Re: Win2003 install BSOD on IXS

[Pete Helgren <Pete@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Well.....perhaps that could be it....the boot drive is 16Gb and the 
installation source drive is 2Gb. My understanding from the 
documentation was that you HAD to go with NTFS if the boot drive was 
greater than 8Gb.  I would have preferred FAT32 but.....

Pete


Bryan Dietz wrote:

> You didn't convert the boot drive to NFTS did you?
>
> Make sure you leave that drive as a FAT drive.
>
>
> _____________________________
> 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 
>