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Doctor Feelgood Arrrrghh!
Joined: 07 Apr 2003 Posts: 20349 Location: New Jersey
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Posted: Sun, 26 Oct 2003 12:01:33 Post Subject: Booting from RAID |
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OK, have the drives cloned, but now can't get the RAID array to boot, even though everything seems good to go...
I copied my c, d, and e drives to raid and the letters are presently x, y, and z... x being the os partition.
The raid card BIOS shows the array as being bootable, but I don't think my mainboard bios is seeing it... I have tried disconnecting all the onboard ide connections so only the raid array is attached, it sees the raid array, but then just sits there saying disk error... I even told the mainboard bios to boot from "other", "scsi", as well as a bunch of other choices... nothing...
Man, my XP333-R was so easy... just tell the mobo bios to boot from RAID and it was set...
Any pointers? Deathstar, how did you do it?
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Little Bruin
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T-shirt Rated XXX
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Doctor Feelgood Arrrrghh!
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BeerCheeze *hick*
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Doctor Feelgood Arrrrghh!
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BeerCheeze *hick*
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Posted: Sun, 26 Oct 2003 14:13:23 Post Subject: |
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You need to install the OS fresh... can't go from Non-RAID to a RAID drive with out a new OS install. |
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Doctor Feelgood Arrrrghh!
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Posted: Sun, 26 Oct 2003 14:43:48 Post Subject: |
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uggh... o.k. sounds like another call the MS soon to re-activate XP... |
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Little Bruin
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T-shirt Rated XXX
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Posted: Mon, 27 Oct 2003 04:05:36 Post Subject: |
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Dr. EvilCheeze wrote: | You need to install the OS fresh... can't go from Non-RAID to a RAID drive with out a new OS install. |
I think that's right (atleast for XP ) but once set up you can keep any image on the non-raid drive for quick repairs.
BB do you have XP activation on auto-dial yet? moving it up to number #1? hoping that button doesn't wear out? |
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Doctor Feelgood Arrrrghh!
Joined: 07 Apr 2003 Posts: 20349 Location: New Jersey
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Posted: Sat, 01 Nov 2003 23:15:19 Post Subject: |
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Well, I did it... Fresh install on the RAID array, and yup... I have to make a call to MS tomorrow!! The message it gave me was a bit different than any of the others, so I hope it doesn't translate to a hassle with them...
I kept the old drives intact for now... in case I have to revert... |
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Charlie DeathStar
Joined: 24 Sep 2003 Posts: 10801 Location: Orlando, FL
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Posted: Mon, 03 Nov 2003 17:21:04 Post Subject: |
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Big Bruin wrote: | Well, I did it... Fresh install on the RAID array, and yup... I have to make a call to MS tomorrow!! The message it gave me was a bit different than any of the others, so I hope it doesn't translate to a hassle with them...
I kept the old drives intact for now... in case I have to revert... |
The joys of a RAID array; once you have your OS activated, you shouldn't have to revert to the old arrangement. As T-Shirt mentioned, keep a good image on another drive just in case. _________________
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