aplsvbr1.sy_ is in
F:\program files\veritas\backup exec\nt\idr\disk2
(where i've installed be)
the windows 2000 disk i used works fine for a clean install.
i think the creation process for the idr boot cd is flawed.
this install of 2000 doesn't have sp4 on it as it broke a print driver for an engineering plotter.
the real problem is, that this server did really die. we had moved off of it to a 2003 print server, and move all legacy printers to an nt4 box we put up. there is no way to re-create the idr disk for his system as it no longer functions.