I will be going to a remote location next week and have to be able to install Windows XP on a Dell PowerEdge 2950 with Perc SAS Raid. I am trying to create an XP bootable CD using WinLite, which appears to work, but when I boot the disk I get a message that "The file percsas.sys could not be found." and I have to restart the machine. I have inserted the text mode drivers in the image and they can be found in D:\I386\NLDRV\005 on the CD, the missing file is there in the format PERCSAS.SY_.

What can I try to get past this issue?

Thanks in advance!

Thank you so much for your prompt response!!

I'm very new at this process of using nLite and integrating RAID drivers so your assistance is a magnificent boon.

1. Source CD was SP1, I did the SP3 slipstream at the same time as I integrated the driver. WINNT.SIF exists in i386 directory.
2. I'm using the Server 2003 version of the driver that I have been lead to believe will work - beyond that I don't know. Hopefully!!
3. Yes, TXTSETUP.OEM exists.
4. PERCSAS.SY_ exists in i386 directory of the XP CD, yes.

I don't have access to the actual server, it is at a mine site in Labrador. I'm trying to use the CD on another piece of hardware. Is this part of my problem?

Regards,

Andrew

So, in order to proceed I'd have to start with an original Windows CD, all bets off otherwise?

May I hope that the existence of the drivers that I am trying to integrate in the image in the correct folders mean that my process is going in the "correct direction" once I resolve the source CD issue?

Andrew

I very much appreciate your help.

I'll update this topic if/when I have further information that may be useful to others.