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August 6th, 2007 18:00

HELP! Windows 2000 Server on PE840: BSOD Inaccessible_Boot_Device

Hopefully someone can help me... i've just wasted almost 4 hours trying to get this to work.

I'm trying to install Windows 2000 Server on a brand new PowerEdge 840. It has the SAS 5IR internal RAID adapter (Item number 341-3903).

EVERY TIME I try to install server 2000 it crashed with a stop error, inaccessible_boot_device.

I've loaded the SAS 5/iR driver from F6 floppy during the install (got it off the CD), even tried the PERC 5/E driver, all to no avail.

HELP!!!

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Posted August 7th, 2007 16:00

Thats becuase you are trying to install Windows 2000. Make sure that the media you are using has SP4 slipstreamed. If that still doesn't work, then you may have to use a newer OS like 2003.

Message Edited by at5147 on 08-07-2007 12:39 PM
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Posted August 8th, 2007 13:00
I just made the slipstream so I'll try that.

Why is it "because you're trying to install Windows 2000"?

Thanks
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Posted August 11th, 2007 18:00
I built the slipstream but it wasn't bootable, tried using it with the Setup CD and it rejected it as invalid. Thanks for the suggestion though.

I finally found one that will work:

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This driver from July 2006 still shows WIndows 2000 as a minimum requirement. Worked like a champ.