Re: Help! Mirror boots only from floppy
From: Merv Porter [SBS-MVP] (mwport_at_no_spam_hotmail.com)
Date: 01/24/05
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Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2005 13:31:14 -0500
IIRC, I had a Dell PE 2300 a while back that wouldn't boot to shadow drive
unless I removed original Drive 0 and put the shadow drive in its place. I
think it had something to do with the SCSI backplane in the server.
-- Merv Porter [SBS MVP] =================================== "TakeFlight" <noway@dot.com> wrote in message news:OG9Jd.2548$HZ.915@okepread07... > SCSI drive. Unplugged the power to the original drive, so this one's the > only one active. Tried fiddling with the jumper but it doesn't seem to > matter. > > "Merv Porter [SBS-MVP]" <mwport@no_spam_hotmail.com> wrote in message > news:%239sBHIcAFHA.3988@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl... > > SCSI or IDE? If SCSI, did you reset the jumper on the new drive to SCSI > 0? > > > > -- > > Merv Porter [SBS MVP] > > =================================== > > > > "TakeFlight" <noway@dot.com> wrote in message > > news:mLYId.2177$HZ.1460@okepread07... > > > Did that. Still no dice. > > > > > > "Merv Porter [SBS-MVP]" <mwport@no_spam_hotmail.com> wrote in message > > > news:uTKGSEQAFHA.3236@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl... > > > > MBR not written to shadow disk unless you first create a small > partition > > > on > > > > it, format it NTFS and then delete it. > > > > > > > > Why can't I use the other disk of the mirror set to boot Windows NT > > > > http://www.windowsitpro.com/Article/ArticleID/14673/14673.html > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Merv Porter [SBS MVP] > > > > =================================== > > > > "TakeFlight" <noway@dot.com> wrote in message > > > > news:rAEId.1761$HZ.134@okepread07... > > > > > Trying to move a functioning SBS 2000 onto a new (larger) hard > drive. > > > No > > > > > problem, right? Just insert the new drive and build a mirror from > > Disk > > > > > Manager. Then power down, remove the power cable from the original > > > drive > > > > > and power up. No boot. > > > > > > > > > > If I copy the boot files onto a floppy, the drive boots fine. I've > > > > verified > > > > > that the files are indeed present on the hard drive, and the > floppy's > > > > > boot.ini actually works unaltered. > > > > > > > > > > What am I missing? If it boots from the floppy, boot.ini unaltered, > > it > > > > > should be something wrong with the MBR, no? > > > > > > > > > > (unusual side note: booting from CD into the Recovery Console shows > > > winnt > > > > as > > > > > being drive "F" instead of "C" like I would have thought. Running > > > fixboot > > > > > and fixmbr has no effect. Booting into Windows from the floppy and > > > > looking > > > > > at Disk Mgr shows "C" and "E" like they should be, and reports no > > > > problems.) > > > > > > > > > > Thanks for any insight...this problem is getting old fast. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
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