Problem Booting redhat machine

[A.Fadyushin at it-centre.ru]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: redhat-list-bounces at redhat.com [mailto:redhat-list-
> bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Barry Brimer
> Sent: Monday, October 30, 2006 6:21 PM
> To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list
> Subject: Re: Problem Booting redhat machine
> 
> > I am currently having a problem with 4 Hp proliant servers that since
> > Friday when they where powered off will not come back up. The machines
> > power, disk and network are all fine but when i power the machine up i
> do
> > not get anything appear on the screen at all , i have tried two
> different
> > monitors that i know work fine but i do not even get anything on the
> screen
> > not even the proliant screens on initial boot , let alone the linux boot
> > sequence.
> >
> > Has anybody seen this before, what else can i check for and what ═can i
> do
> > get it back up and running?
> 
> These are HP servers.  Have you tried running diagnostics from their
> SmartStart CD?  This would allow you to boot from a different operating
> system, and it would allow you to use their diagnostics.
> 
> You also might try booting off of a Red Hat Disc 1 (Rescue CD).  If you
> have other servers that do not have this problem that are the same model,
> you could move your drives (making sure that the drive order remains the
> same) between 2 machines, and see if the problem follows the drives or the
> machine.
> 
> Barry

If you do not see even the initial screens displayed by server's BIOS it is definitely the hardware problem (or the problem with power supply). Are your servers switched on and receive power (e.g. do the power LEDs light)?

Alexey Fadyushin.
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