Windows 2003 server x64 on PRIMERGY TX100 S3

[fuser]

Hi!
I have a PRIMERGY TX100 S3 and i'd like to know if there is a way to install Windows 2003 Server x64 on it.
I know that the Windows 2003 Server x64 is not supported OS for PRIMERGY TX100 S3, but still if there is a
way to install it on the machine i'd appreciate any help.
I need to configure RAID 10 and can't find raid driver for Windows 2003 Server x64 to install the OS on the machine
Thanks in advance.

[Davie]

You could try the driver for TX100 S2 - very similar RAID chip and firmware

Usual disclaimers apply though - no guarantee it will work and totally unsupported

[fuser]

You could try the driver for TX100 S2 - very similar RAID chip and firmware

Usual disclaimers apply though - no guarantee it will work and totally unsupported

Thanks, i'll try it.

[fuser]

You could try the driver for TX100 S2 - very similar RAID chip and firmware

Usual disclaimers apply though - no guarantee it will work and totally unsupported

Thanks, i'll try it.

I tried, but unfortunately it didn't work

And one more thing. The server does not recognize a USB floppy drive i attached to it, so i integrated the raid driver into win 2003 distributive using nlite.

[jimdunleavy]

I want to do the same thing but am having problems finding the correct 2003 64 bit driver for the embedded lsi raid, what driver did you use, the tx100s2 gave stop 0x7b errors, a lenovo driver allowed the os to load but appears to run very slowly.


What driver did you use please?

[77dragon]

I found properly driver at Hitachi site: http://www.hitachi.co.jp/Prod/comp/OSD/ ... _w2k3.html
This driver work for x86 and 64x systems.

Use nLite to integrate this driver into w2k3 ISO-image in textmode (it's critical!), and installation will run fine without floppy and any BSoD's

In additional you will need also Intel 82574L ethernet controller and C202 chipset (for SM-Bus chip and etc. embedded devices) drivers.
With this Intel packs is no unknown devices in device manager ))

[josip]

And one more thing. The server does not recognize a USB floppy drive i attached to it, so i integrated the raid driver into win 2003 distributive using nlite.

Fujitsu(-Siemens) distributerd two types of USB floppy drives; it's been a while, but I recon those were NEC and (later) Y-DATA drives...
If you're using NEC drive, you might be experiencing problems with boot and OS-installation processes...

If available, try using Y-DATA drive (or simmilar from other manufacturer)!

This way I want'ed to point out that not all USB FDD's are "born equal" - so the problem could potentially be FDD itself - and not (so much) Primergy server.

Also, additionally, on some (OLD!) Primergy models I've experienced problems with USB devices when they were connected to front USB connectors - use ones on the back instead!!!

Regards,
Josip

[_joel_]

The solution proposed by 77dragon works perfectly. Thanks for sharing.