Levwinski
03-15-2012 02:02 AM (0 days ago)
Hi,

I am trying to install 2008 R2 on a new ML110 G7, which does not have a cd-rom. I have mounted the os iso on iLOs virtual cd and the windows installation gets to the point where it would normally ask which disk to install on - instead it brings up a message "A required CD/DVD drive device driver is missing..." and gives the opportunity to browse for the driver.

This issue seems to be something to do with the hard drives.

When I browse for the driver, it shows the D drive cd-rom (virtual media) and the x boot drive (ram drive). There are no hard disks.

I have tried mounting the B110i driver here, but after the progress bar flashes by a few times I get "No new devices could be found..."

I have tried all three bios settings for the B110i - RAID, AHCI and Legacy. Same result each time.

I have also tried taking the smartstart installation route but both 8.60 and 8.70 fail to load the GUI - I just end up with a command line that does not switch to GUI the documented way.

B110i setup utility can see all 3 installed hard drives.

Help!