Floppy install of W2K fails

[downstairsdave]

I've been trying to get a copy of W2K installed but it's not working.

I have:
non-bootable educational (MSDN) W2K CD with four floppy disks to boot/run setup
MacBook 1.83 Combo/1GB RAM
Purchased retail copy of Parallels w/updates
fully-updated 10.4.7

Steps to reproduce:
Installed Parallels
Created floppy images with my beige G3 under OS 9, renamed to xxx.fdd
Created new VM for default W2K settings
Booted the VM from those images using the disconnect/reconnect trick, it works all the way through floppy 4 and to reading the CD before dying with the following error:
"STOP: c0000221 Unknown Hard Error
\SystemRoot\System32\ntdll.dll" whereupon the VM immediately exits.

Troubleshooting:
Updated parallels
Tried using the real W2K CD and a .iso image
Tweaked VM settings
Created several new clean VMs
Searched this forum for similar posts
Sent an unanswered message to support last week

Other notes:
The W2K install works fine on an old Compaq PII, the only hardware PC I own
I don't have another version/copy of Windows
Mandrake 10.1 installs and runs perfectly under Parallels

Anyone know a workaround/fix for this installation bug? I have seen posts which discuss the floppy/CD install routine, but those posts all assume it should just work. My semi-educated WAG is that the NT kernel is dying when the CD is accessed.

Thanks for reading and I hope someone has ideas.

 

[joem]

I did exactly what you did, except I copied the floppy images from the CD using the Mac, so I was sure I had the correct version of the floppies. The Win2k pro and server disks are different, IIRC. Win2k Pro is working just fine for me. I'd suggest you install while running the Parallels release version and not the current latest which is beta.

 

[downstairsdave]

no floppy images on CD

The CD I have doesn't have a directory with floppy images, I copied them from physical floppy disks. You can actually install either W2K Pro or Server with this kit.

I tried this install with three different builds of Parallels unsuccessfully

Thanks for replying, any other ideas?

DMC

 

[Ynot]

May be Compaq modified Windows 2000 for their hardware ? And when Windows trying to initialize Compaq specific hardware it falls into bluescreen.

You can try to get another CD of Windows 2000.

 

[downstairsdave]

Generic W2K

This is a generic W2K install, not OEM. It is from my CIS program, they have an MSDN subscription so we get free installs of numerous MS products. It should work on any PC.

DMC