I think the Perc will allow you to break the RAID and make them all Raid 1 then DBan them one at a time. You do remember that a RAID 1 is just a drive right?
Jon On Wed, Dec 24, 2008 at 11:40 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > 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/> ~
