Problem in Integrating mass storage drivers in Windows server 2003

[rajesh.it09]

Hi All,

I am integrating mass storage drivers. The following steps i have followed.

1. Copied the content of the Windows Server 2003 SP2 media on to a folder on hard drive, c:\temp.

2. Copied the following RAID driver files NODEV.INF, OEMSETUP.INF, PERCSAS.CAT, PERCSAS.SYS, TXTSETUP.OEM to the to the i386 (i.e. C:\temp\i386)

3. Opened the file txtsetup.sif from C:\temp\i386 under Notepad for editing.

Added the line:

percsas.sys = 1,,,,,,4_,4,1,,,1,4

to the [sourceDisksFiles] section.

4. Added the lines

PCI\VEN_1028&DEV_0015&SUBSYS_1F011028 = "percsas"

After that i created ISO image and loaded OS on PowerEdge 2900 machine. At the end of the installation there is one restart present to finish the installation. At this point, machine is always autorestarting itself.

I entered in safemode by pressing F8, last file loaded before the restart happens is acpitabl.dat.

Anybody know what is the problem.

Your help is greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.

PCI\VEN_1028&DEV_0015&SUBSYS_1F021028 = "percsas"

PCI\VEN_1028&DEV_0015&SUBSYS_1F031028 = "percsas"

PCI\VEN_1000&DEV_0060&SUBSYS_1F0A1028 = "percsas"

PCI\VEN_1000&DEV_0060&SUBSYS_1F0B1028 = "percsas"

PCI\VEN_1000&DEV_0060&SUBSYS_1F0C1028 ="percsas"

PCI\VEN_1000&DEV_0060&SUBSYS_1F0D1028 = "percsas"

PCI\VEN_1000&DEV_0060&SUBSYS_1F111028 = "percsas"

To the [HardwareIdsDatabase] section.

5. Added the line:

percsas = percsas.sys,4

to the [sCSI.Load] section.

6. Added the line:

percsas = "DELL PERC5 and PERC6/CERC6 RAID Controller Driver (Server 2003

32 bit)"

7. After doing the above steps, created ISO image with modified OS content.

I loaded PE2900 machine with this OS media. Machine is always restarting at the end of the installation.

In safe mode i checked , after loading acpitabl.dat machine restart is happening.

Your help is greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.

[fdv]

The good news is that from your post I assembled the following below and it looks correct.

I theorize that you should do the following: unplug all USB or other legacy removable media devices from the system. Go into the BIOS and make sure you have just two devices to boot from: CDROM and HDD (if you have more that's okay, they just need to be internal devices).

Check the settings on the RAID controller in the BIOS. Make sure it has the exact number of devices specified, etc etc. Hey, you never know -- glitches happen. Once all this has been squared, try again. In my experience, acpitabl.dat stops are from boot device confusion on the part of the PC.

[SourceDisksFiles]
percsas.sys = 1,,,,,,4_,4,1,,,1,4

[SCSI.Load]
percsas = percsas.sys,4

[HardwareIdsDatabase]
PCI\VEN_1028&DEV_0015&SUBSYS_1F011028 = "percsas"
PCI\VEN_1028&DEV_0015&SUBSYS_1F021028 = "percsas"
PCI\VEN_1028&DEV_0015&SUBSYS_1F031028 = "percsas"
PCI\VEN_1000&DEV_0060&SUBSYS_1F0A1028 = "percsas"
PCI\VEN_1000&DEV_0060&SUBSYS_1F0B1028 = "percsas"
PCI\VEN_1000&DEV_0060&SUBSYS_1F0C1028 = "percsas"
PCI\VEN_1000&DEV_0060&SUBSYS_1F0D1028 = "percsas"
PCI\VEN_1000&DEV_0060&SUBSYS_1F111028 = "percsas"

[SCSI]
percsas = "DELL PERC5 and PERC6/CERC6 RAID Controller Driver (Server 2003 32 bit)"