Slurpy316
January 8th, 2001, 07:16 PM
I am trying to set up an automated installation of Windows NT 4.0 Server on the following hardware setup:
Intel SC5000 Chassis
Intel L440GX Motherboard (BIOS 13.0)
Adaptec 7896 Ultra 2 SCSI controller
IBM DDRS39130W 9Gb HDD
Dual PIII 450MHz, 256Mb RAM
The problem i am having occurs after the initial file copy. When the machine reboots, instead of loading the boot menu and commencing the textmode portion of NT setup, the screen goes black with a cursor in the top left hand corner and the hard drive makes some occasional slow rattling noises.
The AIC7896 adapter is not detected by windows so i have made the following entries into unattend.txt
[MassStorageDrivers]
"Adaptec AHA-294xU2/295xU2/395xU2/AIC-789x PCI SCSI Controller(NT 4.0)" = "OEM"
[OEMBootFiles]
aic78u2.sys
txtsetup.oem
oemsetup.inf
(OEM Preinstall has been set to YES in the unattend.txt and the files dropped into i386\$oem$\textmode)
I'm pretty certain the problem lies in the Adaptec drivers either not being loaded or not being set up correctly but i would have expected it to carry on and report a BSOD for Inaccessible boot device. For further info, the drive is browseable from DOS, all the files are present and correct and the partition has been verified as an active FAT primary DOS partition.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Intel SC5000 Chassis
Intel L440GX Motherboard (BIOS 13.0)
Adaptec 7896 Ultra 2 SCSI controller
IBM DDRS39130W 9Gb HDD
Dual PIII 450MHz, 256Mb RAM
The problem i am having occurs after the initial file copy. When the machine reboots, instead of loading the boot menu and commencing the textmode portion of NT setup, the screen goes black with a cursor in the top left hand corner and the hard drive makes some occasional slow rattling noises.
The AIC7896 adapter is not detected by windows so i have made the following entries into unattend.txt
[MassStorageDrivers]
"Adaptec AHA-294xU2/295xU2/395xU2/AIC-789x PCI SCSI Controller(NT 4.0)" = "OEM"
[OEMBootFiles]
aic78u2.sys
txtsetup.oem
oemsetup.inf
(OEM Preinstall has been set to YES in the unattend.txt and the files dropped into i386\$oem$\textmode)
I'm pretty certain the problem lies in the Adaptec drivers either not being loaded or not being set up correctly but i would have expected it to carry on and report a BSOD for Inaccessible boot device. For further info, the drive is browseable from DOS, all the files are present and correct and the partition has been verified as an active FAT primary DOS partition.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.