How do I do two F6 disks?

[ToddAndMargo]

Hi All,

I am trying to install XP-Pro-SP3-OEM onto a new
computer. I need two F6 disks: Intel ICH9R and
Adaptec 2405. If I ignore the ICH9R disk, I get
a BSOD. (As a work around, I can turn AHCI off
in BIOS and install it later.)

After I "S" the 2405 drivers, I tried changing
the floppy to the ICH9R disk, but XP's installer
does not recognize that I changed the disk. Still
thinks I have the 2405 disk in the drive.

And the two drivers will not fit on the
same disk.

Is there a way to do two F6 disks?

Many thanks,
-T

 

[SC Tom]

Hi All,

I am trying to install XP-Pro-SP3-OEM onto a new
computer. I need two F6 disks: Intel ICH9R and
Adaptec 2405. If I ignore the ICH9R disk, I get
a BSOD. (As a work around, I can turn AHCI off
in BIOS and install it later.)

After I "S" the 2405 drivers, I tried changing
the floppy to the ICH9R disk, but XP's installer
does not recognize that I changed the disk. Still
thinks I have the 2405 disk in the drive.

And the two drivers will not fit on the
same disk.

Is there a way to do two F6 disks?

Many thanks,
-T

Been a while since I had to this, but doesn't it prompt at the bottom of the
screen for more/another driver? I was thinking that after the first driver
is installed/copied from the disk, it comes back to the first screen and
says something like "Press XXX to install more drivers."

SC Tom

 

[db]

you might have to download
updated mother board drivers
from its homesite or maybe
update the bios before installation.

double check your mobo's
homesite for faq's.

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[DL]

Yes it does - prompt for other drivers

Been a while since I had to this, but doesn't it prompt at the bottom of
the screen for more/another driver? I was thinking that after the first
driver is installed/copied from the disk, it comes back to the first
screen and says something like "Press XXX to install more drivers."

SC Tom

 

[ToddAndMargo]

Yes it does - prompt for other drivers

I am not seeing it. Maybe I am blind. I only see "S" for
additional drivers and "enter" to return to the installation.
(And F3 to cancel installation.)

Do you remember what the key is so I can swap disks and
add another driver?

-T

 

[Shenan Stanley]

I am not seeing it. Maybe I am blind. I only see "S" for
additional drivers and "enter" to return to the installation.
(And F3 to cancel installation.)

Do you remember what the key is so I can swap disks and
add another driver?

You add one, then add another, then add another... repeat.

http://icrontic.com/forum/showthread.php?t=34284

 

[ToddAndMargo]

You add one, then add another, then add another... repeat.

http://icrontic.com/forum/showthread.php?t=34284

Maybe I am going blind, but that link describes my problem
perfectly, but I can not find anyone answering him. How do
I get the second floppy to register? XP installer thinks,
I still have the first floppy installed.

:'(

-T

 

[SC Tom]

Maybe I am going blind, but that link describes my problem
perfectly, but I can not find anyone answering him. How do
I get the second floppy to register? XP installer thinks,
I still have the first floppy installed.

:'(

-T

After installing the first driver, and the screen returns to the "Press 'S'
for additional drivers," take the first floppy out, put the second floppy
in, and press S. DO NOT PRESS ENTER. If the install still thinks the first
floppy is in the drive, try taking all floppies out and press S. Then when
prompted to put in a floppy, put in the second one.

SC Tom

 

[ToddAndMargo]

After installing the first driver, and the screen returns to the "Press
'S' for additional drivers," take the first floppy out, put the second
floppy in, and press S. DO NOT PRESS ENTER. If the install still thinks
the first floppy is in the drive, try taking all floppies out and press
S. Then when prompted to put in a floppy, put in the second one.

SC Tom

Hi Tom,

I tried every variation of this I could think of. Once the
first floppy is cached, XP Installer will not read a second disk.

All is not lost though. I have had something similar to
this before. I will install XP with the PIIX driver then
force the ICH9R AHCI driver after XP is up.

It would be nice if both the XP Installer and XP itself
would ignore the ICH9R AHCI hardware until I can
install it, but both BSOD on me without the driver.

Nice thing about this install is that my C: drive resides
on the 2405 RAID controller, so I can be a bit sloppy if
I have to.

Thank you for the help,
-T

 

[SC Tom]

Hi Tom,

I tried every variation of this I could think of. Once the
first floppy is cached, XP Installer will not read a second disk.

All is not lost though. I have had something similar to
this before. I will install XP with the PIIX driver then
force the ICH9R AHCI driver after XP is up.

It would be nice if both the XP Installer and XP itself
would ignore the ICH9R AHCI hardware until I can
install it, but both BSOD on me without the driver.

Nice thing about this install is that my C: drive resides
on the 2405 RAID controller, so I can be a bit sloppy if
I have to.

Thank you for the help,
-T

Sorry it's happening to you that way; I can't recall ever having that sort
of problem.
Thankfully, you've managed a work-around, and that is the most important
thing.

SC Tom

 

[ToddAndMargo]

Sorry it's happening to you that way; I can't recall ever having that
sort of problem.
Thankfully, you've managed a work-around, and that is the most important
thing.

SC Tom

I got it up and working. That you guys for all the attention.
It helps to have people to bounce ideas off of.

By the way, the Adaptec 2405 card with SAS RAID 1 makes
that 1066 FSB Dual Core feel snappier than an i7 with
SATA drives. Wow!

-T

 

[Bill Drake]

I got it up and working. That you guys for all the attention.
It helps to have people to bounce ideas off of.

By the way, the Adaptec 2405 card with SAS RAID 1 makes
that 1066 FSB Dual Core feel snappier than an i7 with
SATA drives. Wow!

-T

One possibility: There is something wrong with the diskette changeline on
your computer.

Background Info:

The diskette changeline is the electrical signal from the floppy disk to the
computer indicating
that a diskette has been ejected from the drive. Proper operation of this
hardware signal is
required whenever the OS needs to deal with multiple floppies in sequence.

Things to check:

1. The diskette changeline signal is one of the outer wires on a floppy
cable. As a result, it
is commonly the wire that gets damaged when a floppy cable is abused for
whatever
reason. Replace the floppy cable on spec to verify this.

2. Floppy drives go bad. One of the ways they go bad is the diskette
changeline signal
doesn't work. Sometimes this can be fixed by disassembling the floppy
and cleaning
the dust bunnies out of the switches for write-protect and
diskette-changeline that are
usually mounted near the front of the diskette-carrier. In other cases,
replacement of
the floppy drive is required.

3. You can check the diskette changline system by booting from a DOS floppy,
reading a
DIR from the floppy to see the files on the boot floppy - and then
ejecting the disk and
changing to another disk with different files. When you DIR again, the
system should
know the disk has been changed and rescan the disk. This should result
in the new
files showing up in the DIR list. If you still see the old files, then
your diskette
changeline is broken and the system needs repair as noted above.


Hope this helps.