Re: No drive A:
- From: "Charlie Russel - MVP" <charlie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2007 16:32:46 -0700
Yes, I've kept around a USB floppy drive for the last several years for just such install situations. The good news is this all goes away with Server 2008 and future versions of SBS. The bad news is, it's an ever increasing problem on SBS2003, since even low end servers with SATA RAID controllers need it.
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"Cris Hanna [SBS-MVP]" <crisnospamhanna@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:uw2u9Do3HHA.5852@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
ran into this over the weekend on an HP Proliant ML 310 G2
Went to Best Buy, got the generic "Dynex" brand USB floppy drive, worked like a charm...$60
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"Kerry Brown" <kerry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx*a*m> wrote in message news:O6vvTyn3HHA.484@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
If you are installing SBS from DVD using nLite or other methods to
slipstream a driver can be quite complicated. If you're installing from CD
it's simple and quick. You only need to slipstream the first CD. If you
install servers or any versions of Windows older than Vista and Longhorn do
yourself a favour and get a USB floppy drive. Not all USB floppy drives work
though. Some will not get past the point where you are now. Here are some
tips if that happens.
http://www.intel.com/support/motherboards/server/sb/CS-022025.htm
http://www.intel.com/support/motherboards/server/sb/CS-026606.htm
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/916196
-- Kerry Brown
Microsoft MVP - Shell/User
http://www.vistahelp.ca
"Larry Struckmeyer" <lstruckmeyer(at)mis-wizards(dot)com> wrote in message
news:uz5Yz6m3HHA.748@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Hi Jevgenij
>
> I'm not familiar with this utility. Can you confirm that for a one off
> intallation that it would more efficient? Many of the these things seem
> to require so much setup time as to make them less efficient unless you do
> several of the same kind of install.
>
> Larry
>
> "Jevgenij Martynenko" <jm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:8266DA54-E1DF-4323-803A-2E19D7D2D3DC@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>I would suggest to use nLite or any similiar utility to integrate drivers
>>to the Window sinstallation.
>> This way you won't need neither USB nor floppy drive at all, and it
>> shouldn't take you much time.
>>
>> Hope this helps,
>> Jevgenij
>>
>> "John C." <JohnC@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:778D4428-520A-4572-BC05-C6526E597737@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>I have a new computer that I am trying to install SBS 2003 on that does
>>>not
>>> have a floppy drive or floppy controller only one IDE controller going
>>> to the
>>> DVD drive on the MB as far as I can tell. I loaded the RAID drivers via
>>> USB
>>> flash drive and was able to partition and format the RAID 1 serial
>>> drives but
>>> once windows starts to load it asks me to put the driver disk in Drive
>>> A:
>>> then press enter to continue or F3 to quit setup. It recognizes the USB
>>> drive as a hard drive E:, there is no A: so nothing happens when I press
>>> enter and there is no option to select a different drive. So how do I
>>> get
>>> windows to install on a computer without a floppy drive?
>>
>
>
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