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Windows Server Forum / Windows NT / Setup / December 2003Unable to install bootloader
Hi there I'm having a problem with NT4 Server Enterprise setup. Basically I don't have a floppy drive and therefore can't boot from or write the floppy boot disks. When I install NT using "winnt /x /b" (therefore avoiding the floppies) (the installation files are on a partition D:\ of the main hard drive - not CD) it tells me that it cannot install the bootloader. "Ensure my C: drive is formatted and is not damaged". I read in a post somewhere that the C: partition needs to be FAT16 or NTFS. How do I go about doing that from a WinME bootdisk? (the bootdisk is on CD and it's the only thing I have which will boot my laptop). All three partitions are FAT32 at the moment. I tried burning the floppy images to a CD to try and boot it that way but the CD drive doesn't seem to like it. I also tried changing the MAKEDISK.BAT floppy loader to write to C: but it's not high-density, apparently. Can anyone please help? Any suggestions greatly appreciated. :-) -- Much easier to simply boot the CD-Rom to start your install.  SignatureRegards, Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup. Microsoft MVP [Windows NT/2000 Operating Systems] http://www.microsoft.com/protect. | Hi there | [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] | | -- > Much easier to simply boot the CD-Rom to start your install. Unfortunately that isn't an option as I don't have access to the CD-Rom. I was copied the installation files over the network and have them sitting on D:\ I'm afraid. Thanks -- The first primary active partition needs to be formatted fat16 or NTFS for this to work. Why not temp connect a floppy drive to get through the install. SignatureRegards, Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup. Microsoft MVP [Windows NT/2000 Operating Systems] http://www.microsoft.com/protect. | > Much easier to simply boot the CD-Rom to start your install. | [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] | Thanks | -- > The first primary active partition needs to be formatted fat16 or > NTFS for this to work. Why not temp connect a floppy drive to get > through the install. Thanks for the quick reply, Dave. Unfortunately as it's a laptop (IBM ThinkPad) it doesn't have a floppy drive and I don't have any sort of access to one without buying an expensive USB floppy drive, which I don't want to do. Any more ideas? Thanks ever so much. -- After you create a primary active partition formatted fat16 then copy the \i386 directory to the partition then boot a dos disk and run winnt.exe /b from the \i386 directory. SignatureRegards, Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup. Microsoft MVP [Windows NT/2000 Operating Systems] http://www.microsoft.com/protect. | Thanks for the quick reply, Dave. | [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] | | Thanks ever so much. > After you create a primary active partition formatted fat16 then copy > the \i386 directory to the partition then boot a dos disk and run > winnt.exe /b from the \i386 directory. I've tried formatting the C:\ drive in NTFS but I still get told it can't install the bootloader. Basically I'm setting up a server (on a laptop so it can be easily hidden under a desk). At the moment it runs Windows ME but after being warned on a different Microsoft help newsgroup that it's not a good idea meant I tried to get hold of NT. Unfortunately the laptop's rather old now and doesn't have the specs to run 2000 or XP which seem easier to set up. ...Basically (and I know it's off-topic now, but I think I'll give up on NT) are there any very bad side effects that can come of using Windows ME as a server, running Apache 1.3.27 with only port 80 open on my router? I'm the only person with access to the hard drive root, by sitting at the laptop. The router is NAT-Enabled and should mean hackers can't get in. Is this correct? Thanks -- The file format won't make any difference if there is no primary active partition on the machine. As far as the ME question, you'll be bound to a ten connection limit. As far as the apache question I haven't the foggiest. SignatureRegards, Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup. Microsoft MVP [Windows NT/2000 Operating Systems] http://www.microsoft.com/protect. | I've tried formatting the C:\ drive in NTFS but I still get told it can't | install the bootloader. [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] | | -- |
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