Re: Boot to broken mirror

From: root (postmaster_at_buchanangc.com)
Date: 09/15/04 

Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2004 13:00:59 -0700

"SuperGumby [SBS MVP]" <not@your.nellie> wrote in message
news:%234HrG7wmEHA.2552@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> don't follow this advice.
>
> It may result in a system which both boots and allows you to recreate the
> mirror, but why do I think it will go wrong on the next reboot?

Cluelessness maybe?

> BTW root, there is no obsolete drive.

HUH, get a clue.

The query was "The problem is that the drive I am adding has an old install
of the OS on it and the server wants to boot to that drive instead of the
other one. "

One CORRECT answer to the above difficulty is to clear all partitions from
the new/replacement/"obsolete drive". Often the easiest way is with a boot
floppy but there are a number of other ways to accompolish the same.

Go troll elsewhere.

> "root" <postmaster@buchanangc.com> wrote in message
> news:u1leOBvmEHA.2680@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
> > Boot from a DOS/W98SE floppy and remove all the partitions on the
obselete
> > drive.
> >
> > "Jason Stevens" <nospam:jstevens@rgsassociates.com:nospam> wrote in
> > message
> > news:%23mmQippmEHA.1904@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> >> I have a mirrored configuration with two drives. One drive died so I
> > broke
> >> and removed the mirror from the good drive and everything is running
fine
> >> with only the one drive in the machine. I now want to add a drive so I
> > can
> >> recreate the mirror. The problem is that the drive I am adding has an
> >> old
> >> install of the OS on it and the server wants to boot to that drive
> >> instead
> >> of the other one. Is it as simple as changing the order of the drives
on
> >> the cable? Do I also need to change the jumpers? Any help is
> > appreciated.
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >> Jason Stevens
> >> RGS Associates
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
>
>

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