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10-28-2006, 11:15 AM #1Junior Guru Wannabe
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Bootable External USB CDRom For Servers
I have several 1U servers, consisting of PDSMi & H8SSL-i SuperMicro MB's. Ideally, I'd like to stop fitting internal CD/DVDRoms into these as, after initial installation, they really tend to collect dust.
I'd rather get an external CD/DVDRom, USB based that I could boot off of when needed, and install the OS from. I do have a nice USB DVDRom right now, but was unable to get the MB's to boot from it. It is more of a 'burner' 'backup' type deal anyway.
Anyone here run SuperMicro MB's that could offer any suggestions on hardware that has worked in the past. Not looking for any bells and whistles, just an external USB CDRom that I can drag with me (or leave in) the datacenter when needed. I've already gotten a cheap USB floppy drive which works perfectly.
Thanks!
Tom
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10-28-2006, 02:09 PM #2Aspiring Evangelist
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I have one I leave at the dc. However I went cheap and got a bulky one that requires power, if I was to do it again I would get a much smaller one that draws power off the USB rather then a plug in.
All of my equipment is either Tyan or Supermicro and I have only had one board so far have problems with it.
That particular board would boot from it (for doing a CentOS isntall) but for some reason would not complete the install, however since I could get the board to boot from it I was able to complete the install from over the net.
I hope that helps!!
BTW- my CDROM is a CompUSA brand.
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10-29-2006, 02:56 AM #3The least among you.
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10-29-2006, 04:15 AM #4Junior Guru Wannabe
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Thanks for the helpful advice. You guys rock!
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10-30-2006, 09:40 PM #5Newbie
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I've run into issues installing linux on some supermicro boxes via an external dvd. Rather than address the issue, I generally boot off a usb key containing diskboot.img and install via http. Has made life easier than keeping discs on hand.
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10-28-2006, 06:02 PM #6WHT Addict
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We've been running USB drives for some time now. I just picked up a number of these drives which are nice and compact, so they're easy to move around. http://us.liteonit.com/us/index.php?...d=64&Itemid=87
I also have a few older Asus USB CDRW drives.
We run Supermicro nearly exclusively and I've never had an issue with them booting from USB drives.
I hope that helps.
- Mike
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10-31-2006, 09:37 AM #7Web Hosting Master
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I've also found that USB keys are convenient. A lot easier to carry around than an external cd-rom drive. I picked up some 128MB keys for under $10.
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10-31-2006, 02:19 PM #8Web Hosting Evangelist
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