Plain Windows 2000 Install w/SBS Media?

Hello,

I've read on a couple posts in this group that a regular Windows 2000
Server install can be done from the SBS media if the install is started
from boot floppies which have had the ".sif removed". I can't quite
figure out exactly what that means. The first boot floppy has a
"txtsetup.sif" but removing that doesn't work.

So, am I supposed to somehow create a new txtsetup.sif to replace that
one, or am I supposed to create a winnt.sif and use that in addition to
the txtsetup.sif?

And yes, I'm attempting to do what amounts to a Swing Migration. I
figure if I run into too many other problems I will try the the Kit or
the Book.

Thanks in advance,

Leonard


http://lc.yi.org

Kevin
Sat Oct 01 12:06:49 CDT 2005

if your goal is to use the SBS CD's to create a Windows Server 2003, I would
advise against it. You will find that the server will automatically shutdown
after several weeks.

Kevin Weilbacher [SBS-MVP]

<me@lc.yi.org> wrote in message
news:1128145135.337700.54630@g47g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> Hello,
>
> I've read on a couple posts in this group that a regular Windows 2000
> Server install can be done from the SBS media if the install is started
> from boot floppies which have had the ".sif removed". I can't quite
> figure out exactly what that means. The first boot floppy has a
> "txtsetup.sif" but removing that doesn't work.
>
> So, am I supposed to somehow create a new txtsetup.sif to replace that
> one, or am I supposed to create a winnt.sif and use that in addition to
> the txtsetup.sif?
>
> And yes, I'm attempting to do what amounts to a Swing Migration. I
> figure if I run into too many other problems I will try the the Kit or
> the Book.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Leonard
>
>
> http://lc.yi.org
>