Ahhhhh Got it After some reading I can boot into something called the lifecycle from here I have a gui to configure the raid and then install the OS, it creates a temporary folder puts all the driver in then asked for the DVD of windows, must patch it and I can see my full raid volume, it then carries on installs windows and all drivers
Phew.. Just shows that I should have RTFM Thanks for the people who posted back, panic over :-) Nigel Parker Systems Engineer Ultraframe (UK) Ltd Tel: 01200 452329 Fax: 01200 452201 Web: www.ultraframe.com Email: mailto:[email protected] -----Original Message----- From: Nigel Parker [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: 30 April 2013 14:01 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: PowerEdge R520 installation Hi Yep I think because I have an MBR I cant use UEFI Ok Trashing the disk array and starting again Thanks Nigel Parker Systems Engineer Ultraframe (UK) Ltd Tel: 01200 452329 Fax: 01200 452201 Web: www.ultraframe.com Email: mailto:[email protected] -----Original Message----- From: Ziots, Edward [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: 30 April 2013 13:32 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: PowerEdge R520 installation Maybe create a volumne using GPT rather than MBR which is limited to 2TB. I ran into this a while ago in HP land... Z Edward E. 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Thank you. -----Original Message----- From: Nigel Parker [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2013 7:46 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: PowerEdge R520 installation Whoops I mean I cant create a windows volume over 2TB I can see the remainder of the raid volume but windows doesn't allow me to do anything with it I presume the UEFI boot mode writes something to the disks and this code isn't on the dell build disk Thanks -----Original Message----- From: Nigel Parker [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: 30 April 2013 12:30 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: PowerEdge R520 installation Ok this may be a dumb question but........... We purchased a new Dell poweredge 520 everything was ok; but Either we; or dell had missed something on the config and it was setup as a raid 5 without a hot spare No problem just trash the array and recreate it with a hot spare done Quick config It has 8 x 600 gb drives 7 in one array and 1 as a dedicated hot spare I had to use the Bios boot mode and not the uefi and now the server can't use anything other than 2GB Started again and selected UEFI boot and put in the del build CD and it refuses to boot from this disk I can boot from the windows 2008 server disk via UEFI but of course the drivers are missing for the disk and would prefer to use the dell server assist So........ HELP :-) I just want one raid volume with a hotspare Nigel Parker Systems Engineer Ultraframe (UK) Ltd Tel: 01200 452329 Fax: 01200 452201 Web: www.ultraframe.com Email: mailto:[email protected] Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail. 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