Same issue. Go to dos and use fdisk to create the smaller partition. NT setup cannot see the large drive and therefore will not attempt to load the setup files on a hd which doesn't exist for it.
Win 2k need a pentium 400 so you can't install that on the machine either. drew -----Original Message----- From: Steve Miller [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, August 04, 2003 8:54 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [wdvltalk] RE: any pc pros? There is no OS installed; only an empty hd. I can't even get the setup to find the hd, and it won't boot from the cd. I even tried simply connecting the cd and disconnecting the hd, and the cd didn't boot. Make any sense? > > NT will not see a drive larger than 4gig (2gig if you want to be extra > careful) until it has SP6(?) installed. Use fdisk to create a partition of > either 2 or 4 gigs. Put the os on this partition and then install sp6 and > you'll see the other 36 gig. > > drew > > -----Original Message----- > From: Steve Miller [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, August 04, 2003 8:01 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [wdvltalk] any pc pros? > > > I come before you as a humble mac person in need of pc help. > > I was running NT Server on a pentium III/333 and something happened so that > the box would fatally fail during the login process and quit. No matter what > I tried (repair disk, boot from floppies) I could not restart. Since I > needed a bigger HD anyway, I put in a 40G WD eide and figgered I'd just > install a new OS. The 2 cds I have are NT Workstation and Win2000. > > Simple task, right? > > Problem is that, no matter how I set up the hd (as master, slave, CS, or > single) I can't get the pc to find the new hd in Setup, and it won't launch > from the cdrom. > > I tried several different cables. > I tried connecting hd only on the cable. > I tried connecting only the cdrom to the cable. > I tried threatening it by leaning it out a second story window... > > nada. > > Any helpful hints on how to get started? > > TIA, > steve > ____ * The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM * ____ To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Send Your Posts To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To set a personal password send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the words: "set WDVLTALK pw=yourpassword" in the body of the email. To change subscription settings to the wdvltalk digest version: http://wdvl.internet.com/WDVL/Forum/#sub ________________ http://www.wdvl.com _______________________ You are currently subscribed to wdvltalk as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to %%email.unsub%% ____ � The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM � ____ To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Send Your Posts To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To set a personal password send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the words: "set WDVLTALK pw=yourpassword" in the body of the email. To change subscription settings to the wdvltalk digest version: http://wdvl.internet.com/WDVL/Forum/#sub ________________ http://www.wdvl.com _______________________ You are currently subscribed to wdvltalk as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
