EasyStartupproblems
ThefollowingtabledescribestheEasyStartupproblemsandsuggestedactionstocorrectdetectedproblems.
Table27.ThinkServerEasyStartupDVD
•FollowthesuggestedactionsintheorderinwhichtheyarelistedintheActioncolumnuntiltheproblem
isresolved.
•SeetheHardwareMaintenanceManualtodeterminewhichcomponentsarecustomerreplaceableunits
(CRUs)andwhichcomponentsareeldreplaceableunits(FRUs).
Symptom
Action
TheThinkServer
EasyStartupDVDwill
notstart.
•MakesuretheserversupportstheEasyStartupprogramandhasastartable(bootable)
DVDdrive.
•Ifthestartup(boot)sequencesettingshavebeenchanged,makesuretheDVDdrive
isrstinthestartupsequence.
•IfmorethanoneDVDdriveisinstalled,makesurethatonlyoneDVDdriveissetasthe
primarydrive.StarttheEasyStartupDVDfromtheprimaryDVDdrive.
Theoperatingsystem
installationprogram
continuouslyloops.
Makemorespaceavailableontheharddiskdrive.
TheEasyStartup
programwillnotstart
theoperatingsystem
medium.
MakesurethattheoperatingsystemmediumissupportedbytheEasyStartupprogram.
SeetheEasyStartupUserGuideforalistofsupportedoperatingsystemversions.The
EasyStartupUserGuideandcompatibilitynotesareavailablethroughtheEasyStartup
program.
PC-DoctorforDOS
YoucanalsodownloadthelatestversionofthePC-DoctorforDOSdiagnosticprogramfrom
http://www.lenovo.com/support.ThePC-DoctorforDOSdiagnosticprogramrunsindependentlyofthe
Windowsoperatingsystem.UsethePC-DoctorforDOSdiagnosticprogramifyouareunabletostartthe
Windowsoperatingsystem.YoucanrunthePC-DoctorforDOSdiagnosticprogramfromadiagnostic
discthatyoucreated.
Creatingadiagnosticdisc
Thissectionprovidesinstructionsonhowtocreateadiagnosticdisc.
Tocreateadiagnosticdisc,dothefollowing:
1.Downloadaself-startingbootableCD/DVDimage(knownasanISOimage)ofthediagnosticprogram
fromthefollowingWebsite:
http://www.lenovo.com/support
2.UseanyCD/DVDburningsoftwaretocreateadiagnosticdiscwiththeISOimage.
Runningthediagnosticprogramfromadiagnosticdisc
Thissectionprovidesinstructionsonhowtorunthediagnosticprogramfromadiagnosticdiscthatyou
created.
Torunthediagnosticprogramfromadiagnosticdiscthatyoucreated,dothefollowing:
1.Turnoffyourserver.
2.RepeatedlypressandreleasetheF12keywhenturningontheserver.Whenthe“Pleaseselectboot
device”windowopens,releasetheF12key.
3.Selecttheopticaldrivethatyouwanttouseastherstbootdevice.
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