.. that's why the question upgrade or fresh install. You
have to start with a clean disk and convert to dynamic
immediately after install. If there is an OEM partition
I believe this will cause problems. Kent
--- RE Young <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Appreciate your response Kent,
>
> The second drive has no trouble becoming "dynamic",
>
> The first drive (where MBR etc are located), fail to boot after I
> convert it
> to "dynamic".
>
> How can the the drive be "dynamic" w/o first installing the OS.
>
>
> BTW - (Hardware raid is not in the pocketbook for the rest of the
> fiscal
> year.)
>
> Thanks,
> RE Young MCSE
> Dallas, TX
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Kent Spencer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "NT System Admin Issues" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Friday, August 24, 2001 2:02 PM
> Subject: Re: drive mirror configuration with W2k
>
>
> > . Was this a build from scratch or upgrade? Here's some info
> > but you'll need to get to dynamic on both to have them both
> > bootable IIRC in W2K. Kent
> >
> >
>
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q175/7/61.ASP?LN=EN-US&SD=g
> n&FR=0&qry=mirror%20disk&rnk=7&src=DHCS_MSPSS_gn_SRCH&SPR=WIN2000
> >
> > --- RE Young <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > Anyone have experience (and are willing to share it) with setting
> up
> > > a drive
> > > mirror with W2k, it is quite different than NT.
> > > Environment is :
> > >
> > > 1.2 GHz W2K Srv PDC, (2) WD 40GB drives, ATA-100 support is built
> > > into the
> > > MB(Soyo).
> > >
> > > White papers, How-tos are what I am looking for, what I have
> found so
> > > fare
> > > has not been especially helpful.
> > >
> > > The problem I am having is trying to get the second drive to
> "mirror"
> > > the
> > > first drive, the OS is installed on Disk One as "basic" (it fails
> to
> > > boot if
> > > I do a configuration "upgrade" of it). Disk two wants to setup
> > > "Volumes",
> > > Disk one wants to set up partitions.
> > >
> > > Thx........
> > > RE Young MCSE
> > > Dallas, TX
> > >
> > >
> > >
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