Windows 2000 Server driver issue.

[destructa]

Have a Fujitsu Siemens Rackmount Windows 2000 Server that has died (sata drives are ok). We have a HP Proliant ML110 G3 server that we can use. However, the drive that is in it is a SCSI card (HP U320 card) and 80 gb scsi drive. We have copied over the windows installation using Copy Commander, but it won't boot because the scsi drivers aren't installed. The server has NO floppy drive on board (no mb connector for one either). We tried using a USB floppy drive, booting from CD and selecting install Windows 2000 (agreed lisence (F8) and selected repair existing installation. Setup then deletes some files and asks for the floppy with the scsi drivers on (which now doesn't work as it seems the USB has been disabled!!).

Is there away round this? Can I copy the drivers to the drive (I can do this by adding a win xp ide hd and booting into xp) and edit a .ini file to find them during boot?

Help is needed urgently!!!

Thanks in advance.

 

[Stevehewitt]

Not sure I follow.

You've got one server, with a certian hardware spec which has died.

And you've got server B - which you want to do the same roles as the dead server. And you're trying to do it by copying and pasting the Windows files!!!!

Give it up mate. Install Windows 2003 Server from the original media, if it asks for the drivers get them from the HP website and jam them in using a USB floppy drive.

Configure the roles and then look at getting data back from a tape. Fudging your server install is only going to cause major issues in the future.

P.S - Best practice is normally having the same hardware manufacturer and ideally model to prevent this sort of problem from happening! ;-)

Good Luck,




Steve.

"They have the internet on computers now!" - Homer Simpson

 

[Stevehewitt]

*Whoops - moving from 2003 to 2000 server forums! ;-)




Steve.

"They have the internet on computers now!" - Homer Simpson

 

[destructa]

OK, sorry, to clarify, the drive was copied using Copy Commander, which does an exact copy of the drive (and changes SID as needed), I did not cut'n'paste anything. The drive, data etc are exactly the same except it's now scsi instead of sata.

We do not have another rackmount and the HP Proliant ml110 G3 is the only other hardware avaialable.

If it annoys Microsoft then it's worth doing, and doing well!!