SmartArray 5Si Creating Boot Volume With 32 Sector Offset

[Guest Will]

The boot volume on a DL585 server with a SmartArray 5Si adapter is being

created with a 32 sector offset. This is seen under Windows 2003 64-bit

using Symantec Storage Foundation for Windows Basic 5.0. Every other

device created under Windows has a 63 sector offset. Even other drives

created using the same SmartArray controller start at an offset of sector

63.

 

I cannot mirror the system volume as a dynamic disk mirror when the offset

is under 63. My questions are:

 

1) Is the 32 sector offset seen on the boot device a side effect of using

the "Enable >4GB" boot volume BIOS option for the smartarray? Is there a

way I can change that setting after the logical drive is initially created?

 

2) Is there an straightforward way for me to move the system partition such

that it has an offset of 63? What utility would be needed for this and I

guess I would need to make the disk a simple disk instead of dynamic.

 

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Will

[Guest HH]

Re: SmartArray 5Si Creating Boot Volume With 32 Sector Offset

 

Will,

You likely will get a quicker, better answer if you post in

alt.sys.pc-clone.compaq.servers newsgroup.

 

HH

 

 

"Will" <westes-usc@noemail.nospam> wrote in message

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> The boot volume on a DL585 server with a SmartArray 5Si adapter is being

> created with a 32 sector offset. This is seen under Windows 2003 64-bit

> using Symantec Storage Foundation for Windows Basic 5.0. Every other

> device created under Windows has a 63 sector offset. Even other drives

> created using the same SmartArray controller start at an offset of sector

> 63.

>

> I cannot mirror the system volume as a dynamic disk mirror when the offset

> is under 63. My questions are:

>

> 1) Is the 32 sector offset seen on the boot device a side effect of using

> the "Enable >4GB" boot volume BIOS option for the smartarray? Is there a

> way I can change that setting after the logical drive is initially

> created?

>

> 2) Is there an straightforward way for me to move the system partition

> such that it has an offset of 63? What utility would be needed for this

> and I guess I would need to make the disk a simple disk instead of

> dynamic.

>

> --

> Will

>