In addition to the requirement that SP2 be on your disk, you will often experience problems if you are using Volume License media, downloaded from Microsoft. If this is the case, you can install directly from the OS CD - this will require more work to install it, but it is possible. (More work, meaning you will need to use the RAID driver at F6 in order for Windows to see the hard drives and hunt down the correct drivers post-install.) Many of the drivers for the R710 require SP2, so either way you will need to create a disk with SP2 on it. You can use http://nliteos.com to integrate both service packs and drivers into your installation media to address both the RAID issue (since you probably don't have floppy drive) and the SP2 issue.
Thanks for the reply. I am using Volume License Media, and using the media was my next step. I tried it without the SBUU, and it did the same thing. I guess I will try it with the SP2 slipstreamed.. I only wish the application vendor supported x64, we are sacrificing alot of horsepower (not t to mention the memory addressing capabilities), by using an x86 based OS instead of x64...
Oh well, I guess that's why we have jobs, to sort this stuff out, and be knowledgable...
Thanks again for both of you who responed, it's much appreciated.
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March 25th, 2011 09:00
In addition to the requirement that SP2 be on your disk, you will often experience problems if you are using Volume License media, downloaded from Microsoft. If this is the case, you can install directly from the OS CD - this will require more work to install it, but it is possible. (More work, meaning you will need to use the RAID driver at F6 in order for Windows to see the hard drives and hunt down the correct drivers post-install.) Many of the drivers for the R710 require SP2, so either way you will need to create a disk with SP2 on it. You can use http://nliteos.com to integrate both service packs and drivers into your installation media to address both the RAID issue (since you probably don't have floppy drive) and the SP2 issue.
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March 25th, 2011 16:00
Thanks for the reply. I am using Volume License Media, and using the media was my next step. I tried it without the SBUU, and it did the same thing. I guess I will try it with the SP2 slipstreamed.. I only wish the application vendor supported x64, we are sacrificing alot of horsepower (not t to mention the memory addressing capabilities), by using an x86 based OS instead of x64...
Oh well, I guess that's why we have jobs, to sort this stuff out, and be knowledgable...
Thanks again for both of you who responed, it's much appreciated.