It seems that disks larger than 137GB need sp3 plus a registry patch, right ?



So suppose I'm rebuilding my machine using a new 200GB SATA drive as

the bootable disk but my w2k disk predates SP3.  (my mobo has SATA

controllers.)



How can I  install the OS on this machine ?



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Hi, Al.



A mobo with SATA onboard should certainly support "big drives" (over 137

GB).  However, your Win2K CD-ROM (especially if it's pre-SP3) won't have the

SATA drivers onboard.  So it won't know what to do with those onboard SATA

controllers.  You'll need to have those drivers on a floppy diskette and

press F6 when invited (early in the Setup process) so that Setup can

integrate those drivers into your copy of Win2K.  Otherwise, when Setup

finishes the text phase of installing Win2K and tries to boot into Win2K

from that HD for the first time to complete the GUI phase, it will fail,

probably with a BSOD complaining of Stop 0x7B, Inaccessible_Boot_Device.



RC

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"Al Dykes" <adykes@panix.com> wrote in message

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>

> It seems that disks larger than 137GB need sp3 plus a registry patch,

> right ?

>

> So suppose I'm rebuilding my machine using a new 200GB SATA drive as

> the bootable disk but my w2k disk predates SP3.  (my mobo has SATA

> controllers.)

>

> How can I  install the OS on this machine ?

>

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>

> a d y k e s @ p a n i x . c o m

Do a search on how to create a slip streamed version the the install with the latest sp's included.

Whilst the mobo bios may support big disks, surely Win2k pre sp3 does not,

even allowing for the F6 Sata drivers option? and as such a slipstreamed

updated version of win2k would be required?





"R. C. White" <rc@corridor.net> wrote in message

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> Hi, Al.

>

> A mobo with SATA onboard should certainly support "big drives" (over 137

> GB).  However, your Win2K CD-ROM (especially if it's pre-SP3) won't have

the

> SATA drivers onboard.  So it won't know what to do with those onboard SATA

> controllers.  You'll need to have those drivers on a floppy diskette and

> press F6 when invited (early in the Setup process) so that Setup can

> integrate those drivers into your copy of Win2K.  Otherwise, when Setup

> finishes the text phase of installing Win2K and tries to boot into Win2K

> from that HD for the first time to complete the GUI phase, it will fail,

> probably with a BSOD complaining of Stop 0x7B, Inaccessible_Boot_Device.

>

> RC

> --

> R. C. White, CPA

> San Marcos, TX

> rc@corridor.net

> Microsoft Windows MVP

>

> "Al Dykes" <adykes@panix.com> wrote in message

> news:cvl6o2$nu4$1@panix5.panix.com... 

>

In article <OrGxaMGHFHA.3648@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl>, DL <dl@spoofmail> wrote:

>Whilst the mobo bios may support big disks, surely Win2k pre sp3 does not,

>even allowing for the F6 Sata drivers option? and as such a slipstreamed

>updated version of win2k would be required?

>



Are there instructions for slipstreaming a service pack into my w2k ?



>

>"R. C. White" <rc@corridor.net> wrote in message

>news:OC%23L9QsGFHA.1396@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...   

>the 

>

>





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Don't blame me. I voted for Gore.

http://www.3iii.dk/computer/W2Kboot.htm#A4 and

http://www.thetechguide.com/articles/slipstream.html

two of many sites. Replace any ref to sp* with your latest sp





"Al Dykes" <adykes@panix.com> wrote in message

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> In article <OrGxaMGHFHA.3648@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl>, DL <dl@spoofmail>

wrote:[vbcol=seagreen] 

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>

> Are there instructions for slipstreaming a service pack into my w2k ?

> 

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>

>

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> a d y k e s @ p a n i x . c o m

>

> Don't blame me. I voted for Gore.