W2k install trouble-i/o err-ibm scsi hard drive PLEASE HELP..

[Kellye]

ok here goes..
I am building a computer with an 8 gig IBM scsi hard drive and and adaptec 2940UW scsi controller.The motherboard is an asus cuvx-d with two 933 processors on it. I have the the hp tape back up disconnected for now..this is my problem..
when I am in the process of installing windows 2000 it pauses at the start of the install and gives me a disk i/o error 00008000 then it goes to a message that states..File \i386\c_1252.nls could not be loaded. Error code is 2. setup cannot continue...
has anyone come across this error when installing to a scsi hard drive? I have made sure it is formatted correctly...
this one has got me scratching my head..
any ideas would be greatlhy appreciated!
thanks
Kellye

 

[Kellye]

(continued)
oops i shoulve mentioned that this problem is on another system I am building..it has nothing to do with the earlier post regarding the password issue
thanks again!

 

[TestNode]

You have formatted the drive how?

You are loading the SCSI BIOS?

You have configured the SCSI BIOS? Tao is the mobius. The ribbon of heaven and earth, you cannot lose your way.

 

[Kellye]

Testnode,
here are some answers to your ?s

You have formatted the drive how?
I formatted the drive fat32 with no partitions. the drive is a 9.1 gig ibm dmvs

You are loading the SCSI BIOS?
scsi bios loads very slow and then gives me a message that scsi bios configured correctly...

You have configured the SCSI BIOS?
well when i go into the scsi bios i can see the number assigned to each item...
the hard drive is coming in on 0 and it looks like either the scsi card or something else like that is showing device seven.(im not at the shop right now so I am going from memory)
is there something I need to be doing there? I must admit I have had little experience with scsi drives and termination etc..
I am wondering..how do i go about terminating that drive..I am thinking that may be the problem..there is an adapter I had to use for the cable..on the green flat adapter that plugs into the hard drive there is about six set of pins that go downward. I know these pins are jumpers for termination but I can't figure out how to use them. This may sound really dumb i am wondering if the cable itself should be terminated..It almost seems like I should be moving the large black end on the cable to the last available opening on the cable after the hard drive...

the craziest part of this whole thing is I was building two of these systems..with identical parts exactly..one is up and working fine..and the other is having this problem..
funny how things sometimes go like that..
I had zero trouble on the first one..but this one, UGH lol
ty
Kellye

 

[TestNode]

If the other system is identical and fine, then I suspect termination is the issue. Carefully compare the jumpers on the drives, they should be identical as well. A factory error is possible, or a jumper could have fallen off in shipping.

What I was getting at with my questions is this:

Drive formatted in another system would likely need a low level format.

SCSI BIOS needs to load for booting.

SCSI BIOS needs to point to a specific device number to boot from, and that device needs to be bootable.

But you probably know all this and just missed a jumper......

Good luck,

Mike Tao is the mobius. The ribbon of heaven and earth, you cannot lose your way.

 

[Kellye]

Mike,
I believe you may be right..there is no jumpers on either the drive or the adapter that is necessary to connect to the adaptec card using this cable that was provided.I have a feeling that I need to jumper this adapter....
your suggestions are greatly appreciated..
and I thank you for trying to help me out
Kellye

 

[Guest_imported]

i think i had a similair problem. when win2k starts to install.. there should be a screen in which at the bottom it says press f-8 to install special scsi ata/100 drivers.. you need to do that .. then just put the floppy with the scsi drivers in and Wham!!!!! i think.. lol


it worked for me...

 

[Guest_imported]

In the bios, do you have "SCSI" listed as a boot drive? If not, your system may not boot there. Also, when in Windows 2000 setup, you need to press F6(i think) at the very beginning when the first blue screen comes up, to tell Windows that you are using a SCSI or a RAID card instead of IDE. Otherwise Windows will tell you it can't find accessible or working or whatever hard drives.

Also make sure you SCSI card is full seated in the PCI slot.
Since you also have an identical system. Snag the SCSI cable from the working one to see if it works. If so, that's probably your culprit.

 

[Kellye]

well i solved the problem....
guess what it was....
I had some ram in this system that it didnt like..
when I removed that ram it went fine..
I would have never thought that was the problem but indeed it sure was

thanks for all of your suggestion!
Kellye