Re: ASR - while no tape drive support ion OS CD



It's quite easy to try. Prepare txtsetup.oem and see if your driver is
loaded.

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"Sigurd" <Sigurd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>I am trying to make the ASR work where I'm using a tape device that has no
> driver support on the Operating System CD. I have read Article ID : 887494
> (You may be continually prompted to provide the correct media during the
> ASR
> restore operation on Windows Server 2003 or on Windows XP), which is
> exactely
> describing my problm. This article instructs the user to modify the "ASR
> floppy". (http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;887494).
> My question is however, is it possible to make the ASR process work
> without
> modifying the ASR diskette, but instead use a driver floppy that contain
> the
> appropriate drivers (txtsetup.oem type of floppy).
> The system will acess the floppy by pressing "F6" in addition to "F2" (to
> invoke the ASR).
> Main question: Can I use the "F6" fuctionality for tape drive driver
> loading
> or is this functionality only for Storage Controllers?
>
> --
> Thanks,
> Sigurd E.


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