No place for swap file

[Guest]

I am starting with an HP Pavilion 6190 (P2 266 MHz processor 96MB RAM) with all partitions erased and 2 partitions of equal size (approx. 3 GB) created w/Win98 boot disk. Attempt install of Win2KPro booting from Win98 boot disk with CD-ROM support. From D:\I386, I run WINNT. Setup begins and then abruptly teminates with the message: Windows cannot find a place for a swap file - setup cannot continue. Press Enter to cancel. What did I do wrong, or what did I forget to do
Thank you in advance.

 

[Dave Patrick]

To do a clean install, either boot the Windows 2000 install CD-Rom or setup
disks. The set of four install disks can be created from your Windows 2000
CD-Rom; change to the \bootdisk directory on the CD-Rom and execute
makeboot.exe (from dos) or makebt32.exe (from 32 bit) and follow the
prompts.

When you get to the point, delete the existing NTFS and or other partitions
found. After you delete the partition(s) abort the install, then again
restart the pc booting the CD-Rom or setup disks to avoid unexpected drive
letter assignments with your new install.

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Regards,

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


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| I am starting with an HP Pavilion 6190 (P2 266 MHz processor 96MB RAM)
with all partitions erased and 2 partitions of equal size (approx. 3 GB)
created w/Win98 boot disk. Attempt install of Win2KPro booting from Win98
boot disk with CD-ROM support. From D:\I386, I run WINNT. Setup begins and
then abruptly teminates with the message: Windows cannot find a place for a
swap file - setup cannot continue. Press Enter to cancel. What did I do
wrong, or what did I forget to do?
| Thank you in advance.

 

[Dave Patrick]

Sounds like you weren't really booting the CD-Rom. Some require a key stroke
at POST to boot the CD-Rom even though the boot order has been set. Failing
that try creating the setup floppy disks.

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Regards,

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


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| Thanks for the lightning-quick reply. I neglected to include the fact that
I had already zapped the partitions and tried to boot from the CD (verifying
that the CMOS was set to boot from the CD). What I got was a blank screen,
save for the cursor blinking in the upper left corner. The keyboard would
not respond, so I was dead in the water at that point. Then I tried the
Win98 procedure I described earlier. I will dig up or create some boot
floppies, I suppose, but is there something else I might have missed?
| Many thanks.

 

[Wizard]

L.S.,

My Windows 2000 CD doesn't boot, wathever stunt I pull.
But I never heard of the need to keep a key stroke down
while booting. I have an AK77-8XN motherboard bios
PGv. 6.00 . Point is; I'm (sort-off) a tester, which means
I re-install many times and i'm -quite frankly- getting
sick of going through four floppy's when it can as easily
be loaded from CD.
Besides this, I've heared it is now possible to make a
bootable windows 2000 CD using the fourth service pack.

InquiringMindWantToKnow, Wizard