghost, DOS 6.2 and 7), not the 181 gig drive that it

is.
I
called
Compaq, but India, I mean Tech Support told me they could not

help
me
as
the
drive was a third party drive. I bought 2 of these drives from

CDW.
They
sold these to me as replacement drives for a Compaq Proliant.

I
have
had
these drives for 3 weeks now, and have not been able to

resolve
this
issue.
Anyone have a similar issue, or can provide me some direction?
Thanks!
















  #9  
Old April 30th 04, 06:25 PM
Paul
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I give up...will buy a "Compaq®" drive, RMA these 2 Maxtors, and see if
Compaq will "support" me on this. *mumblessomeshat*

"NuT CrAcKeR" wrote in message
...
when the server boots, it should tell you which controller you have (if

its
an array controller).

What processors are in your machine ?

LC

"Paul" wrote in message
...
My mistake. Nor a Perc...those are on the Dells, as you said.
It has a controller, but I do not know which one. I have serial numbers

for
the server, from Compaq, but i have yet to get a straight answer out of
them. I tell them what the serial numbers are, and they ask me what

hardware
do I have? Seems to me they should tell me what HW I have, seein's how

they
built this beast!
Anyways, needless to say this computer is not my only presssing, need to

get
off my desk in a hurry, handed down from the last guy project i have. He

was
very good at generating pretty reports, though. Sorry if I rambled, or
misled you on the Perc...

"NuT CrAcKeR" wrote in message
...
oh god... that is just plain sacrilege

A DELL controller in a Compaq?

Thats like putting mustard in red wine

does your Perc have the latest firmware and bios ?

Im suprised the CPQ utilties will see anything on the PERC controller.

That is just strange.

"which" perc 2 do you have? SC or DC ? AMI based or Adaptec Based?

I do have some knowledge of dark-side servers...

LC

"Paul" wrote in message
...
Yes, it has an array controller. It has a Perc 2.
"NuT CrAcKeR" wrote in message
...
I dont think i could have misspelled version one more time... even

if
i
had
tried !

I am so embarrassed...

LC

"NuT CrAcKeR" wrote in

message
...
I havent added drives to a compaq server that didnt have an

array
controller
in probably 7 years.

I would suggest picking up a cheap controller on eBay. Oh, you

didnt
mention
which version of the 800 you have. HP veriosn, NonHP verision..

PPro
200
verision, PII350 version...

LC

"Paul" wrote in message
...
That was supposed to say Proliant 800...sorry...
"Paul" wrote in message
...
I have a Compaq Proliant 88 with a single SCSI drive,

running
Novell
4.1.1
and the drive is out of free space. I purchased a new Maxtor

18
gig
SCSI
and
put it in the computer. The BIOS recognizes the drive when

it
is
booting
up,
and the Compaq utility correctly sees the drive, but after

that,
the
drive
is reported as a 9 gig drive to everything (fdisk, partition
magic,
server
magic, ghost, DOS 6.2 and 7), not the 181 gig drive that it

is.
I
called
Compaq, but India, I mean Tech Support told me they could

not
help
me
as
the
drive was a third party drive. I bought 2 of these drives

from
CDW.
They
sold these to me as replacement drives for a Compaq

Proliant.
I
have
had
these drives for 3 weeks now, and have not been able to

resolve
this
issue.
Anyone have a similar issue, or can provide me some

direction?
Thanks!


















 




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