Well I broke open his box - god what a mess. This is turning into a real headache. His mb doesnt have a freakin FDD controller!!! I know I had heard a few ones don't, but this really creates a problem.
I know floppies are going the way of the dodo but this is ridiculous!
Only way out of this barring a bootable setup cd that I can see is hooking his drive to my machine and doing the initial part of the install there. Hopefully there is no HAL stuff that takes place in the first segment.
FYI - avoid a Intel DP35DP if you need a FDD.....