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Appendix D
Installing Windows Server 2003 x64 Editions
This section describes the procedure for the installation of Windows Server 2003 x64 Editions without using the
Express Setup tool.
BEFORE INSTALLING Windows Server 2003 X64 EDITIONS
Please read carefully the following information BEFORE installing Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition.
Optional Boards Supported by EXPRESSBUILDER
EXPRESSBUILDER DVD attached to your system supports the following optional boards:
NOTE:
If you want to install boards other than the ones listed below, using a driver floppy
disk ("OEM-FD for Mass storage device"), refer to "Exceptional Setup" and "Installing
Optional Mass Storage Driver" of "Parameter File Creator" in Chapter 6.
Supporting the OS installation in EXPRESSBUILDER
– LSI MegaRAID™ SAS PCI EXPRESS™ ROMB (embedded on the motherboard)
Other optional boards
– LSISAS3443E-R SAS Controller
– LSILogic MegaRAID SAS 8480E Disk Array Controller (External SAS HDD)
Updating the System
If you modified the Windows system, execute "Update the System" in the Windows Autorun Menu.
Re-installing to the Hard disk drive which has been upgraded to Dynamic Disk
If you want to keep the existing partition when installing the system on the hard disk drive upgraded to Dynamic Disk,
note the following issue:
Do not select the partition in which the OS had been installed as the partition on which to re-install the OS.
Select "Use the current File System" as the format of the OS partition.
MO Device
If you specify the file system as NTFS with a MO Device connected during the installation, the file system will not be
converted normally. Disconnect the MO Device and restart the installation from the beginning.
Media such as DAT
During the OS installation, do not attach any unnecessary media to the system, such as a DAT.
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