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Josh Marris
Copper Contributor
Apr 11, 2018

Unable to boot to installer

I have just started a new job and I have convinced my boss to let me install the 2019 preview to demonstrate Proof-of-Concept for WSUS and WDS before making them part of our process.  I'm using tower...
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Jeff-Woolsey's avatar
Jeff-Woolsey
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May 01, 2018

Hmm. This sounds like corrupt DVDs.

 

A guess: When you burnt the DVDs for Windows Server 2016 and 2019 did you use Dual Layer DVDs? WS2016/2019 don't fit on a standard 4.7 GB DVD. (Windows 10 does fit on a standard DVD.) Your burning software should have caught this.

 

Otherwise, download the image again and reburn the DVDs.

  • Radu Ilie's avatar
    Radu Ilie
    Brass Contributor
    May 03, 2018

    Windows Server 2019 LTSC all preview buils were small enough to fit into a regular DVD, not a dual layer DVD, unlike Windows Server 2016. I had tried to use an USB pen drive to get the installer for WS 2016, but it failed, since Fat32 could fit the larger then 4 gb install.wim file. I hope that the RTM WS 2019 LTSC will fit into a regular, non-dual layer, DVD, or at least the preview builds until then.

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