Re: SunPCI II - blue screen when installing XP

From: Benjamin Miller (bjmillr1_at_uiuc.edu)
Date: 04/25/04

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    Date: Sat, 24 Apr 2004 17:33:53 -0500

    My school has some sort of site-licensing deal with MS where they let us
    download the CD contents for XP, and then give us a key to use with it;
    so I guess this could be what's messing the SunPCI up. I managed to
    find a document from Sun about the retail vs. OEM thing, though, and it
    seemed to say that the reason OEM CDs weren't supported was because they
    usually had vendor-specific drivers and whatnot on them. I wouldn't
    think the CD my school is giving out would have anything like this on
    it, but maybe it's still not the same as the retail version.
    -Ben

    Elias wrote:
    > It actually is in the docs but you have to read the wording carefully.
    > For example in the Sun PCi 3.2.1 User's Guide, Installing Windows XP
    > Professional, page 38:
    > "Make sure that you have the following media and information available
    > before you begin installation:
    > Windows XP Professional retail installation software CD"
    >
    > It sneaks the word "retail" in there, which by omission of OEM CDs means
    > that you can't use OEM CDs.
    >
    > Elias

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