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Setup Limitation While Installing Dell™

Drivers on Servers

Without a Diskette Drive

Running Microsoft

Windows

You may encounter issues while installing the operating system and

Dell mass storage device drivers using the F6 prompt on a server without

a physical diskette drive (A:\). The text mode portion of the Windows

Setup requires that additional mass storage drivers that are provided

through the F6 prompt be located on the A:\ (where A represents the

drive letter for the diskette drive).

This is a limitation on any server that is not configured with a diskette

drive and occurs only while installing Windows 32-bit or 64-bit extended

operating systems. You do not have to replace any hardware.

To fix this issue, add a physical or virtual diskette drive on your server. The

following four options described in the sections below enable you to install

Dell drivers on your server:

• Using the Dell PowerEdge Installation and Server Management CD

• Using the DRAC Diskette Image

• Using the Dell USBKeyPrepF6 Utility

• Adding Drivers to Windows Installation

Using the Dell PowerEdge Installation and Server Management CD

Use the Dell PowerEdge™ Installation and Server Management CD that

shipped along with your server to ensure that all the supported drivers for

the Windows operating system are installed.

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YY314am0.fm Page 1 Wednesday, November 15, 2006 5:10 PM Setup Limitation While Installing Dell™ Drivers on Servers Without a Diskette Drive Running Microsoft® Windows® You may encounter issues while installing the operating system and Dell mass storage device drivers using the F6 prompt on a server without a physical diskette drive (A:\).
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YY314am0.fm Page 2 Wednesday, November 15, 2006 5:10 PM Using the DRAC Diskette Image Install the Dell mass storage drivers using Dell Remote Access Card (DRAC) 4 or DRAC 5 diskette images located on the Dell Support website at support.dell.com. See the DRAC documentation that is shipped along with your server to set up virtual diskette drive media. NOTE: You can install drivers using this procedure only if your server has a DRAC installed and configured.
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YY314am0.fm Page 3 Wednesday, November 15, 2006 5:10 PM 11 Select the type of controller for your system and download the Dell mass storage device driver to a location that you can access later. Ensure that you choose the Hard-Drive Package option.(You will need this driver when using the Dell USBKeyPrepF6 Utility). NOTE: After you successfully install the drivers, you must reformat the USB key using the Windows Disk Management application in order to get the USB key back to a normal usable state.
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YY314am0.fm Page 4 Wednesday, November 15, 2006 5:10 PM ____________________ Information in this document is subject to change without notice. © 2006 Dell Inc. All rights reserved. Reproduction in any manner whatsoever without the written permission of Dell Inc. is strictly forbidden. Trademarks used in this text: Dell, the DELL logo, and PowerEdge are trademarks of Dell Inc. Microsoft, Windows, and Windows Server are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation.