On Tuesday 05 May 2009 8:17:40 am Jones, Scott (GE Money, consultant) wrote: > I realize my question may not fit here, but perhaps I can get some > direction. > > I have an older COMPAQ machine, on which I have to run XP PRO. It's for > a program that has no linux port, Lytec Medical. I use it to process > claims and keep track of my patients. > > I have an 80 gb drive in this COMPAQ box, and I have my Win XP Pro > installation disc. The drive is SATA and the SATA bios shows upon > booting, but once the XP disc cycles through it gets to a screen asking > for third party drivers. I hit S and then it wants my driver disc, but > it will only ask for it in my A: 3.5" floppy drive and won't let me > insert it in the cdrom drive. Is this an XP Pro issue, not recognizing > anything but the floppy, or is this something else? Anyone have a > workaround, so I can get this installed? > > My boys will run this machine occasionally and I plan to load ubuntu on > it as well, after xp installs. > > Scott > > /* > PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net > Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug > Don't fear the penguin. > */
You can do two things, really. Use a floppy, or create your own Windows setup disk and add the drivers onto that. Check out http://www.nliteos.com/index.html I've used that one before. -- Jessie Morris
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