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Table 5. Abbreviated list of POST error messages (continued)
POST message Failing device or problem found Suggested action
I9990305 POST could not find an operating
system.
Install an operating system.
ServerGuide problems
The following table lists problem symptoms and suggested solutions.
Table 6. ServerGuide Setup and Installation CD
Symptom Suggested action
The ServerGuide Setup and
Installation CD will not start.
v Make sure that the BladeCenter unit CD-ROM drive is associated with the blade
server that you are configuring.
v
Make sure that the blade server supports the ServerGuide program.
v
If the startup (boot) sequence settings have been altered, make sure that the
CD-ROM drive is first in the startup sequence.
The operating-system
installation program
continuously loops.
Make more space available on the hard disk.
The ServerGuide program will
not start the operating-system
CD.
Make sure that the operating-system CD is supported by the ServerGuide program.
See the ServerGuide Setup and Installation CD label for a list of operating-system
versions that support the ServerGuide program.
The operating system cannot be
installed; the option is not
available.
Make sure that the operating system is supported on your server. If the operating
system is supported, either there is no logical drive defined (SAS RAID systems) or
the ServerGuide System Partition is not present. Run the ServerGuide program
and make sure that setup is complete.
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