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Started by godyourestupid , Jun 23 2012 09:49 PM
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godyourestupid
Posted 23 June 2012 - 09:49 PM

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I have a copy of WHS 2011 that I am trying to load onto a Dell Power Edge 2850. I would like to know if anyone on here has been successful with installing WHS 2011 on a dell power edge 2850.

During installation WHS will error out after it recognizes the drivers for my raid and this leaves me very confused.

I have successfully installed SBS 2008, WS 2008, and WS 2008r2 (all 64 bit) on a DEll Power edge 2850 with no problems.

Can anyone help me out? I really would like to upgrade to WHS 2011.

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superchris15
Posted 26 June 2012 - 06:41 PM

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Your hard drive may be too small. WHS11 requires 160gb or larger for the install drive. Mine did this when I tried to use a 32gb drive and the log showed an error that the drive was too big. I put in a 300gb drive for the install drive and it worked fine in my PE 2850. There is a workaround out there to install to a smaller drive using a usb drive to alter a file but I haven't tried it yet.

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Posted 28 June 2012 - 01:34 PM

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Thanks for the reply..

do you know where I can find this workaround? And how is your raid configured?

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Posted 28 June 2012 - 01:53 PM

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