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September 25th, 2012 00:00
Poweredge T310 Need help installing Win2003
From time to time I get called to help out with IT work at a local HVAC company, and they asked me to setup a new server to replace an older server that was having intermittent motherboard issues issues. They have some custom built apps that require the WIN2003 OS. I recommended Dell and told them to talk to sales and have them suggest a server that will support WIN2003. The server is for a small section in the company which only has 6 clients and requires minimal disk storage space. The sales rep sold them a Poweredge T310. Over this past weekend I attempted to install WIN2003 R2 Enterprise edition. The Server Management disk does NOT have 2003 as an option to set up that OS. The BIOS Tools and Utilities does NOT have an option for 2003. So I tried downloading the SAS6 driver from the Dell web site put it on a floppy and attached a USB floppy drive and used the Original MS WIN2003 disk with the F6 option during the install and all is well it loads the driver and finds the SAS6 and finds the RAID 1 mirror volume. It formats the volume and then when it goes to install windows files it asks for the SAS6 driver disk (which is still in the floppy drive) but never finds the driver. I am stuck here can someone help with this issue?
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Have a great day
Jim
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September 25th, 2012 06:00
Jim,
Just to confirm, is this Server 2003 R2 Enterprise SP2? It has to be at SP2 to be compatible. If it is not we may need to slipstream the SP in.
What I would like to try also is using the Build and Update Utility to install the OS. Download this ISO and burn to disk, you will boot to it before the OS media.
BUU - www.dell.com/.../poweredge-t310
Let me know how it goes.
nemo656
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September 25th, 2012 08:00
Thanks so much for the quick reply Chris. You know I can't say for sure if it is SP2. The company provided me with a disc and a key to use and that's all I have to go on (The disc says Windows Server 2003 Enterprise R2, no mention of service pack). They claim it's the exact same disc and key for the current server which will be decomm'ed when this one goes into service. I can't look at the current server today to confirm (it's across town). In the mean time I will down load the iso of the Build and Update and give that a shot. I also have a call into the original developer of the company's custom built application that they say needs to reside on WIN2003. I am curious what is so special about the app that it NEEDS to be on WIN2003, Again thank you, will post an update later today or tomorrow with the results.
Have a great day
Jim
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September 25th, 2012 09:00
There is a good chance that your R2 disk has only SP1, as SP2 was released nearly two years after R2 - and about a year before 2008 was released. As Chris said, SP2 is required for most of the drivers, but it will also be required for ANY version of SBUU that would work on a T310.
I would suggest using nLiteOS.com to integrate the drivers into your installation media - and integrating SP2, if the CD doesn't have it already.
Many legacy programs don't play well with 2008 (and later) User Account Control and folder permission changes in 2008+, so that could be a reason, but that can be overcome usually by installing to a user-created folder rather than letting it install in the default location of C:\Program Files.
If you can't get 2003 installed, I would suggest virtualizing ... install 2008+ (if they have a license) and then run 2003 in a VM. Was the server ordered with an OS or without? If they don't have a license for 2008+, then you could install VMWare ESXi (free), then run 2003 in a VM on that.