If it doesn't work, let them place the OS DVD in the drive, and remotely install it (unless you use Kickstart or similar methods).
You should have remote console for any modern server-class hardware. Ez Noam Rathaus wrote: > Hi Ez, > > Thanks, I will try it > > Worst case if it doesn't work I will have them RescueCD boot and I will > install remotely via VPN tunnel or SSH tunnel - which I don't like and not > sure if it is possible. > > On Saturday 28 February 2009 11:10:24 ezaton wrote: > >> Hi. >> >> While I agree with Shachar about the advantages of software RAID, this >> is not true. All modern RAID controllers maintain a replica of their >> configuration on all disks. This allows easy RAID controller migration >> between *similar* RAID controllers. >> >> >> If you ship the disks to another server using the same RAID controller >> (for HP servers, interoperability is available between almost all RAID >> controllers, but for Dell I don't know), and you insert them >> _at_the_original_slot_order_, there should be no problem. You will be >> able to Import/Activate your array and be happy with it. >> >> >> Ez >> >> Shachar Shemesh wrote: >> >>> Noam Rathaus wrote: >>> >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> I have a server abroad that has a RAID setup - that server has died - >>>> I bought another computer but now I want to take disks that I have >>>> "prepared" here in Israel on the same computer setup with RAID and >>>> ship them. >>>> >>>> Is it possible to somehow instruct the RAID setup on the new computer >>>> (in the US) to use those disks? >>>> >>>> The computer is a DELL PowerEdge R200 with SAS6iR: >>>> http://www.dell.com/content/products/productdetails.aspx/pedge_r200?c=us >>>> &cs=04&l=en&s=bsd >>>> >>>> >>>> Details on such a procedure are scarce. >>>> >>> One of the greatest problems with hardware raid is that you need the >>> actual controller in order to access the disks. Sorry. >>> >>> Shachar >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Linux-il mailing list >>> Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il >>> http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il >>> > > >
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