SBS2003 converting Retail to OEM

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  1. ZaForD

    ZaForD MDL Expert

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    Hi Guys,

    I'm trying to do an install of SBS2003 (OEM), but the First CD appears to be damaged. :(

    I modded the 'setupp' and 'winnt' files from my MSDN image to work with the OEM CD Key, which installs 2003 Server OK, but the SBS part is still looking for a Retail CD Key. :eek:

    Anyone got a solution for this.

    Thanks Guys. :cool:

    p.s. Do I just slipstream SP2 into the First CD ?
     
  2. tom4.1

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  3. ZaForD

    ZaForD MDL Expert

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    Hi tom4.1,

    Thanks for trying to help :)
    But the problem I was having was down to the applications that are part of SBS, and not Win2K3 itself.
    Plus, I must have the OEM strings and installation files right, or i'd never have got to this stage. :D

    For those that are interested.
    I was able to read most [around 90%] of the disk with a really old SCSI 1x CD Re-Writer. I then replaced the damaged/missing files with those from my MSDN version.

    As for added SP2:
    I did a normal slipstream into the extracted SBS2003 CD1 and burnt it to disk.
    This worked fine for the basic install, although a few of the other disks stopped in the middle of the installs looking for specific files. Pointing the installer to the extracted SP2 files solved this. :)
     
  4. tom4.1

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    #4 tom4.1, Apr 18, 2009
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    Slowly catching up

    Double post
     
  5. tom4.1

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    #5 tom4.1, Apr 18, 2009
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    I have used alchol120 and others trying to read and repair images, not always having a lot of luck. I find power ISO has helped and resulted in reliable bootable images but this is going a bit of subject.

    Yes, as you have realised I am not up with it regarding server.


    Still working to get my head around the problems with nlite-ing sp2 into Server r2 Ent ..
    A thread I found previous surgests a "required?" method but I do not get it yet, a bit to learn if this is still the case.

    I found Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 is in two forms, ISO and a version of SP2 if you need to deploy it to multiple servers over a network.
    Is the "network deploy" version complete for slipstreaming? I would guess the ISO version is the way to go but not sure?

    Thanks
     
  6. ZaForD

    ZaForD MDL Expert

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    Hi tom4.1,

    Both the 'ISO' distro or the 'Network Install' package are OK for slipstreaming.
    As is the RyanVM update pack from your other post. ;)

    BUT, I would advise against using any 'AddOns' or using 'nLite' [or any other component stripper] on a Sever.
    To me theres no point having a fast, lite server that can't the job. :(
     
  7. graz19m

    graz19m MDL Novice

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    SBS 2003 Retail to OEM

    Hi Zaford,

    I've had the same problem. I found the solution that worked for me was to open setup.sbd (found in the same folder as the setup) in notedpad and then scroll down to the [Validation] section.

    In that section is the line "Pid 3.0=pidgen.dll" change this to "Pid 3.0=pidgen2.dll" then save and rerun the sbs setup.
     
  8. ZaForD

    ZaForD MDL Expert

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    Hi graz19m,

    I managed to find a work round as above.
    But thanks for the info, its a fair better (and repeatable) solution than mine. :)