I had the same problem myself. Here is the info I found. It works, (don't know if it works +SP1 though) you just need to burn a new cd with the modified bchk32.exe file put in place of the original file.
Subject: Dell Win2k Install Fix
From:LucidHaze
Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2000 21:34:03 -0500
From: zz@top.net
Newsgroups: alt.binaries.cracks
The file in question is "Bchk32.exe", you will find it in the "I386" directory of the win2k install CD. Simply deleting this file will not work you have to edit the file with a hex editor as described below or just replace it with the attached file that I have already edited.
Here's how bchk32.exe works:
When setup.exe is executed, it launches bchk32.exe or launches some other program which in turn launches bchk32.exe. Then, bchk32.exe checks the bios to determine if the computer is a Dell or not. When bchk32.exe is launched, it is passed a command line argument (i.e.,
when you type "unrar file.rar", the file.rar is a command line argument), this argument is a directory/file name that tells bchk32.exe where to save the results of the bios check. The file name is generated randomly but always ends in .tmp (a temporary file), the directory when the file is saved depends on your system (on win 95,
its "C:\WINDOWS\TEMP\"
. If a Dell bios is detected, the file will contain "+++" (3 bytes), if it fails the test, the file will contain "---". I have tried replacing bchk32.exe with my own program that simply creates the file with the name and location supplied in the
command line arguments, writes "+++" to the file, and then closes the file and exits. This program however, did not work. So, obvioulsy bchk32.exe does something in addition to this. While viewing bchk32.exe with a hex editor, I found where it stored the "+++" and "---". With the hex editor, I changed the "---" to "+++" so that even if the test failed, "+++" would be the result and would get stored in the file. To my surprise, this worked.
If you have a hex editor follow these instructions:
1) start the hex editor and load "bchk32.exe"
2) goto offset/location 1F92 (hex) or 8082 (decimal)
3) you should see "---" displayed at this location, change it to "+++"
4) save the edited file using the original name
If you don't have a hex editor, you can download one form just about anywhere, I like UltraEdit-32. Its time limited for 45 days but is fully functional until then and with a little searching you should be able to find a serial number for it. I'm still looking for the seial number myself. You can D/L UltraEdit from http:\\
If you don't want to go the hex editor route, just replace your bchk32.exe file with the attached one that has already been edited, this option may only work on Dell systems.
LucidHaze
Heath