Problems with fresh Windows installation with Thunder K8S ..

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"w" <someone@somewhere.com> wrote in message news:<7e32f$417d167f$d8cef1a2$8600@msgid.meganewsservers.com>...

> Basically same error. Nothing works.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> HG


Try a new CD-rom. Is yours a burn backup copy?

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[ w ]

> I have Thunder K8S Pro (S2882) board with Silicon Image SATA controller.
> I've added dial Opterons and 2GB RAM.
>
> In trying to perform a fresh Windows (XP SP1) install, I receive the
> message:
>
> "File txtsetup.oem caused an unexpected error (4096) at line 1742 in
> d:\xpsp1
> \base\root\setup\oemdisk.c."
>
> I get basically the same error when trying 2003 Server EE and 2000 AS (the
> error
> msg is 0512, the line number is different and the oemdisk.c path is slightly
> different in each case).
>
> I have one Western Digital 74GB Raptor drive installed.
>
> I tried using:
>
> 1. the three different distribution diskettes
>
> 2. creating, seemingly every combination of the driver diskette from the
> TYAN CD-
> ROM.
>
> Basically same error. Nothing works.
>
> Any ideas?

I got the same error. The solution was to first insert the
RAID-driverdisk, then the regular one. Don't know why, but I guess the
controller needs the RAID-driver as well. I'm not running anything in
RAID, tho.

This with a 2875 and 2x246.

--
Mathias Meisfjordskar
GNU/Linux addict.

"If it works; HIT IT AGAIN!"