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uwantfries
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 loading raid drivers with no floppy
Enterprise Server 2003, RAID, RAID Driver, RAID Installation
building new server to replace a dead one using ent serv 2003. new server doesn't have floppy and when loading os I f6 when prompted but cannot load raid drivers without floppy. have floppy copied to usb drive, could use some help on how to continue.

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ASKED: June 29, 2011  8:57 PM
UPDATED: June 30, 2011  1:26 PM
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Installing RAID drivers during the install of Windows 2003 requires that you use an actual floppy drive. You'll need to purchase either an internal floppy drive (good luck finding one) or a USB floppy drive. No other option will work.
Last Wiki Answer Submitted:  June 30, 2011  12:32 am  by  Denny Cherry   64,505 pts.
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There may be possibility of doing it without a floppy.

If it is an HP server, you can use the HP SmartStart to automatically load the drivers for you as part of the install. I believe Dell does the same thing with OpenManage. With this type of option you boot from the HP SmartStart disc and it will prompt you to insert your Windows disc after going through some initial configuration steps.

If it is a whitebox server then Mrdenny is correct.

Mattcassell
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