Problem with boot disks

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When installing W2K new from boot disks (machine does not have a CD Rom), it gets all the way through the 4 disks, goes to the screen that asks if you want to Setup, Repair, or Quit. I choose Setup, and immediately get the error "Setup cannot find a CD-Rom drive". Why is it asking for a CD when I am using the floppies? Can I not set it up without the CD?

If I must use the CD & since I do not have a CD Rom, how would I create a boot floppy (since the hard disk is wiped clean & is non-bootable) that will allow me to access the network to get at the contents of the CD from a network drive?

Thanks in advance for your help.
Rick Crow
 
The 4 boot floppies just start the install when you can't boot from a cd,
but the cd is still required to complete the install.

Here is a link that explains how to create a network boot disk.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnw2kmag01/html/bootdisk.asp

It would probably be much easier to just add a cd-rom drive.
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Rick Crow said:
When installing W2K new from boot disks (machine does not have a CD Rom),
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it gets all the way through the 4 disks, goes to the screen that asks if you
want to Setup, Repair, or Quit. I choose Setup, and immediately get the
error "Setup cannot find a CD-Rom drive". Why is it asking for a CD when I
am using the floppies? Can I not set it up without the CD?
If I must use the CD & since I do not have a CD Rom, how would I create a
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boot floppy (since the hard disk is wiped clean & is non-bootable) that will
allow me to access the network to get at the contents of the CD from a
network drive?
 
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