Boot.ini concern, will server boot ok next reboot.

[Richard G]

Hi all

I am worried the next time I boot my server i will have problems.

We have Raid 5 SCSI.

We added 2 IDE hard drives and software mirrored them to give some
extra space to put non critical data on.

Now, in disk management it has put the new IDE drives as Disk0 and
Disk 1, ( G: Mirrored) and pushed raid array to Disk3. (c: e: f
Raid 5.

here is a copy of our current boot.ini file prior to installing the
new IDE drives.

[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT="Microsoft Windows 2000
Server" /fastdetect

I am a little confused what I need to edit to ensure a successful
boot next reboot.

Any help appreciated

 

[Richard G]

Correction:

Now, in disk management it has put the new IDE drives as Disk0 and
Disk 1, ( G: Mirrored) and pushed raid array to Disk3. (c: e: f
Raid 5.

I meant to say...The Raid 5 has been changed to Disk 2.....not 3

Hi all

I am worried the next time I boot my server i will have problems.

We have Raid 5 SCSI.

We added 2 IDE hard drives and software mirrored them to give some
extra space to put non critical data on.

Now, in disk management it has put the new IDE drives as Disk0 and
Disk 1, ( G: Mirrored) and pushed raid array to Disk3. (c: e: f
Raid 5.

here is a copy of our current boot.ini file prior to installing the
new IDE drives.

[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT="Microsoft Windows 2000
Server" /fastdetect

I am a little confused what I need to edit to ensure a successful
boot next reboot.

Any help appreciated

 

[Bjorn Landemoo]

Richard

The machine obviously did boot after you added the disks (IDE doesn't do
hot-plug), so I wouldn't expect any changes.

It is your system BIOS that handles what controller is multi(0), and only
multi(0) is understood, so multi(1) will not work.

disk() is only used with the scsi() option, so this is currently out of the
question.

rdisk is the disk ordinal, should be (0) in your case.

partition is the partition counted from 1, should be (1) in your case.

Did Disk Management tell you that you needed to edit boot.ini?

Best regards

Bjorn

 

[Richard G]

No it didn't.

I appreciate your help,

Thanks Bjorn