INACCESSIBLE_BOOT_DEVICE on Windows 2000/XP CD boot

Support and general discussion.
Post Reply
miker00lz
Posts: 4
Joined: Tue 17 Nov, 2015 3:31 am

INACCESSIBLE_BOOT_DEVICE on Windows 2000/XP CD boot

Post by miker00lz »

Hi, I ran into a problem trying to boot the setup CDs for Windows 2000 and XP on the latest PCem (and PCem-X). I'm thinking this is an IDE controller issue. Chipset/CPU/peripherals do not matter at all, it always happens. Doesn't matter if dyanrec is being used or not. I was still able to get Windows 2000 installed by booting a DOS floppy to partition and format a hard drive, then ran \I386\WINNT.EXE off the CD to start the setup.

After the very first part of the setup disc runs, where it loads the basic drivers for block devices, file systems, etc. it will BSOD with "INACCESSIBLE_BOOT_DEVICE" maybe 10 seconds after it starts running the actual Windows kernel.
User avatar
SarahWalker
Site Admin
Posts: 2054
Joined: Thu 24 Apr, 2014 4:18 pm

Re: INACCESSIBLE_BOOT_DEVICE on Windows 2000/XP CD boot

Post by SarahWalker »

Just tried this with the v10.1 binary and Windows 2000 Professional, it seems to work fine.

Configuration used :
win2kconf.png
win2kconf.png (30.42 KiB) Viewed 3429 times
C: was 2048 cylinders, 16 heads, 63 sectors. D:, E: and F: were all disabled.
miker00lz
Posts: 4
Joined: Tue 17 Nov, 2015 3:31 am

Re: INACCESSIBLE_BOOT_DEVICE on Windows 2000/XP CD boot

Post by miker00lz »

Confirmed, that did work! My settings before were extremely similar to that when I kept having the issue. Odd.
Post Reply