setup hangs when formatting c:

[GregH]

Win2000 Server install on Dell PowerEdge2500 with RAID
SCSI Controller.

After configuring the partitions and telling setup to
install windows on c: it goes to the foramt
screen. "Setup is formatting..." and it hangs on 0%.

Has anybody ever seen this behavior?

 

[SaltPeter]

Win2000 Server install on Dell PowerEdge2500 with RAID
SCSI Controller.

After configuring the partitions and telling setup to
install windows on c: it goes to the foramt
screen. "Setup is formatting..." and it hangs on 0%.

Has anybody ever seen this behavior?

How did you install the mass storage controller driver?

 

[Dave Patrick]

Once the mirror (or other raid) has been built boot the Windows 2000 setup
disks or CD-Rom and *F6* very early and very important (at setup is
inspecting your system) in the setup to prevent drive controller detection,
and select S to specify additional drivers. Then later you'll be prompted to
insert the manufacturer supplied Windows 2000 driver for your raid
controller in drive "A"

If you wait and then S to specify additional drivers, then it may be too
late as Windows 2000 Setup at this point may have already assigned the
resources your drive's controller is wanting to use.


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Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft MVP [Windows NT/2000 Operating Systems]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect.

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| Win2000 Server install on Dell PowerEdge2500 with RAID
| SCSI Controller.
|
| After configuring the partitions and telling setup to
| install windows on c: it goes to the foramt
| screen. "Setup is formatting..." and it hangs on 0%.
|
| Has anybody ever seen this behavior?

 

[Luke Kandia]

I'm actually having the same problems on a DELL 4300 with a Perc2
controller and 5 18g scsi drives. Steps I've done so far:

1. Created 4 gig and 60 gig containers. 4 gig is the boot or 00
container.
2. Created a Utility partition in the 4 gig. Funny part is that I can
not access the Container Configuration Utility from within the Utility
partition (hangs at a DOS prompt). I can only access the CCU at
bootup by hitting CTRL-A. It warns me that I won't be able to use the
container for booting until the SCRUB is done. How can I tell when
the SCRUB is done?
3. Boot to a Windows 2000 CD. Hit F6 when it prompts me to and load
the most recent Perc2 drivers.
4. It then offers me 2 "drives" to which to install Windows 2000 to.
One is a 4 gb drive that has an unknown partition on it (the Utility
partition) and the rest blank. I highlight the blank portion of the
4gig, then press enter to install. It subsequently gives me the:

"Setup is formatting"

gasbar and is now stuck at 0%

Any ideas?

regards
Luke

 

[Luke Kandia]

Turns out, we just needed firmware upgrades.
I contacted the original poster of this thread to find out
if he had solved his problem. Apparently he had.
It took a firmware upgrade of the Perc2 card to do the
trick for him (and me!).

Luke