Linux Server Problem

[WimMerkx]

Idk if this fall under troubleshooting, servers or OS, so ill put it in all.

 

I have a Proliant ML310e Gen8 v2 server at home which i wanted to use to make into a minecraft server. I wanted to install linux because though i havent used it they say its better for servers. So i made an USB Flash drive with Pop_OS Linux on it (thanks LTT for this quide), and popped it into the server to install. Got to the install screen and with a few hickups got it installed and it then asked to reboot or shut down the server. But when i restared it wouldnt find the drive the OS was on. I looked in the bios and the hard drives are listed as the 5th boot option, after Network, floppy, cd and USB, and i cant change this because of the administrative password security (i dont have the password). It just looks attempts to boot from a NIC, then the cd player if i connect it, then it says "Non-system disk or disk error". Then it tries again and fails again.

I've tried an other hard drive, but it has the same problem. I dont know if there is an easy fix for it but i cant find anything that works.

 

I hope someone here has some tips or things i can try, thankss

 

 

[Electronics Wizardy]

Is there a raid array setup on the server?

 

If you haven't used linux, Id give it a try in a vm.

 

Id stick with windows for now on the server if you haven't used linux, windows works fine for server uses

[WimMerkx]

There is a 4slot hot swap bay for hard drive, and i do believe there is some kind of raid on it. ("HPE Dynamic Smart Array B120i Controller" is the name of the drive bay i believe)

 

What do you mean with "vm"?

 

I tried to download windows on it a year or so ago. I couldnt get that to work either, but i dont no why anymore.

[Electronics Wizardy]

1 minute ago, WimMerkx said:

There is a 4slot hot swap bay for hard drive, and i do believe there is some kind of raid on it. ("HPE Dynamic Smart Array B120i Controller" is the name of the drive bay i believe)

 

What do you mean with "vm"?

 

I tried to download windows on it a year or so ago. I couldnt get that to work either, but i dont no why anymore.

Did you setup a raid array on the raid controller? Normally those servers need a raid array to be setup and the correct array to be set as bootable

 

VM is a virtual machine, basically a computer instead a computer. Id give it a shot on your desktop/laptop with virtual box.

[WimMerkx]

2 minutes ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

Did you setup a raid array on the raid controller? Normally those servers need a raid array to be setup and the correct array to be set as bootable

 

VM is a virtual machine, basically a computer instead a computer. Id give it a shot on your desktop/laptop with virtual box.

I did not set up a raid array, but the server was used before me on a school, and was configuerd by an other company for them. They would probably set up a raid array, since the server had 3HDD in them. Can i turn this off? I dont think i will need it because its just gonna be a fun MC server

 

I do not know how to set up a VM. Ive never heard anything about that. I do have a pc and laptop to do it with if you think that can help me

 

[Electronics Wizardy]

7 minutes ago, WimMerkx said:

I did not set up a raid array, but the server was used before me on a school, and was configuerd by an other company for them. They would probably set up a raid array, since the server had 3HDD in them. Can i turn this off? I dont think i will need it because its just gonna be a fun MC server

 

I do not know how to set up a VM. Ive never heard anything about that. I do have a pc and laptop to do it with if you think that can help me

 

There should be a message thats tells you to press a key to enter the raid controllers settings preboot, then remove any existing raid arrays, and make the array you want(probably a single disk raid 0 if you have one drive)

 

There should be lots of guides of how to setup a vm. Id try to follow one of those, and ask if you have questions.

[WimMerkx]

21 minutes ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

There should be a message thats tells you to press a key to enter the raid controllers settings preboot, then remove any existing raid arrays, and make the array you want(probably a single disk raid 0 if you have one drive)

 

There should be lots of guides of how to setup a vm. Id try to follow one of those, and ask if you have questions.

Okay, i got to the raid controller settings and played around for a bit. I set up the 2 500gb drive that came with the server up in raid 0, and rebooted. This time it found and wanted to boot from the hard drive, but i got a new message.

Im just gonna copy it here:

 

Attempting Boot From Hard Drive (C:)

error: unknown filesystem.

Entering rescue mode...

grub rescue>

 

It looks like i can type things and probably have to enter a command, but i dont know what

[Electronics Wizardy]

Just now, WimMerkx said:

Okay, i got to the raid controller settings and played around for a bit. I set up the 2 500gb drive that came with the server up in raid 0, and rebooted. This time it found and wanted to boot from the hard drive, but i got a new message.

Im just gonna copy it here:

 

Attempting Boot From Hard Drive (C:)

error: unknown filesystem.

Entering rescue mode...

grub rescue>

 

It looks like i can type things and probably have to enter a command, but i dont know what

Try reinstalling linux again. Chaning the raid config will wipe all data.

[WimMerkx]

2 hours ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

Try reinstalling linux again. Chaning the raid config will wipe all data.

I now have been trying to install linux again for a while, but 2 weird things keep happening.

 

1) when trying to boot it looks for NIC, CD-ROM and then Hard Drive. It should go for USb too but sometimes its just doesnt and gets stuck on the Hard Drive

 

2) If it gets past the boot and tries to install linux, it errors and says i have to restart my device, try again or type some code to see the problem, but i dont know where to type he code (i also dont have the code now because ive been stuck on problem 1 for some time)