Re: Swapping between Windows 2000 and 2003 server installations

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From: Boris Zakharin (bzakharin_at_primeassociates.com)
Date: 09/28/04 

Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2004 13:39:21 -0400

I am told it is based on an article in some windows journal, I'm not sure
whether it is Microsoft's or not, but it was instituted long before I joined
the company.

"Bjorn Landemoo" <mvp2.REMOVE@landemoo.com> wrote in message
news:uqugl0tijf7k5adohddqkkh184hmn4hppi@4ax.com...
> Boris
>
> Actually, this is the first time ever I have heard of this kind of setup.
> Most unusual, and I am in fact a little surprised that it works.
>
> A possible reason for creating this setup would be that it is easy to
> create multiple copies of it, and later create different configurations
for
> each one.
>
> The backside is of course the time it must take to move the content of one
> installation to the swap partition, and another installation back.
>
> Best regards
>
> Bjorn
> --
> Bjorn Landemoo - mvp2@landemoo.com - http://landemoo.com/
> Microsoft MVP (Windows Server - File System)
>
> "Boris Zakharin" <bzakharin@primeassociates.com> wrote:
>
> >First of all, the setup was not done by me. I am just working with it.
> >Second, we want to be able to do have a clean system (plus SQL2k and
other
> >stuff needed by our product) each time we want to test something.
Eventually
> >we are going to do a VMWare installation for these purposes, but for now,
> >this antiquated system will have to do.
> >
> >"Bjorn Landemoo" <mvp2.REMOVE@landemoo.com> wrote in message
> >news:gkpgl09ot6f7s5kdtjn2tnj7tenpveoo80@4ax.com...
> >> Boris
> >>
> >> If I understand your setup correct, this would be equal to swapping
hard
> >> drives.
> >>
> >> The files in the root directory needs to be from Win2003 in order for
this
> >> to work.
> >>
> >> Wouldn't it be easier to use a dual/multi boot setup, where you just
> >select
> >> if you want to boot Win2000 or Win2003 during boot? You can access 10
> >> different installations from the boot menu, and even more if you use a
> >boot
> >> diskette. Of course, each install would need it's own partition.
> >>
> >> Best regards
> >>
> >> Bjorn
> >> --
> >> Bjorn Landemoo - mvp2@landemoo.com - http://landemoo.com/
> >> Microsoft MVP (Windows Server - File System)
> >>
> >> "Boris Zakharin" <bzakharin@primeassociates.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> >Our company has a test environment set up where we can swap the
contents
> >of
> >> >an entire bootable partition minus the root directory to a dedicated
swap
> >> >partition, which itself is bootable (so that we can boot into the Swap
> >> >partition and do the swap while the system files are not in use). This
> >way,
> >> >we can have various Windows 2000 server configurations to swap between
to
> >> >test different applications. Anyway, we now need to begin testing our
> >> >applications on a Windows server 2003 system while still being able to
> >test
> >> >on a Windows 200 one. I was just wondering, would it be possible to
swap
> >> >back and forth between 2000 and 2003 partitions?
> >> >
> >> >Thanks in advance,
> >> >Boris Zakharin
> >> >
> >>
> >
>

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