Win2000 fresh install and Tekram SCSI without floppy?

[cloudchief]

Can I do a fresh install of windows 2000 without a floppy drive and a boot drive on a Tekram controller?
If I have the drivers on another drive, can I access them during setup?

 

[Thor86]

Originally posted by: cloudchief
Can I do a fresh install of windows 2000 without a floppy drive and a boot drive on a Tekram controller?
If I have the drivers on another drive, can I access them during setup?

Hmmm...I know for NT4, you need the 3rd party driver disk, but try it with a bootable Win2k disk, and see if the boot up contains the SCSI card drivers. If it doesn't then, you are going to need a floppy and download the boot disk from the Teckram site.

 

[dbwillis]

Yeh, try and see if the Tekram card has builtin drivers in 2k, if it does, youll. be able to install 2k with it/from it..I know my Adaptec 2940uw has 2k builtin drivers and installed fine

 

[cloudchief]

Thanks for the replys. I guess I should elaborate more. Yes I need to install the tekram drivers. When I am installing Win2000 and tell it I have 3rd party drivers, it looks by default at the floppy. I don't recall any option to look elsewhere. I suppose that I could attach a floppy while installing, but it seems that I shouldn't need to.

 

[dbwillis]

Sounds like you have to either install a floppy (to install 3rd party drivers for Tekram/SCSI) or IDE CDRom (to install from completely)