It looks like the only thing on Dell's site for the 600SC is for Server 2003. Perhaps you "can't" put Server 2008 on the SC600. I wonder if I reinstalled Server 2003 and upgraded it it would install.
On Mon, Jun 9, 2008 at 12:31 PM, Matthew Bullock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Does the 600SC have the right hard disk controller drivers available? I > recently tried loading 2008 on an SC1420 and 2008 doesn't natively support > the CERC SATA RAID controller. I checked Dell's site but only saw a driver > for 2003. > > > > Matt > > > > *From:* Michael A. Berryman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > *Sent:* Sunday, June 08, 2008 4:48 PM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Windows Server 2008 Install issue > > > > Hi folks, > > I'm trying to install Windows Server 2008 on a Dell 600SC that was running > Windows 2003 Server. I loaded the DVD, put in the product Key and told it > to delete the partition on the disk because I wanted to start clean and not > upgrade. Anyway, it wiped off the old partition and allowed me to format > the drive (which only took about 1 minutes, 80 GB drive, so I am skeptical > it really formatted it), but when I select that drive to install on > (creating a new partition is not one of the options, it is greyed out, the > only option to select when I highlight the drive is next) it starts to copy > files and give me a "Windows could not prepare the partition selected for > installation" error message and can't go forward. Anyone seen this? Do I > need to create and format the partition another way? Any advice? > > Thanks, > > Mike > > ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~
