Diskette animation booting IBM x3550 7978CBG

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I have to manage / reinstall an ibm x3550 model 7978CBG server but it can't boot from cd.

I have put in the cd some bootable cd's such Centos 6 ( some flavors ) and Proxmox ve but the server does not boot.

I thought could be configuration / boot order issue, so I changed it in BIOS booting first from cd but until now there is no luck.

The system boots and shows an animation drawing a drive and a diskette suggesting you press F1 key.

I am not sure, but I believe I have no wrong disk configuration.

The system bios version is 1.09

I am searching redbooks, advice or a hand.

Thanks

CLOSED: drive detected as primary master, but it was broken

thanks to all.

Best Answer

You BIOS version (and probably other firmware versions) are outdated. Current BIOS version is 1.17. Update might fix your issues.

Best method to update / install your server is to use UpdateXpress from IBM which is network booted.

You can temporarily select boot method by pressing F12 on IBM System x servers.

URL to get updates from: http://www.ibm.com/support (FixCentral)