I have to install XP because an application on the server can only run in XP. This will change later, but need to do this for now. The hard drive info: 3.5” SATA, 3.5” NL SAS, 3.5” SA; 2.5” SAS, 2.5” SSD. The Raid controller info: PERC S100 (Embedded), PERC S300, PERC H200. Yes, BSOD 7B. Thanks.
BSOD 7b? It is crazy yo try to install XP on this machine for so many reasons. Why do you want to install XP? Which RAID controller do you have? How many disks and how large?
Boot to the BIOS Setup and disable the onboard RAID (S100) ... set it to ATA mode.
"The Raid controller info: PERC S100 (Embedded), PERC S300, PERC H200."
Are your drives connected to an S300 or an H200? It isn't likely you have both.
Wanted to make sure you would not run into problems with disk size (capacity, not physical size). You CANNOT have a virtual disks (array) larger than 2TB to boot from.
How large (capacity in GB) are your disks, and which controller is each one connected to? Have you configured AND initialized RAID already?
I really appreciate the help. I'm a little bit of a newbie. I like the idea of a virtual machine. I believe the drives are connected to the H200 (..I accessed the configuration utility to determine this). The drives are 500 GB (2 of them). I have not configured or initialized RAID.
A virtual machine would be much easier. There is a very good chance that attempts to install XP will fail. You could just install it in VMware or Hyper-V, which would be much simpler to install, so the server could be doing other things, not just dedicated to a temporary XP machine. Then, when you don't need it anymore, you simply turn it off or delete it, leaving the server to do what it has been doing all along.
The H200 supports RAID and non-RAID, so if you do not configure it first, it will run in non-RAID mode. RAID and non-RAID are not compatible, so if you wanted to switch one day, you would have to wipe and reload from scratch or from backup.
If you decide to install XP, you will need to use nliteos.com to integrate the drivers for the H200 into the XP installation files. You could also use a floppy disk/drive to load the drivers at the F6 prompt during Windows Setup. If you choose to go this path, you will need this driver (must run to extract files before use, and it will probably require SP3 media):
This is the driver for Server 2003. No driver exists for XP on the H200, as it is not used on any other machine on which XP IS supported (no client OS is supported on any Dell server), so this is as close as you can get - it may or may not work.
I'd agree with the recommendation to run XP as a virtual machine.
Hypervisor options are:
- Windows 2008 R2 with the hyper-v role (could be expensive for 1 virtual machine (VM))
- Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 (similar to Windows 2008 R2, but only has the Hyper-V role and no full GUI window (will want a Windows 7 Pro/Ultimate system on the same domain or a full GUI Windows 2008 R2 server for remote management))
- VMware ESXi 5.1 or 5.5 (free version (just register for the free version and you get a key that's good indefinitely))
One thing about the VMware option; it does not support the S-series PERCs. You'll have to run in ATA/SATA mode or have a PERC H-series (like the H200).
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March 15th, 2014 13:00
This is your drivers page:
http://ftp.dell.com/Pages/Drivers/poweredge-r210-2-all.html
sofcare
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I have to install XP because an application on the server can only run in XP. This will change later, but need to do this for now. The hard drive info: 3.5” SATA, 3.5” NL SAS, 3.5” SA; 2.5” SAS, 2.5” SSD. The Raid controller info: PERC S100 (Embedded), PERC S300, PERC H200. Yes, BSOD 7B. Thanks.
Chris
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sofcare
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Duplicate..see above
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March 15th, 2014 14:00
Why not install it as a virtual machine?
Boot to the BIOS Setup and disable the onboard RAID (S100) ... set it to ATA mode.
"The Raid controller info: PERC S100 (Embedded), PERC S300, PERC H200."
Are your drives connected to an S300 or an H200? It isn't likely you have both.
Wanted to make sure you would not run into problems with disk size (capacity, not physical size). You CANNOT have a virtual disks (array) larger than 2TB to boot from.
How large (capacity in GB) are your disks, and which controller is each one connected to? Have you configured AND initialized RAID already?
sofcare
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March 15th, 2014 16:00
I really appreciate the help. I'm a little bit of a newbie. I like the idea of a virtual machine. I believe the drives are connected to the H200 (..I accessed the configuration utility to determine this). The drives are 500 GB (2 of them). I have not configured or initialized RAID.
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March 15th, 2014 19:00
A virtual machine would be much easier. There is a very good chance that attempts to install XP will fail. You could just install it in VMware or Hyper-V, which would be much simpler to install, so the server could be doing other things, not just dedicated to a temporary XP machine. Then, when you don't need it anymore, you simply turn it off or delete it, leaving the server to do what it has been doing all along.
The H200 supports RAID and non-RAID, so if you do not configure it first, it will run in non-RAID mode. RAID and non-RAID are not compatible, so if you wanted to switch one day, you would have to wipe and reload from scratch or from backup.
If you decide to install XP, you will need to use nliteos.com to integrate the drivers for the H200 into the XP installation files. You could also use a floppy disk/drive to load the drivers at the F6 prompt during Windows Setup. If you choose to go this path, you will need this driver (must run to extract files before use, and it will probably require SP3 media):
http://ftp.dell.com/FOLDER93459M/11/DELL_MULTI-DEVICE_A01_R294475.exe
This is the driver for Server 2003. No driver exists for XP on the H200, as it is not used on any other machine on which XP IS supported (no client OS is supported on any Dell server), so this is as close as you can get - it may or may not work.
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March 15th, 2014 19:00
I'd agree with the recommendation to run XP as a virtual machine.
Hypervisor options are:
- Windows 2008 R2 with the hyper-v role (could be expensive for 1 virtual machine (VM))
- Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 (similar to Windows 2008 R2, but only has the Hyper-V role and no full GUI window (will want a Windows 7 Pro/Ultimate system on the same domain or a full GUI Windows 2008 R2 server for remote management))
- VMware ESXi 5.1 or 5.5 (free version (just register for the free version and you get a key that's good indefinitely))
One thing about the VMware option; it does not support the S-series PERCs. You'll have to run in ATA/SATA mode or have a PERC H-series (like the H200).
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March 16th, 2014 10:00
Thanks 'theflash1932' and 'Dev Mgr.' I'll follow up and do the virtual machine route. Great advice!