old XP, new motherboard problem?

[Tom Horsley]

Just curious about this, not really a problem for me.

I've got a new system I just built with an asus A8N-E
motherboard that has an nforce4 chipset and sata disk
drives.

I've also got my old vintage MSDN Windows XP discs, and
even a CD I made from one of them with SP2 slipstreamed
into it.

When I try this XP CD in the new machine, it prints its
initial "examining your hardware" message, then disappears
forever.

Since nvidia wasn't even thinking about making chipsets
when my original XP CD was produced, this doesn't surprise
me too much.

If I were to buy a nice new recent version of XP, would it
install OK in this system? (I know it is a 64 bit machine,
but it can run in 32 bit mode if I should ever want windows
on it for some reason). Is there some additional service
pack of some kind I could slipstream in to avoid buying
a new copy?

Like I said, just curious - I'm running a lot of different
kinds of linux on this thing now - the Windows test was just
an experiment.

 

[Chuck]

Will XP run from your MSDN CD? At least to a prompt?
I do know that the MSDN XP SP1a CD will install with a NForce 2 Chipset and
an Athalon M running at 2038. We slipstreamed my copy, and I'm using it now.
(Although its not fully XP2, thanks to some problems with LAN based
printers. I'd suspect that the XP Gold CD would have a bunch of problems
with SATA and large hard drives.

 

[Beemer Biker]

Just curious about this, not really a problem for me.

I've got a new system I just built with an asus A8N-E
motherboard that has an nforce4 chipset and sata disk
drives.

you should have a floppy with sata drivers. check docs, there is some key to
hit or it should prompt you to enter the sata drivers.

I had original first ever generic OEM XP SP"0" and managed to slipstream it
with sp2 and put on the A7N with sata drives.

I've also got my old vintage MSDN Windows XP discs, and
even a CD I made from one of them with SP2 slipstreamed
into it.

When I try this XP CD in the new machine, it prints its
initial "examining your hardware" message, then disappears
forever.

Since nvidia wasn't even thinking about making chipsets
when my original XP CD was produced, this doesn't surprise
me too much.

If I were to buy a nice new recent version of XP, would it
install OK in this system? (I know it is a 64 bit machine,
but it can run in 32 bit mode if I should ever want windows
on it for some reason). Is there some additional service
pack of some kind I could slipstream in to avoid buying
a new copy?

Like I said, just curious - I'm running a lot of different
kinds of linux on this thing now - the Windows test was just
an experiment.

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[DL]

You need to F6 during the install process to install sata / raid drivers
from floppy

 

[Tom Horsley]

You need to F6 during the install process to install sata / raid drivers
from floppy

It has gone bye-bye long before it ever gets far enough to prompt
me for anything . As soon as it boots, the very first thing it
does is say "examining your hardware", and it is already in blank
stare mode before I ever have any chance to hit any keys.