Unable to install Windows 2000 (Advanced) Server in HP Proliant DL145 G3

[Karthik Sethupathy]

Hi - I am trying to install Windows 2000 Advanced Server with SP4 in DL145 G3 server, which has a PCI based LSI Logic Storage Controller 1068 with two 80GB hot-pluggable SATA drives attached to it.

DL145 G3 config:

Two AMD Opteron processor Model 2220 (or 2210, I forgot) with 4GB RAM wit latest system and storage controller firmware.

I mirrored these two drives and trying to install the Win2K OS. The installation is failing with Stop Error: 0x50 as stated in below the MS article

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/171003

The following are drivers that I have tried for this array controller.

http://h18000.www1.hp.com/support/files/storage/us/download/25824.html
http://www.lsi.com/storage_home/products_home/standard_product_ics/sas_ics/lsisas1068/index.html

And when I used the Win2K3 driver downloaded from the HP Link

http://h18023.www1.hp.com/support/files/server/us/download/26994.html to install Windows 2000 Advanced server, I get the error "lsi_sas.sys could not be found" and the setup stalls.

I have tried slipstreaming the driver and loading the driver from HP USB floppy disk, in both cases the setup failed.

Any help is much appreciated. Thank you.

Karthik

[Mauro Rusignuolo]

the forst error you reported seems to be referred to a memory fault.
not referred to the raid controller...

I missed something?

bye.

TJK.

[Karthik Sethupathy]

Initially, I thought it was to do with memory, so I removed a bank of memory and a CPU, then proceeded with the installation, but it was not of any help.

Regards,
Karthik

[Mauro Rusignuolo]

may be also a problem referred to the CPU's cache and the L2 cache.
you have to try to disable the cache also.

bye.
TJK.

[Karthik Sethupathy]

How do I disable the CPU Cache ? I am unable to find this option in the BIOS.

Karthik

[Karthik Sethupathy]

I still have not been able to install Windows 2000 OS in this hardware. So I installed Windows 2003 server instead. The case I opened with HP was closed as "Unresolved"