Re: Installation problems -please help

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From: Frank McCallister SBS MVP (anonymous)
Date: 11/16/04 

Date: Mon, 15 Nov 2004 23:26:36 -0600

As Andrew said Don't do that!! I don't know why you want both XP and SBS on
same box but if you really do then use either Virtual PC or Virtual Server
so that both can run at once and you can switch back and forth. Dual booting
is a poor solution because one of the two can't be running. 

-- 
Frank McCallister SBS MVP
COMPUMAC
"Andrew Hodgson" <me3@privacy.net> wrote in message 
news:k5cip05048rfujrli2ru3h0b8oneq4p7au@4ax.com...
> On Mon, 15 Nov 2004 13:19:06 -0800, "SBS installer" <SBS
> installer@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
>>I am installing SBS 2003. I have XP professional installed on the machine
>>too. I am installing SBS 2003 on D: drive. The following is my current
>>topology
>
> Don't do that.  You need to boot from disk 1, install the server OS
> (preferably repartition the drive for different components), then
> continue the SBS setup.
>>
>>I have a LAN setup with a Router. All internet access is done thru the
>>router. The server machine is part of the LAN.
>>
>>1. I boot up into XP professional. I insert Disk 1 and it says you cannot
>>upgrade...then it gives me teh option to install SBS in another drive ..so 
>>I
>>select drive D: (already formatted and ready to go).
>>It goes thru disk one and rigth at the end it gives me an error saying:
>>You need at least 1 network adapter
>
> Possibly you are installing the server, it is restarting in the server
> and the drivers are not properly installed?  I would really tear up
> the machine and start again, though, as you won't be able to get back
> into XP once services are running without shutting everything down.
>
> Andrew.
> -- 
> Andrew Hodgson in Bromyard, Herefordshire, UK.
> My Email: use <andrew at hodgsonfamily dot org>.

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