H0138511 - WINDOWS NT INSTALLATION ON PC SERVER 720 (8642) SYMPTOM: After running Disk Administrator in Windows NT or after rebuild- ing a disk with RAIDADM, the message "invalid boot partition" or "no boot record found" is displayed when the PC Server 720 is rebooted. PROBLEM ISOLATION AIDS: NONE FIX: Use the following procedure to install Windows NT Server on the IBM PC Server 720. If assistance is required at any time, contact the IBM PC HelpCenter at the following phone numbers: * In the U.S.A., 1-800-772-2227 * In Canada, 1-800-565-3344 Outside the USA and Canada, contact your IBM authorized reseller or IBM marketing representative. 1. Download and expand the following files from the IBM BBS: a. 720NOS.EXE Only needed if installing NT Server 3.51 b. 720UPD.ZIP BIOS, Reference, and Diagnostic Diskettes c. 4227109.EXE PCI Streaming RAID Option Diskette FLASH243.EXE PCI RAID firmware flash version 2.43 -or- 4227110.EXE MCA Streaming RAID Option Diskette 1/2 4227111.EXE MCA Streaming RAID Option Diskette 2/2 RAID221A.EXE MCA Streaming RAID firmware version 2.21 -or- 84H7118.EXE PC ServeRAID Configuration Disk V2.00 84H7121.EXE PC ServeRAID Driver and Util Disk V2.00 84H7130.EXE PC ServeRAID BIOS/Firmware V2.00 2. Flash the BIOS to the latest level available on the IBM BBS. Note: The reference diskette and diagnostic diskette must be at the appropriate level along with the BIOS. The current BIOS, reference, and diagnostic diskettes are packaged together in the file 720UPD.ZIP on the IBM BBS. a. Download the following file: 720UPD.ZIP b. Unpack the file using the following command: PKUNZIP 720UPD.ZIP c. Expand the BIOS diskette using the following command: 4227101.EXE A: d. Boot the flash BIOS diskette and follow the on-screen instructions to flash the BIOS. 3. If a RAID Adapter is present, flash the RAID firmware to the the latest level by booting the appropriate RAID firmware diskette and following the on-screen instructions. 4. Initialize and Synchronize RAID hard drives or Format Non-RAID hard drives. Note: The version number that appears on the Main Menu Screen must be Ver. 3.40 or later for PCI and MCA RAID adapters or Ver. 2.00 or later for ServeRAID adapters. a. For RAID systems, boot the current RAID Option Diskette: 4227110.EXE for MCA RAID adapters -or- 4227109.EXE for PCI RAID adapters -or- 84H7118.EXE for ServeRAID adapters 1. Select Create/delete array, Create disk array, choose the drives for the array, then select Define Logical drive, and define a logical drive of 300MB to 500MB. 2. Confirm, Exit and wait for the configuration to be saved. 3. Select Initialize/synchronize array, then select Initialize logical drive. 4. For RAID level 5, select Synchronize logical drive. b. For non-RAID systems: 1. During boot, press A when the following message appears: "SCSI BIOS has installed successfully." This action will invoke the SCSISelect utility program. 2. Select "Configure/View Host Adapter settings". 3. Select "Advanced Configuration Options". 4. Set "Extended BIOS Translation for DOS Drives > 1 GByte" to "Disable" 5. Set "Reverse Scan" to "Disable". 6. Press and Save these settings. 7. Select SCSI DISK Utilities. 8. Select one of the hard drives listed, then choose FORMAT the drive. Repeat for every hard drive in the system. 5. (NT 3.51 only) If installing NT3.51, download the latest version of the Windows NT Server 3.51 Service Pack. The Service Pack will contain a file called NTKRNLMP.EX_. This is an updated kernel for NT 3.51. The latest Service Service Pack can be obtained at the following WEB URL: http://www.microsoft.com 6. Create the NT boot diskettes from the Windows NT Server CD using the following procedure: a. Place the NT Server CD in any computer with a CD-ROM drive b. Select the drive letter for that CD-ROM (ie. D:) c. Change to the i386 directory (cd i386) d. If this computer is running Windows NT, type the following at a command prompt: winnt32 /ox (the /ox is important) -or- for any other operating system, type the following at a command prompt: winnt /ox (the /ox is important) 7. Make a copy of the Windows NT Setup Boot Disk and label it "Modified NT Boot Disk". 8. (NT 3.51 only) The NT Service Pack contains a compressed file named NTKRNLMP.EX_. (If using the diskette version, it is on diskette 1) From a command prompt, type the following to expand the file (for example): EXPAND A: NTKRNLMP.EX_ C: NTKRNLMP.EXE 9. (NT 3.51 only) Copy the new NTKRNLMP.EXE over the original on the diskette labeled "Modified NT Boot Disk." 10. Boot to a DOS Version 6.0 or later diskette, and run FDISK to create an active partition the size of the logical drive if used above in step 4.a.1. It is not necessary to format this partition as NT will format during the installation. 11. (NT 3.51 only) Boot the Modified NT Boot Disk and press when the following message appears on the black screen: "Setup is inspecting your computer's hardware configuration" A blue Windows NT Setup screen will appear with the following message: "Setup could not determine the type of computer you have, or you have chosen to manually specify the computer type." Note: If you are prompted to insert the Windows NT Setup Disk 2, then you did not press at the appropriate time. Reboot the server with the Modified NT Boot Disk. 12. (NT 3.51 only) Select "Other" and press 13. (NT 3.51 only) Insert the PC Server 720 Network Operating System Support Diskette (720NOS.EXE) and press . 14. (NT 3.51 only) IBM PC Server 720 will be highlighted. Press 15. Follow the on-screen instructions until the Express/Custom menu appears. 16. Press for Custom Setup. 17. Press to Skip Mass Storage Detection. 18. Press to Specify additional SCSI adapters. 19. Press to select "Other." 20. For MCA RAID Systems, insert the MCA Streaming RAID Option Diskette 2/2 in drive A: (4227111.EXE on the BBS) -or- For PCI RAID Systems, insert the "PCI Streaming RAID Option Diskette 1/1 in drive A: (4227109.EXE on the BBS) -or- For ServeRAID systems, insert the IBM ServeRAID Adapter Support Diskette (2 of 2) in drive A: -or- For non-RAID systems, insert the "Adaptec 7800 Family Manager Set" diskette in drive A. 21. Press to continue. 22. Select the device driver for NT Version 3.5 and press to continue. (Applies to both NT 3.51 and 4.0) 23. Press to avoid further detection of mass storage devices. 24. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the install. 25. After completing the custom install of NT, apply the Service Pack BEFORE running any of the applications, especially Disk Administrator. 26. After applying the Service Pack, shutdown and re-boot, then run Disk Administrator and partition the drives. .------------------------IMPORTANT-----------------------------. | | | Diskette images are customer installable. Customers should | | review any "README" files located on the diskette for | | installation information. Contact the IBM PC HelpCenter at | | 800-772-2227 if download/installation assistance is needed. | | | | IBM PC Server files are located in Directory 22 on the PC | | Company Bulletin Board Service (BBS) at 1-919-517-0001 or | | tieline 255-0001. | | The files may also be downloaded via the Internet from the | | IBM PC File Library by searching the following Internet URL:| | http://www.pc.ibm.com/files.html | |______________________________________________________________| Windows NT is a trademark of Microsoft Corp. SCSISelect is a trademark of Adaptec, Inc. SAS KEYWORDS: PSY2 8642 720 OPER PROG SERVER RAID WINNT WINDOWS PSY2PROG 4.0 3.51