Re: Initial Stage of Install very slow

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From: TOny (anthony.sollars_at_nervana.com)
Date: 02/22/04


Date: Sat, 21 Feb 2004 17:07:41 -0800

Well it looks like the DVD drive I have on the server doesn't like the
SBS2003 DVD, I restarted with the CD 1 and it is upgrading just fine now.
Pretty sure this is it, because when I tested this in my test lab, I used
this exact DVD to do the upgrade, but had different hardware.

-Case closed

"TOny" <anthony.sollars@nervana.com> wrote in message
news:OiMoTnN%23DHA.3220@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> I am upgrading an SBS2K server to SBS2003 and the inital setup phase,
which
> install the required components has been going for over an hour and not
> progressed, but there are errors anywhere. Has anyone seen this behavior.
> MAchine is a P4 2.4ghz 1 gig RAM and SCSI drives.
>
> -Thansk,
> Tony
>
>



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