You are the desktop administrator for your company’s sales department. The company’s network contains a RIS server. You need to install Windows XP Professional on a computer that has a SCSI disk subsystem. You start the computer by using the Windows XP Professional CD-ROM, and you begin the installation. However, Setup reports that it cannot find any disks on which to install Windows XP Professional. You start the computer by using a RIS bootable floppy disk, and you receive the same result. What should you do?
A.
Add an answer file to the root directory of the RIS bootable floppy disk.
Start the computer by using the RIS bootable floppy disk, and run Setup by using RIS.
B.
Add the SCSI-controller driver to the root directory of the RIS bootable floppy disk.
Start the computer by using the RIS bootable floppy disk, and run Setup by using RIS.
C.
Start the computer by using the Windows XP Professional CD-ROM, and run Setup.
After Setup starts, provide an answer file on a floppy disk.
D.
Start the computer by using the Windows XP Professional CD-ROM, and run Setup.
After Setup starts, provide a SCSI-controller driver on a floppy disk.
E.
Start the computer by using the Windows XP Professional CD-ROM, and run Setup.
After Setup starts, provide the appropriate HAL on a floppy disk.
Explanation:
The problem here is that Windows XP doesn’t have a driver for the SCSI-controller and so can’t find a hard disk to install onto. We can solve this
problem by providing a driver during the installation. During the text mode part of the installation, you will see the option to "Press F6 to install a third party SCSI
driver". When you press F6, you will be prompted to insert a floppy disk with the SCSI-controller driver on it. Windows XP will then be able to see the SCSI hard
disks and install successfully.
Incorrect Answers:
A: An answer file provides answers to the questions you get asked during the graphical part of the setup routine. The setup program won’t run because Windows XP doesn’t have a driver for the SCSI-controller and so can’t find a hard disk to install onto. Therefore, an answer file won’t help.
B: We need to install a SCSI controller driver. However, this is not the correct way to do this.
C: An answer file provides answers to the questions you get asked during the graphical part of the setup routine. The setup program won’t run because Windows XP doesn’t have a driver for the SCSI-controller and so can’t find a hard disk to install onto. Therefore, an answer file won’t help.
E: We don’t need to install a new HAL. You would install a new HAL on a high end server with multiple processors.
Press, Redmond, 2002, Chapter 2, Lesson 5