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Chapter 2. Installing Windows 2000 Windows 2000 does not provide native support for all USB CD-ROM drives. You must modify the installation media since no interface exists for an IDE CD-ROM drive. Follow these instructions to install the operating system. Requirements v Windows 2000 Professional CD-ROM v Windows 2000 Professional Setup Boot Diskettes (4 diskettes created by the CD-ROM). If you do not have these disks, you can create them using MAKEBOOT.EXE, located in the \bootdisk folder on the CD-ROM v USB or PS/2 Keyboard and Mouse v External USB Floppy Disk Drive v External USB CD-ROM Drive Configuring the Windows 2000 Professional setup diskettes If Windows 2000 does not provide native support for the CD-ROM drive being used for installation, you must modify the Windows installation media since no interface exists for an IDE CD-ROM drive. Follow the directions below to configure the setup diskettes. 1. Insert Windows 2000 Professional setup diskette # 1. 2. Open TXTSETUP.SIF in a text editor. 3. Under the HardwareIdsDatabase section, add one of the following lines: IBM USB CDRom Drive (02N8239 / 33L5151) USB\VID_04B3&PID_4427 = "usbstor" ;IBM USB CD-ROM VID/PID P/N 33L5151 IBM USB CDRW/DVD Drive (73P4516) USB\VID_04DA&PID_0D0E = "usbstor" ;IBM USB Combo P/N 73P4516 4. If you do not have the Hardware ID for the specific CD-ROM device you are using, you can locate the MachingDeviceID key using the Windows System Information utility: a. Plug the USB drive into any Windows XP, WEPOS or 2000 system. Wait until the system has detected the drive, and it is functional. b. Open System Information, and look for the device you connected, under USB. © Copyright IBM Corp. 2005 3