Re: Win2003 install BSOD on IXS

You didn't convert the boot drive to NFTS did you?

Make sure you leave that drive as a FAT drive.


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Bryan Dietz 
Aktion Associates 


midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote on 05/05/2006 03:42:47 PM:

-> I am attempting to install Windows 2003 SP1 (SBS) on a new IXS on  a 
new 
-> i5.  All was well until the reboot after the text based setup .  Then I 

-> got the dreaded BSOD with STOP 0x0000007B (Inaccessible Boot Device). 
-> Apparently it isn't happy with the drivers that allow it to get to the 
-> virtual storage.
-> 
-> I did get a "Cannot copy OEMSETUP.TXT" error message during setup but I 

-> don't know where this would come from. 5722WSV  IBM Integration for 
-> Windows Server   and 5722WSV   Integration for Windows 2000 and 2003 
are 
-> installed.  They are not at the VERY latest CUM ( C06045) but I checked 

-> the PTF's and didn't see any that pertained to Windows on the IXS that 
-> would explain this.
-> 
-> Any ideas?  I am guessing that the OEMSETUP.TXT has the information 
-> about the virtual disk drivers but I haven't a clue where to look or 
how 
-> to add them even if I did find them.  Usually those "special" drivers 
-> are prompted for (F6) during setup but I don't know where to find them.
-> 
-> I am following instructions from the Microsoft Windows 2003 Server 
-> Integration with iSeries redbook.  Did I miss something?
-> 
-> Pete