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Installing from CD-ROM / Network Install?

Unanswered Installing from CD-ROM / Network Install?

  • Tuesday, May 15, 2007 3:13 PM
     
     
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    Hey, im very interested in this little beaut, but i have one small problem...


    My server:

    Dual Pentium 3 1.2ghz Processors
    2gb ECC Cleared RAM
    108gb RAID-0 Storage on 6 10,000rpm drives
    CD-Rom Drive.

    The server specs are fine, but i only have a CD-Rom drive. It is quite a lot of trouble to put a DVD drive in (Would mean me taking my laptop dvd-rom drive out).

    Any way?

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  • Tuesday, May 15, 2007 7:38 PM
     
     
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    I know don't any other ways of doing it. You are going to need a DVD drive.
     
  • Wednesday, May 16, 2007 12:24 PM
     
     
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    Erm, apologies if I missed something but changing the CD to a DVD drive consists of:

    • Buy DVD drive (e.g. SONY DDU1632/C1 DVD-ROM drive from Outpost, $28, just as cheap all the world over)
    • Open chassis
    • Remove IDE cable
    • Remove power cable
    • Unscrew at most 4 small screws
    • Slide CD drive out
    • Check Master/Slave connector on DVD drive
    • Slide DVD drive in
    • Screw in at most 4 small screws
    • Connect power cable
    • Connect IDE cable
    • Close chassis

    I'd give it 10 minutes maximum...

     
  • Wednesday, May 16, 2007 12:37 PM
     
     
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    It consists of my finding the screw to undo my laptop cdrom drive, removing it, removing the top cover of my server, removing the cables and the 4 screws for the cdrom drive and then popping it in, putting the cover back on. Its trouble i wouldnt want to go to just for this Stick out tongue    
     
  • Thursday, May 17, 2007 7:39 AM
     
     
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    OK, not familiar with your H/W but 3 things spring to mind...

    • Laptop drives are usually a totally different format to desktop drives, physically smaller and with a different connector.  What you're suggesting may be impossible;
    • If the drive is compatible then you may be able to install the DVD drive as the slave on the IDE cable (there's seldom a HDD attached on the same IDE as a CD ROM since the HDD data rate is limited to the speed of a CD drive, which is much lower).  Means slightly less work;
    • I'm a H/W geek so I love installing stuff, but it really isn't a lot of work, and I think WHS is worth doing it for...
     
  • Thursday, May 17, 2007 11:47 AM
     
     
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    Definately a Laptop Drive Stick out tongue

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  • Thursday, May 17, 2007 2:26 PM
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    Tom, your best bet is probably to just open up the case and either replace the CD-ROM with a slim combo drive (see e.g. Newegg), or just hook up a DVD-ROM drive for the period of time it takes to install, then disconnect it when you're done. There's no real need to leave it in place once installation is complete.
     
  • Thursday, May 17, 2007 4:58 PM
     
     
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    How about just hooking up an external USB DVD drive? Presumably you can set the BIOS to boot from it.
     
  • Sunday, May 20, 2007 12:06 AM
     
     
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    I was successful using an external USB DVD Drive to install WHS on my server.

     

    Jon