install w/o floppy?

I am trying to install x64 on a system with SATA/RAID and no internal floppy
drive.
I am currently running SuSE 10.0 and am trying to swictch to x64. I've
bought an
external floppy drive, but after the F6 pressing etc, the installation
manager does
not look for the diskette in the external drive. I am not sure where it is
looking or how
to get it to check the external drive. Any suggestions?

Thanks
tb Kepler

JarodCummings
Wed Dec 28 15:06:02 CST 2005

I'm guessing the external floppy is USB. If that is the case, I do not
beleive USB drivers load for Windows installation. My advice would be to burn
the SATA/RAID drivers to CD and load them off CD when prompted, if the
drivers aren't native to the install disk.

"tbKepler" wrote:

> I am trying to install x64 on a system with SATA/RAID and no internal floppy
> drive.
> I am currently running SuSE 10.0 and am trying to swictch to x64. I've
> bought an
> external floppy drive, but after the F6 pressing etc, the installation
> manager does
> not look for the diskette in the external drive. I am not sure where it is
> looking or how
> to get it to check the external drive. Any suggestions?
>
> Thanks
> tb Kepler

tbKepler
Wed Dec 28 15:39:02 CST 2005

thanks for the advice, but I am still stuck. The external diskette drive is
indeed a USB device, so now I know why that does not work.

I did try to load the drivers directly from CD, but this does not work,
either. The x64 installation CD specifies that the drivers diskette is to be
put into "drive a:", and it does not give the user a chance to specify
another location.

"Jarod Cummings" wrote:

> I'm guessing the external floppy is USB. If that is the case, I do not
> beleive USB drivers load for Windows installation. My advice would be to burn
> the SATA/RAID drivers to CD and load them off CD when prompted, if the
> drivers aren't native to the install disk.
>
> "tbKepler" wrote:
>
> > I am trying to install x64 on a system with SATA/RAID and no internal floppy
> > drive.
> > I am currently running SuSE 10.0 and am trying to swictch to x64. I've
> > bought an
> > external floppy drive, but after the F6 pressing etc, the installation
> > manager does
> > not look for the diskette in the external drive. I am not sure where it is
> > looking or how
> > to get it to check the external drive. Any suggestions?
> >
> > Thanks
> > tb Kepler

John
Wed Dec 28 15:54:05 CST 2005

You are probably stuck following the advice Charlie has proffered here many
times. Buy a cheap internal drive and a cable and hook it up when needed
and then store it until the next time.


"tbKepler" <tbKepler@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:FF0A628C-C4D4-45A4-8B3E-C0B37CFFECF1@microsoft.com...
> thanks for the advice, but I am still stuck. The external diskette drive
> is
> indeed a USB device, so now I know why that does not work.
>
> I did try to load the drivers directly from CD, but this does not work,
> either. The x64 installation CD specifies that the drivers diskette is to
> be
> put into "drive a:", and it does not give the user a chance to specify
> another location.
>
> "Jarod Cummings" wrote:
>
>> I'm guessing the external floppy is USB. If that is the case, I do not
>> beleive USB drivers load for Windows installation. My advice would be to
>> burn
>> the SATA/RAID drivers to CD and load them off CD when prompted, if the
>> drivers aren't native to the install disk.
>>
>> "tbKepler" wrote:
>>
>> > I am trying to install x64 on a system with SATA/RAID and no internal
>> > floppy
>> > drive.
>> > I am currently running SuSE 10.0 and am trying to swictch to x64. I've
>> > bought an
>> > external floppy drive, but after the F6 pressing etc, the installation
>> > manager does
>> > not look for the diskette in the external drive. I am not sure where
>> > it is
>> > looking or how
>> > to get it to check the external drive. Any suggestions?
>> >
>> > Thanks
>> > tb Kepler

JarodCummings
Wed Dec 28 16:10:02 CST 2005

That would be my guess too. Unfortunately I am without an x64 install disk at
the moment and can't verify all of the install options.

