unattended install on ibm pc300gl

[kb]

I am using the unattended installation for windows 2000 server by
using this method (http://www.willowhayes.co.uk/windows2000/index.htm)for
quite some time on desktop.

The cd is booting fine on dELL desktops.
Now i have got a issue with some IBM PC 300 GL(machine/model:
6563-t2g) desktop. They are P3.
The custom unattended windows 2000 CD doesnt boot from this desktop. I
have updated the BIOS and even tried other boot CD like normal DEbian
boot cd and normal Microsoft Server CD which works OK.

I have about dozen desktop to build this and need to find how to burn
the CD that these desktop can understand.

thanks for the help.

 

[Hugo]

Hi !

Check if you have the appropriate mass storage drivers in your unattend
setup !!!

Look the question just before ... You will probably find your answer !

Hugo

 

[Salt_Peter]

Hi !

Check if you have the appropriate mass storage drivers in your unattend
setup !!!

Look the question just before ... You will probably find your answer !

Hugo

Mass storage controllers for a 300GL ? Get real. The issue is a read
compatibility issue between the CD-Rom drive and the CD media. He can't boot
from that burned CD, the installation was never launched. The CD was never
read or even detected.

You might want to follow your own advice and read the post next time.

 

[Oli Restorick [MVP]]

The original poster found the problem, but not the solution to it (as far as
I know).

http://www-3.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=MIGR-52348

I suggested trying some different packages to record the CD or build the
ISO. I don't know all that much about the ins and outs of bootable CDs, so
I'm not really sure of the solution.

Oli

 

[Salt_Peter]

Thanks for info, i figured something in this area was the culprit. Since
many of my clients depend on systems like the 300 GL and the LG 40x is
widely distributed, this information is priceless. That's putting it
lightly.

I'm now investigating this ISO bridge: it's labelled as ISO 9660 mode-2 or
"CD i" according to
http://www.disctronics.co.uk/technology/cd-rom/cdrom_formats.htm