server giving I/O error

[bushby]

Hiya all of you Edugeekers,

 

so iv got a oldish server thats chucked up a I/O error when i went to upgrade from 2k3r2 to 2k8r2,

 

replacing the drives should be all ok? and give me a nice refreshed server

 

just double checking be for spending some moneys

[SHimmer45]

assuming that the raid card/controller is in good order are any disks being flagged as having an issue?

have you tested the ram in the server

an I/O could be as simple as an iffy dvd/cd drive as i have had this before

[TomFreeman]

I can second SHimmer45's post, we had a server we had gave up upgrading, but then we tried a usb extenral disc drive.... suffice to say we now have it as a print server.