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Win2K AS Installation Workaround
To test Windows 2000, I upgraded the RAM on my PC to 128MB and bought a Quantum 10.2 CX hard disk. However, my PC's BIOS didn't support a hard disk larger than 8.4GB, so I had to download from the Quantum Web site disk manager software that lets my system support a larger hard disk.

When I tried to install Win2K Advanced Server, I could complete only the first round of installation. When I rebooted to complete the installation, the system presented the following error message: Windows 2000 could not start because the following file is missing or corrupted: <Windows 2000 root>\system32 \ntoskrnl.exe. Please install a copy of the above file. When I reinstalled, the system presented me with the same error message. After some experimentation, I discovered the following solution:

  1. Install Win2K AS, and leave the boot partition as FAT rather than NTFS. (You can convert the partition after you complete the installation.)
  2. After the first round of installation, Win2K will prompt you to reboot. After reboot, the previous error message will appear.
  3. Prepare a bootable 3.5" disk that contains edit.com and attrib.exe.
  4. Boot from the disk.
  5. At a command prompt, type
    attrib -R -H -S c:\boot.ini
    Boot.ini is in the C drive and will have the following settings:

    [boot loader]
    timeout=1
    default=scsi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)
    partition(1)\WINNT [operating systems] scsi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT="Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server" /fastdetect
  6. Use the editor to change the word scsi to multi in the second line of the [boot loader] section and the first line of the [operating systems] section:
    [boot loader]
    timeout=1
    default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT
    [operating systems]
    multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition
    (1)\WINNT="Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server" /fastdetect
  7. Save the changes to boot.ini.
  8. At a command prompt, type
    attrib +R +H +S c:\boot.ini

    This command adds read-only (R), hidden (H), and system (S) attributes to the boot.ini file.

  9. Reboot, and you'll be able to complete the Win2K AS installation.
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Reader Comments
I am trying to compile the code for chkrasnt.exe, but it gives the following error in Visual C++ 4.0:
--------------------Configuration: Chkrasnt - Win32 Debug--------------------
Linking...
chkrasnt.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol _RasEnumConnectionsA@12
Debug/Chkrasnt.exe : fatal error LNK1120: 1 unresolved externals
Error executing link.exe.
Chkrasnt.exe - 2 error(s), 0 warning(s)

Any ideas?

Rob Rautenstrauch August 14, 2000


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