Re: Server without floopy drive

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From: Andrew Michael Johnson (andrew.johnson_at_drba.net)
Date: 03/20/05 

Date: Sun, 20 Mar 2005 11:39:04 -0500

I've used a usb floppy drive to boot to a disk on a HP DL380 without a
floppy drive. If your BIOS allows booting to removable media you should be
good

"Don Wilwol" <donwilwol@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:ejxNOW1KFHA.2604@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> Do you have a usb floppy. That "may" work.
>
> --
> Hope it helps...........
>
> dw
>
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>
> "Matt Gibson" <mattg@blueedgetech.ca> wrote in message
> news:egi$fbrKFHA.508@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
>>I don't believe you can.
>>
>> Why would you have a server without a floppy drive?
>>
>> Matt Gibson - GSEC
>>
>> "Edwin" <Edwin@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:B73D6F8F-3B0D-46ED-838A-FDFB50D25A13@microsoft.com...
>>>I have a workstation computer has two 160-gig hard drives in a Raid-
>>> configuration (Mirror). When I try
>>> installing Windows Server 2003 I get an error message saying
>>> the following...
>>>
>>> "Setup did not find any hard disk drives installed in your computer.
>>> Make
>>> sure any disk-related hardware configuration is correct. This may
>>> involve
>>> running a manufacturer-supplied diagnostic or setup program".
>>>
>>> I then repeat the installation process and click "F6" to install third
>>> party
>>> software as the instructions suggested (I'm trying to install the Raid
>>> driver from my CD). The only option I get is to load a floppy into
>>> Drive A.
>>> Unfortunately, the computer does not have a floppy drive.
>>>
>>> How I can get the computer to search my CD drive and not the floppy
>>> drive?
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>

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