You could make a Christmas tree from all the platters: http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2008/12/christmas_tree_made_from_70_scsi_ha.html?CMP=OTC-0D6B48984890
...Tim > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Wednesday, December 24, 2008 8:40 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Dell 4200 RAID to JBOD > > Greetings! > > I have a Dell PE-4200 that needs to be hauled away. I'd like to run > DBAN > (Darik's Boot and Nuke) on it first. The docs say it doesn't support > RAID > but to turn the RAID into a JBOD with the BIOS utilities... > > I have 4 original books for the server. Despite being "a guy", I've > been > trying to read them to see how to do this. A few things have hinted > that > the 6 drives will work without the PERC. I tried by-passing the PERC > by > plugging the array cable directly into the MB's SCSI port (shown in the > books). Thing is, I'm having problems getting BIOS to find the disks. > I > even tried pulling the PERC, hoping to get BIOS utilities from the MB > BIOS > rather than the PERC BIOS - no good. > > I'm going to hook the PERC back up and see if any utiliies will > re-configure the array into a JBOD. Then I'm going into The Back Room > to > see if I can find a Dell PE-4200 "Server Assistant" CD. > > Any other hints, other than to forget DBAN and hit the drives with a > drill > press? > > Thanks! > -------------------------------------- > Richard McClary, Systems Administrator > ASPCA Knowledge Management > 1717 S Philo Rd, Ste 36, Urbana, IL 61802 > 217-337-9761 > http://www.aspca.org > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
