S-ATA Driver

[Guest]

I' Trying to install a windows 2000 server on a computer that has a S-ATA
Driver on-Board. I allready Know that the specific driver must be loaded
before, as windows setup does not recognise it. Howerver as I press F6 and
then S for installing aditional drivers, I'm asked to do so on drive A:. Well
that computer has not a diskette driver named A:. How can I solve the problem
? Can I use an external USB diskette drive ? Can I change windows setup to
look in another palce else ? Thanks in advance

 

[John John]

Put a diskette drive in the box or use a USB diskette. It has to load
from diskette drive A, that cannot be changed... unless you deploy an
image or install from a network drive/flat folder, which is certainly a
lot more trouble than sticking a $10 diskette drive in the box!

John

 

[Stubby]

You can probably find a local computer store that will sell you a used
floppy drive for about $5.

 

[Guest]

Thank You John John for your answer. I had that in mind but I don't want to
waste my guarantee. If I open the case and you Know it I must break the seals
and then it's gone. Can I plug an external USB Diskette Drive and name it A:
? Can that be done ?

 

[Guest]

Thank you Stubby but I do not want to break the seals and loose the
guarantee. Can I plug a USB diskette drive and name it Drive A: ? Can that be
done or must I break the seals ?

 

[John John]

Seals? What seals? Is this a Rolls Royce engine? I can't see a
computer guarantee being voided because the box was opened, but if you
are concerned you can call the manufacturer and explain your situation
and see what they have to say. The USB diskette drive letter question
I'm not sure about, maybe you will have to look in the BIOS to see what
options are available for your USB's. If the pc supports booting from
USB's you could put the USB Diskette at the top of the boot order and
that should make it "A" drive. Or maybe when the computer starts it
will be aware of the diskette drive and automatically configure things
properly, I'm not sure. Check the documentation that came with the
computer.

John

 

[Guest]

Thank You John John

I'm gonna break the seals and open the case

 

[John John]

That might be the best thing to do but I'm not sure what these "seals"
that you mention are all about. Providing that you have a connection on
the motherboard for the floppy drive things should go well. You might
have to go in the BIOS and enable the floppy drive once you are done
with the hardware part.

One way or the other you need to have a diskette drive on the machine.
If ever you need to use the Recovery Console you will need to do the F6
thing to start it. So may as well plan ahead.

John

 

[DL]

You can use a usb floppy if your bios supports such