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Is PE2400 at the max compatible with WIN2008?
I have 2GB RAM ample disk space and dual 1000 Mhz processors. When I try to install WIN2008 on a PE2400 box it is asking for drivers. Will WIN2003 drivers suffice? Has anyone tried? Any ideas?
Thanks Happy Holidays.
- You can try the Windows 2008 drivers, but I have a feeling they won't work for the following reason; Windows XP drivers generally don't work on Vista and the change of 2003 to 2008 is similar as XP to Vista was.
Don't count on Dell to come with drivers for Windows 2008 on a PE2400 as they only certify (and provide drivers for) OSes that they ship on the systems, so that means when 2008 is released, the 9th gen servers will probably have drivers available, maybe 8th gen, but it's highly unlikely that older systems will have any 2008 drivers on the Dell site. - You could download VMware server (free download and usage), install this on one of your existing systems (e.g. your own desktop) and then create a virtual machine for Windows 2008. I use VMware server in the office as well as at home and it works nicely for testing operating systems. You'd want plenty memory in your system, and dual core wouldn't hurt, but on a single core (HT) processor with 1GB it seems to still work acceptable (does tax the processor and memory, but it's not completely useless, though on a Core2 6600 with 8GB (XP x64) it does run a lot smoother obviously).
- I have installed Windows Server 2008 on my PE2400. I used the Perc drivers for Vista. My issue is the Adaptec 39160 non-raid scsi. I have a useless CD and tape unit.I just posted this question and this is no doubt my answer.However, the Adaptec website indicates that there are drivers for Vista on the installation disk. They do not have any available for download. The email response I received was check with the manufacturer.
- I actually had Win 2003 already installed on the primary partition. Since I did not have an internal DVD and the PE2400 will not boot to a USB DVD I completed the clean install on the second partition while in Win 2003. I was able to point the Perc driver to a specific folder on the C: drive and everything went well.If anyone has an idea on booting from an external DVD please let me know.
- I have three PE2400s and tried several approaches on booting from DVD. I did buy from Ebay two SCSI DVD ROMS. They worked perfectly off the existing open position of the cable that the CD is using. The system revognized it with having to restart twice. No problems since with either of them.I also experimented with Rosewill PCI IDE adapter card. It to allowed me to boot from a DVD using a spare DVD IDE ROM drive.Despite the booting to a DVD I have not tried to use the drivers from the VISTA disc as posted earlier. I will post here if triumphent.Happy New Year
- I went back and looked at my notes and found that I had indeed downloaded the Vista drivers for the Perc2. But, I put the drivers on a USB flash drive. All of the files were put in the root as if it was a clean floppy.I still need to move those files back to a sub folder to clean up my flash drive.The OSes are much better at recognizing the external devices during installation.
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Posted December 13th, 2007 13:00