Install of Win 2000 workstation and Server

See public.microsoft.win2000.beta.* via deja.com.  No, W2K is compatible with your processor, it's just that it doesn't like something in your computer.  Try removing non-essential cards from your computer or try reseating them.  You might also want to post to the above newsgroups with all of your components or list them here and I can do a search on them for you.

There is a readiness analyzer for Windows 2000 to check the hardware on you system see this URL

http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/upgrade/compat/default.asp

Mario

Is you computer BIOS up-to-date? If not, this could be the problem.

Thank you, now downloading Win2k readiness anaylzer from MS site.

It was my Netgear V4 Ethernet card old software driver.  Need to upgrade to v5, but how Win2000 not on system yet.

Install Win2000 with the 3 diskettes:

To create Setup startup disks
 1.Insert a blank, formatted disk into the floppy disk drive, and insert the Windows 2000 Professional CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive.You need four blank, 1.44 MB formatted 3.5-inch disks. Label them “Setup Disk 1,” “Setup Disk 2,” and so on.
 2.      Click Start, and then click Run.
 3.      At the prompt, type the following command, replacing d with the letter of your CD-ROM drive. d:\bootdisk\makeboot.bat a:
 4.      Follow the instructions that appear.

Mario

It still freezes up.  The code runs from the drive after its transfer from CD.

Try installing Win2K with the card removed

Install the card afterwards with the new driver

Filip