XP network install causing severe hair loss
I've copied the contents of a HP Home disc to a desktop compy & shared the folder. Using the , I have no probs accessing the shared folder & initializing the XP setup. However, I'm repeatedly prompted that: XP requires a hard disk volume with at least 333 MB of free disk space.
I've copied the contents of a HP Home disc to a desktop compy & shared the folder. Using the Bovistech V3 TCP/IP boot disk, I have no probs accessing the shared folder & initializing the XP setup. However, I'm repeatedly prompted that:
XP requires a hard disk volume with at least 333 MB of free disk space....bla bla bla.
The pc in question is a Toshiba notebook, model 2410. The hard disk is working fine, & I even tried another unit to make sure. I even fdisked/partitioned/made_active the disk in another pc, but still nada. I'm never asked where I want to install to. The first screen is simply to confirm the install files are on H:\i386 (H being the mapped "net use" drive). After I hit "enter", I'm greeted by the italics I've repeated above. What gives here?
XP requires a hard disk volume with at least 333 MB of free disk space....bla bla bla.
The pc in question is a Toshiba notebook, model 2410. The hard disk is working fine, & I even tried another unit to make sure. I even fdisked/partitioned/made_active the disk in another pc, but still nada. I'm never asked where I want to install to. The first screen is simply to confirm the install files are on H:\i386 (H being the mapped "net use" drive). After I hit "enter", I'm greeted by the italics I've repeated above. What gives here?
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could there be an "unattended" install file on the original disk which defaults the install directory?
Do a FDISK /mbr
then actually format the c: drive; don't just fdisk it.
then actually format the c: drive; don't just fdisk it.
Had already formatted the disk. Could it be because the boot disk (floppy) is my C: drive? When the network boot disk completes loading, it leaves you at:
C:\Net
then all I do is add the proper syntax to successfully access the network share:
C:\Net net use z: \\techrm\toshiba
From there I merely go into the i386 folder & start the installation by executing winnt. Once that has happened, I'm prompted to hit "enter" to confirm the install files are at Z:\I386. It's then that I see the "your hdd ain't big enough" error I quoted in my initial post.
Should I be trying:
C:\Net net use C: \\techrm\toshiba instead?
C:\Net
then all I do is add the proper syntax to successfully access the network share:
C:\Net net use z: \\techrm\toshiba
From there I merely go into the i386 folder & start the installation by executing winnt. Once that has happened, I'm prompted to hit "enter" to confirm the install files are at Z:\I386. It's then that I see the "your hdd ain't big enough" error I quoted in my initial post.
Should I be trying:
C:\Net net use C: \\techrm\toshiba instead?
I would say the problem is you are on the c: drive (from your boot up) and setup is thinking that's where it want to write the setup files and it can't.
Change your boot-up disk to something like "Q:" or "R:"
It should be easy.
