Re: Can W2K Be Installed on SATA Drives?
Well, I'm off like a herd of turtles. Your description is closest to what
ASUS recommends. I called 10 minutes before they closed, so got a hurry up
briefing on how to do this.
1. Fire up the PC
2. Place their driver CD in the drive
3. Wait for the initial ASUS screen to appear, and finally a
prompt to boot from the CD. Press a key to start the boot.
(Of course, you need to set BIOS to know to start the boot
from a CD before trying a HD or other device.
4. Wait for a prompt to choose 32-bit, 64-bit or DOS prompt
5. I selected 32-bit. Wait for a prompt for a floppy
6. Place a 3.5" (fresh) floppy disk in drive-A. Wait for 8
files to be copied to the CD
I've done all the above. I have not verified the following, but
from what I could get in the short conversation, this is it.
1. Insert the W2K CD
2. Press the boot button
3. Hit F6 soon
4. A prompt for the floppy appears
5. Put it in if you took it out
6. Continue letting the system get what it needs
7. Press F8 to continue the install
That's about it. I'll call them in the morning to see if this plays well
with them.
The woman who helped me seemed to know her stuff. I had contacted them 3
times earlier on some problems related to their driver CD and the floppy.
She was the best of the lot. She got into some issues about qualified
vendors, and memory. Her points about memory caused some discussion.
Interesting, but I'll have to revisit them tomorrow. We got off briefly on
red/black SARA ports and what RAID really meant. Even though I have a single
WD 320G drive, she recommended going with RAID. A second drive can be added
later, if needed or useful. We got a lot in in 10 minutes. Maybe it was 15
minutes!
Almost all the four people I talked to claimed the manual had instructions
on how to install w2k. Not so. I looked at them, and they are nowhere as
detailed as the above. In fact, the s/w window panels they show don't seem
to exist. I'll revisit that another day.
Dave Patrick wrote:
> If your drive controller is not natively supported (which it wouldn't
> be) then you'll want to boot the Windows 2000 install CD-Rom. Then *F6*
> very early and very important (at setup is inspecting your system) in
> the setup to prevent drive controller detection, and select S to specify
> additional drivers. Then later you'll be prompted to insert the
> manufacturer supplied Windows 2000 driver for your drive controller in
> drive "A"
>
> Be sure to apply SP4 and these two below to your new install before
> connecting to any network. Internet included. (sasser, msblast)
> http://download.microsoft.com/download/E/6/A/E6A04295-D2A8-40D0-A0C5-241BFECD095E/W2KSP4_EN.EXE
>
> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS03-043.mspx
> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS03-049.mspx
>
> Then
>
> Rollup 1 for Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 4
> http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...CF-8850-4531-B52B-BF28B324C662&displaylang=en
>
>
>
> Then
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/305098
>
>
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Wayne Watson (Nevada City, CA)
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