Windows Home Server on a PowerEdge 2300

Is it possible to install WHS on a PE2300?

I'm always get "Could not initialize UI subsystem"

HerrBergh@gmail.com wrote:
> Is it possible to install WHS on a PE2300?
>
> I'm always get "Could not initialize UI subsystem"

What kind of hard drives? Are they set up as RAID? You might have to get
the drivers onto a floppy and load them when prompted during the install.

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Regards,
Hank Arnold
Microsoft MVP
Windows Server - Directory Services

>
> What kind of hard drives? Are they set up as RAID? You might have to get
> the drivers onto a floppy and load them when prompted during the install.
>

Only one scsi drive (250GB IDE using Acard SCSI - IDE Bridge,
AEC-7720UW)
So i'm using the built in scsi card. (no backplane or so...)

I have never been asked to insert any floppy with driver.
The install only goes to 5 or 6 dots and then the "Could not
initialize UI subsystem" pops up.

I'm using the WHS 120-day evaluation kit.

(XP,W2k and W2k3 server installs just fine)

<HerrBergh@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> >
>> What kind of hard drives? Are they set up as RAID? You might have to get
>> the drivers onto a floppy and load them when prompted during the install.
>>
>
> Only one scsi drive (250GB IDE using Acard SCSI - IDE Bridge,
> AEC-7720UW)
> So i'm using the built in scsi card. (no backplane or so...)
>
> I have never been asked to insert any floppy with driver.
> The install only goes to 5 or 6 dots and then the "Could not
> initialize UI subsystem" pops up.
>
> I'm using the WHS 120-day evaluation kit.
>
> (XP,W2k and W2k3 server installs just fine)
>
>

Have you verified the image burn?

> Have you verified the image burn?

Don't think thats possible, I bought these DVD/CDs from Microsoft.
So no downloaded image here, just original Microsoft DVD/CDs.

"ScoobyDoo" <HerrBergh@gmail.com> wrote in message
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>
>> Have you verified the image burn?
>
> Don't think thats possible, I bought these DVD/CDs from Microsoft.
> So no downloaded image here, just original Microsoft DVD/CDs.
>

There seems to be a lot of chatter about the problem if you Google it.
I don't see many, if any, solutions though.

> >> Have you verified the image burn?
>
> > Don't think thats possible, I bought these DVD/CDs from Microsoft.
> > So no downloaded image here, just original Microsoft DVD/CDs.
>
> There seems to be a lot of chatter about the problem if you Google it.
> I don't see many, if any, solutions though.

No solutions to this problem....

Maybe its time to move over to Linux instead of Microsoft...

"ScoobyDoo" <HerrBergh@gmail.com> wrote in message
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>> >> Have you verified the image burn?
>>
>> > Don't think thats possible, I bought these DVD/CDs from Microsoft.
>> > So no downloaded image here, just original Microsoft DVD/CDs.
>>
>> There seems to be a lot of chatter about the problem if you Google it.
>> I don't see many, if any, solutions though.
>
> No solutions to this problem....
>
> Maybe its time to move over to Linux instead of Microsoft...

I see you are using a 250GB IDE drive, I believe that the bios is set for
using only scsi drives?

On 27 Dec, 09:13, "Bruce Varney" <bruce.var...@ntlworld.com> wrote:
> "ScoobyDoo" <HerrBe...@gmail.com> wrote in message
>
> news:9e3456d9-7775-4eec-8b15-298811b6bd71@c49g2000hsc.googlegroups.com...
>
> >> >> Have you verified the image burn?
>
> >> > Don't think thats possible, I bought these DVD/CDs from Microsoft.
> >> > So no downloaded image here, just original Microsoft DVD/CDs.
>
> >> There seems to be a lot of chatter about the problem if you Google it.
> >> I don't see many, if any, solutions though.
>
> > No solutions to this problem....
>
> > Maybe its time to move over to Linux instead of Microsoft...
>
> I see you are using a 250GB IDE drive, I believe that the bios is set for
> using only scsi drives?

There is no IDE interface built in to this computer Dell PowerEdge
2300!

A 250GB IDE drive is used with a ACARD SCSI-IDE Bridge (AEC-7720UW, A
general purpose SCSI-to-IDE device converter).
So it's connected to the scsi interface and is acting like a scsi hdd.
More info on this link
http://www.acard.com/english/fb0101....e&type1_idno=2

(Works great with all OS that i have been able to install on this
computer)

"ScoobyDoo" <HerrBergh@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> On 27 Dec, 09:13, "Bruce Varney" <bruce.var...@ntlworld.com> wrote:
>> "ScoobyDoo" <HerrBe...@gmail.com> wrote in message
>>
>> news:9e3456d9-7775-4eec-8b15-298811b6bd71@c49g2000hsc.googlegroups.com...
>>
>> >> >> Have you verified the image burn?
>>
>> >> > Don't think thats possible, I bought these DVD/CDs from Microsoft.
>> >> > So no downloaded image here, just original Microsoft DVD/CDs.
>>
>> >> There seems to be a lot of chatter about the problem if you Google it.
>> >> I don't see many, if any, solutions though.
>>
>> > No solutions to this problem....
>>
>> > Maybe its time to move over to Linux instead of Microsoft...
>>
>> I see you are using a 250GB IDE drive, I believe that the bios is set for
>> using only scsi drives?
>
> There is no IDE interface built in to this computer Dell PowerEdge
> 2300!
>
> A 250GB IDE drive is used with a ACARD SCSI-IDE Bridge (AEC-7720UW, A
> general purpose SCSI-to-IDE device converter).
> So it's connected to the scsi interface and is acting like a scsi hdd.
> More info on this link
> http://www.acard.com/english/fb0101....e&type1_idno=2
>
> (Works great with all OS that i have been able to install on this
> computer)

Ok that makes more sense. I have installed Win 98, Win Back Office and Win
XP Pro by dual booting and have had no problems in loading any of these OS.

As a trial could you install Win 98 and then install Win Home Server and
dual boot.