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Installing Windows 2000 Server on IBM System X3850 M2
Zones: Microsoft Operating Systems, Windows 2000 Server, Server
Tags: Serverguide, Configuration Software, Windows 2000, ibm, X3850 m2, windows 2000
We recently aquired an IBM System x3850 M2  (P/N 7141-4RU) , for an ERP Application, which requires Windows 2000 Server to run on. IBM States that with this server model, Windows Server 2000 is not supported.. When I Run the IBM Serverguide CD  (7.4.16) The option to install win 2000 is greyed out, and the window states 'Any options that are greyed out are unsupported) . I attempted to install the OS from the CD directly  (after configuring the LSI Megraid adapter) and the install froze up on the initial 'Starting Windows 2000 Setup' screen..

My question is this,.. Has anyone gotten Windows 2000 Server Advanced Edition installed successfully on an IBM x3850 M2 with lall Drivers to work properly.. and if so, what was the procedure?
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Question Asked By: pathix
Question Asked On: 05.07.2008
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05.07.2008 at 07:05AM PDT, ID: 21516473
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05.07.2008 at 07:50AM PDT, ID: 21517032
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05.07.2008 at 07:05AM PDT, ID: 21516473
xentelworker:
If you can't get this working, your best bet would be to either throw on 2k3, put on VMware (Or Virtual Server) and  run Win2k as a VM.
 
05.07.2008 at 07:50AM PDT, ID: 21517032
pathix:
Yes Vmware could be an option, but not short term. I'm sure there is a physical way of getting 2k on the system, avoiding ibm's unsupported roadblock.. The issue is we have no option to upgrade to 2k3,  as the erp application needs to run on 2000
 
05.07.2008 at 08:50AM PDT, ID: 21517673
xentelworker:
So in the RedPaper from IBM, it says Windows 2000 Data Center is not supported:

"IBM now offers two methods to run Microsoft® Windows® Server 2003 R2, Datacenter
Edition on the x3950 M2, either the 32-bit version or the 64-bit version. Windows 2000
Datacenter Server is not supported."

Ref: http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/redpieces/pdfs/redp4362.pdf

When looking at updates for your Server, their is support for 2K Server and Advanced Server:

https://www-304.ibm.com/systems/support/supportsite.wss/docdisplay?lndocid=MIGR-5073163&brandind=5000008

Have you chatted with IBM about this?

I know sometimes if I have issues installing Windows, I launch a WinPE (or BartPE) image and launch the Install from there.
 
 
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