installation without floppy drive

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I am trying to install 2000 server on a machine with a 3ware raid controller and no floppy drive. after pressing F6 at the beginning of setup i get the option to install the drivers for the raid controller via the A: drive. Is there anyway around this without putting a floppy drive in the machine.

 

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andy white wrote:

> I am trying to install 2000 server on a machine with a 3ware raid controller and no floppy drive. after pressing F6 at the beginning of setup i get the option to install the drivers for the raid controller via the A: drive. Is there anyway around this without putting a floppy drive in the machine.

If there is an option to choose the location for the RAID
drivers after pressing F6, then it might be worthwhile to
create a new, bootable installation cdrom with the RAID
drivers slipstreamed into it or into a known folder that
will be accessible when asked. Just a theoretical thought
but has anyone else tried it?

 

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I've seen this asked several times, without any response

"andy white" <andywhite@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:3E3C193B-F726-4162-B840-63A6EF9EE00D@microsoft.com...
> I am trying to install 2000 server on a machine with a 3ware raid
controller and no floppy drive. after pressing F6 at the beginning of setup
i get the option to install the drivers for the raid controller via the A:
drive. Is there anyway around this without putting a floppy drive in the
machine.

 

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There is no option to select location/and or drive, from F6

"Ghostrider" <-00-@fitron.142> wrote in message
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> If there is an option to choose the location for the RAID
> drivers after pressing F6, then it might be worthwhile to
> create a new, bootable installation cdrom with the RAID
> drivers slipstreamed into it or into a known folder that
> will be accessible when asked. Just a theoretical thought
> but has anyone else tried it?
>

 

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Custom-made CD might help. Additional search will clear the details.

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=288344
HOWTO: Unattended Installation of Third Party Mass Storage Drivers in
Windows NT and Windows 2000

 

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In addition to the other replies - I never buy servers without a floppy if
it's at all possible (i.e., not little blade servers where space is tight).
Heck, I don't buy workstations without floppies, either - just to be on the
safe side!

andy white wrote:
> I am trying to install 2000 server on a machine with a 3ware raid
> controller and no floppy drive. after pressing F6 at the beginning of
> setup i get the option to install the drivers for the raid controller
> via the A: drive. Is there anyway around this without putting a
> floppy drive in the machine.