Victor Richardson wrote:
>
> I know this is going to get me a serious heckling, but...
>
> Unfortunately, my boss wants me to switch one of our (very stable)
> Mandrake servers to Win2000 Pro (only) for a tester. The problem I
> keep running into is that I cannot get the server to boot from the
> Windows install cd. It goes through bios check, spins the cd for a bit,
> and then proceeds on with the normal boot. I have even downloaded the 4
> install disks and run into a "disk I/O error" on the first one.
>
> I talked to Toshiba's support desk (it's a M500 -PIII 500 mHz) and they
> said that I need to repartition the disk, then format and install.
>
> Does this mean wiping out the MBR? What should I do?
>
> I know all sorts of good jokes automatically come to mind, but this is
> fairly serious.
>
> Any suggestions appreciated,
>
> Victor
Check your bios settings. What I've seen happen in these cases is that the hard
drive is listed first in the boot list, and the cd after that. If that's the
case, as long as there is a valid boot image on the HD, it will boot there.
Change the boot list to look more like:
1) Floppy
2) CD
3) Harddrive
Then try it again.
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Ric Tibbetts
Boeing Shared Services Group
UNIX System Administration
Seattle Server Operations
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