Chapter 2. Installing Windows 2000; Requirements; Configuring The Windows 2000 Professional Setup Diskettes - IBM 4951-514 Installation Manual

Chapter 2. Installing Windows 2000

Windows 2000 does not provide native support for all USB CD-ROM drives. You
must modify the installation media since no interface exists for an IDE CD-ROM
drive. Follow these instructions to install the operating system.

Requirements

v Windows 2000 Professional CD-ROM
v Windows 2000 Professional Setup Boot Diskettes (4 diskettes created by the
v USB or PS/2 Keyboard and Mouse
v External USB Floppy Disk Drive
v External USB CD-ROM Drive

Configuring the Windows 2000 Professional setup diskettes

If Windows 2000 does not provide native support for the CD-ROM drive being used
for installation, you must modify the Windows installation media since no interface
exists for an IDE CD-ROM drive. Follow the directions below to configure the setup
diskettes.
1. Insert Windows 2000 Professional setup diskette # 1.
2. Open TXTSETUP.SIF in a text editor.
3. Under the HardwareIdsDatabase section, add one of the following lines:
4. If you do not have the Hardware ID for the specific CD-ROM device you are
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CD-ROM). If you do not have these disks, you can create them using
MAKEBOOT.EXE, located in the \bootdisk folder on the CD-ROM
IBM USB CDRom Drive (02N8239 / 33L5151)
USB\VID_04B3&PID_4427 = "usbstor" ;IBM USB CD-ROM VID/PID P/N
33L5151
IBM USB CDRW/DVD Drive (73P4516)
USB\VID_04DA&PID_0D0E = "usbstor" ;IBM USB Combo P/N 73P4516
using, you can locate the MachingDeviceID key using the Windows System
Information utility:
a. Plug the USB drive into any Windows XP, WEPOS or 2000 system. Wait
until the system has detected the drive, and it is functional.
b. Open System Information, and look for the device you connected, under
USB.
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