"John Barnes" wrote:

> You are probably stuck following the advice Charlie has proffered here many
> times. Buy a cheap internal drive and a cable and hook it up when needed
> and then store it until the next time.
>
>
> "tbKepler" <tbKepler@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:FF0A628C-C4D4-45A4-8B3E-C0B37CFFECF1@microsoft.com...
> > thanks for the advice, but I am still stuck. The external diskette drive
> > is
> > indeed a USB device, so now I know why that does not work.
> >
> > I did try to load the drivers directly from CD, but this does not work,
> > either. The x64 installation CD specifies that the drivers diskette is to
> > be
> > put into "drive a:", and it does not give the user a chance to specify
> > another location.
> >
> > "Jarod Cummings" wrote:
> >
> >> I'm guessing the external floppy is USB. If that is the case, I do not
> >> beleive USB drivers load for Windows installation. My advice would be to
> >> burn
> >> the SATA/RAID drivers to CD and load them off CD when prompted, if the
> >> drivers aren't native to the install disk.
> >>
> >> "tbKepler" wrote:
> >>
> >> > I am trying to install x64 on a system with SATA/RAID and no internal
> >> > floppy
> >> > drive.
> >> > I am currently running SuSE 10.0 and am trying to swictch to x64. I've
> >> > bought an
> >> > external floppy drive, but after the F6 pressing etc, the installation
> >> > manager does
> >> > not look for the diskette in the external drive. I am not sure where
> >> > it is
> >> > looking or how
> >> > to get it to check the external drive. Any suggestions?
> >> >
> >> > Thanks
> >> > tb Kepler
>
>
>

VWWall
Wed Dec 28 16:11:54 CST 2005

tbKepler wrote:
> thanks for the advice, but I am still stuck. The external diskette drive is
> indeed a USB device, so now I know why that does not work.
>
> I did try to load the drivers directly from CD, but this does not work,
> either. The x64 installation CD specifies that the drivers diskette is to be
> put into "drive a:", and it does not give the user a chance to specify
> another location.
>
You need a CD that shows up to the computer as "Drive A". There are
programs to make such a CD from whatever format in which the drivers now
exist. Here's one way to make a bootable CD that appears as "drive a:",
assuming the drivers are on a bootable floppy. If not, put them there
first.

http://www.bootdisk.com/nero.htm

This uses Nero, but there are other ways of doing this using any CD
burning software.

--
Virg Wall, P.E.

Charlie
Wed Dec 28 18:15:41 CST 2005

Sorry, but that trick won't work for what he needs. :(

--
Charlie.
http://msmvps.com/xperts64

VWWall wrote:
> tbKepler wrote:
>> thanks for the advice, but I am still stuck. The external diskette
>> drive is indeed a USB device, so now I know why that does not work.
>>
>> I did try to load the drivers directly from CD, but this does not work,
>> either. The x64 installation CD specifies that the drivers diskette is
>> to be put into "drive a:", and it does not give the user a chance to
>> specify another location.
>>
> You need a CD that shows up to the computer as "Drive A". There are
> programs to make such a CD from whatever format in which the drivers now
> exist. Here's one way to make a bootable CD that appears as "drive a:",
> assuming the drivers are on a bootable floppy. If not, put them there
> first.
>
> http://www.bootdisk.com/nero.htm
>
> This uses Nero, but there are other ways of doing this using any CD
> burning software.

Charlie
Wed Dec 28 18:18:10 CST 2005

You may be able to change your BIOS setting to make it see the USB floppy.
It works for some, not for others. Look for a setting that enables "legacy
emulation" or something similar in the section on USB settings.

Failing that - spend less than $20 USD for a cheap, internal floppy drive
and cable and plug them in for the time it takes to load x64 Edition.

--
Charlie.
http://msmvps.com/xperts64

tbKepler wrote:
> thanks for the advice, but I am still stuck. The external diskette drive
> is indeed a USB device, so now I know why that does not work.
>
> I did try to load the drivers directly from CD, but this does not work,
> either. The x64 installation CD specifies that the drivers diskette is
> to be put into "drive a:", and it does not give the user a chance to
> specify another location.
>
> "Jarod Cummings" wrote:
>
>> I'm guessing the external floppy is USB. If that is the case, I do not
>> beleive USB drivers load for Windows installation. My advice would be to
>> burn the SATA/RAID drivers to CD and load them off CD when prompted, if
>> the drivers aren't native to the install disk.
>>
>> "tbKepler" wrote:
>>
>>> I am trying to install x64 on a system with SATA/RAID and no internal
>>> floppy drive.
>>> I am currently running SuSE 10.0 and am trying to swictch to x64. I've
>>> bought an
>>> external floppy drive, but after the F6 pressing etc, the installation
>>> manager does
>>> not look for the diskette in the external drive. I am not sure where
>>> it is looking or how
>>> to get it to check the external drive. Any suggestions?
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>> tb Kepler