Alin Faur Posted March 20, 2006 Report Share Posted March 20, 2006 Hi everyone! I browsed the forum list for a while but I couldn't find any kind of a solution for my problem: I have an Intel dedicated server that I want to run Win2003 Server on. That machine has a SATA controller and, when I install the OS, the installer would require the SATA controller driver. Is there any way to provide it from a different source than a FDD? I mean, my server is a rack mounted unit and it doesn't have a FDD installed on it, so I can't just open the rack, open the server, install a FDD each time I need to install the OS. Neither my machine has a IDE controller that I can install the OS onto (anyway, I want to run it from the SATA). So is there any alternative solution to install the SATA driver when installing the OS on any NT family Windows (2000 server, xp, 2003 server, etc)? Thanks,Alin Faur. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig Posted March 20, 2006 Report Share Posted March 20, 2006 This is one of the main problems I have with the Windows installation, its inability to use a source other than that FDD to install 3rd party drivers.They way I have gone about doing it is to do a fresh install on a standard IDE hard drive, and once windows loads, install the 3rd party driver . At this point I use a disk imaging tool to back/restore or clone the disk to the SATA drive.If you can do it this way, then all will work (and you can also keep the image on a disc for future use if required).If you haven’t got the option to do this in the rack, then I’m not sure what else can be done, unless you prep the hard drive somewhere else that has this ability.RegardsCraig Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alin Faur Posted March 20, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 20, 2006 Thanks for your tip! I found out something else: one could do a slipstream (add the required driver on the install cd of windows), or another method that supposes using a 3rd party bood cd, that has the drivers included - this method I haven't found much about, though... Do you know anything about this stuff? Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alin Faur Posted March 21, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 21, 2006 I found out that one could skip the "insert floppy disk with drivers" requirement by slipstreaming the required drivers into the installation cd. I found a very good howto about this at this address:http://www.maximumpc.com/2005/01/how_to_slipstre.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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