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A message is displayed if there is no bootable device in the system - IBM eServer xSeries 330

Troubleshooting


Problem

Source RETAIN tip H171791 Symptom If there is no bootable device (diskette in floppy drive, hard disk drive with a bootable operating system, or a hard disk drive with a formatted partition that is not bootable) in the system.

Resolving The Problem

Source

RETAIN tip H171791

Symptom

If there is no bootable device (diskette in floppy drive, hard disk drive with a bootable operating system, or a hard disk drive with a formatted partition that is not bootable) in the system, the following message will be displayed on the screen:

PXE-E61: Media test failure, check cable
PXE-M0F: Exiting Intel PXE ROM
Error loading operating system.

Affected configurations
The system is an IBM eserver xSeries 330, type 8654, any model.
 
The system's PXE (Preboot eXecution Environment) ROM is enabled in Setup.
Note: "Enabled" is the default setting.
 
Solution
  1. Verify a bootable operating system is installed
  2. Run diagnostics
  3. Check cabling
Additional information

In a situation in which there is a non-bootable SCSI hard drive with a Master Boot Record (MBR), system BIOS will pass control to the SCSI device.
 
When the SCSI device determines that there is no bootable operating system, the control is passed to the PXE ROM which will display the error message shown in the "Symptom" section above.
 
If PXE is disabled in Setup, the POST code displays the following message: "1962 Drive does not contain a valid boot record."

Document Location

Worldwide

Operating System

System x:Operating system independent / None

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Document Information

Modified date:
28 January 2019

UID

ibm1MIGR-4PTR6Q

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