Update on 13.10 64-bit server + Dell PowerEdge R610

[Phill Whiteside]

Hi,

I have two hard drives in my 'laptop', and have never had any issues. I do
think this is a hardware / BIOS issue.

Regards,

Phill.

On 14 June 2013 23:30, Patrick Goetz <pgoetz at mail.utexas.edu> wrote:

> Recap: having problems when 2 disks are installed in a Dell PowerEdge R610
> which features a Dell SAS 6 HBA (in actuality an LSI  SAS1068E-IR HBA).
>
> If I take one disk out, I can install and run 13.10 server with no
> problems.  As soon as I put the second disk back in the machine, it refuses
> to boot; i.e. I don't get a console and the machine isn't pingable. Even
> more odd, after I've tried putting the second disk in, and then take it
> back out, grub 2 won't boot through anymore -- it just hangs at the OS
> selection prompt.  If I hit <Enter> to make it boot (and don't bother
> re-inserting the second disk), the system resumes booting through
> automatically.
>
> In the absence of any suggestions, I'm going to check with Dell about a
> HBA BIOS update.
>
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