tibberous Posted July 19, 2008 Share Posted July 19, 2008 I just got a server, but it doesn't have anything but USB ports. Should I build a USB CDrom / DVD drive and hope that it boots? Can I somehow hook my drive up to one of the SATA's, install the OS on one drive, and then somehow set it up to mirrored RAID? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wildteen88 Posted July 19, 2008 Share Posted July 19, 2008 There should be some sata ports on the motherboard to connect hard drives. You'll need an external cd drive to install the OS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tibberous Posted July 19, 2008 Author Share Posted July 19, 2008 It comes with Windows Server x64 Enterprise, that costs more than the computer, lol. This thing is FAST! Two, Dual Core, Opteron's @ 2.6 and 4 gig of DDR2... and those crazy server fans that blow shit off your desk when they first kick on. Maybe I should have saved $600 and got this instead of my desktop? Who needs things like sounds and graphics and free SATA ports... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wildteen88 Posted July 19, 2008 Share Posted July 19, 2008 How do you expect hard drives to be connected then, without any sata ports. no sata ports = no hard drives = no raid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tibberous Posted July 19, 2008 Author Share Posted July 19, 2008 I said free sata ports. It has two ports and two hard drives. It is very fast though - I like the Q6600, and have mine OC'ed to 3.5, but two separate processors should be even better... Maybe I should have dropped a couple hundred more and got a dual opeteron board? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zq29 Posted July 20, 2008 Share Posted July 20, 2008 I thought it was possible to install GNU Linux from a USB flash drive, not sure about Windows though - Might be worth investigating. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
serverman Posted July 20, 2008 Share Posted July 20, 2008 do you have any free pci slots? you might want to buy a cheap sata card (2 ports) and a cheap sata cd drive then you can put bsd or linux on it.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tibberous Posted July 20, 2008 Author Share Posted July 20, 2008 Actually I'm just dumb. I found IDE headers tucked behind the cover for the riser card =/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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