Guest IRMC.Paul Posted December 21, 2007 Posted December 21, 2007 I have a three node cluster of Win Ent 2003 and all three nodes are stopping at the OS selection screen when rebooting. The only options at the screen are the OS or Command Console. If you watch the server the timer flashes on the screen then just goes away, it never counts down. The server will stay on that screen until you hit enter to select the OS or console to boot. Here is the boot.ini [boot loader] timeout=15 default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS redirect=UseBiosSettings [operating systems] multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Windows Server 2003, Enterprise" /noexecute=optout /fastdetect /PAE /redirect /3GB /USERVA=3030 C:\CMDCONS\BOOTSECT.DAT="Microsoft Windows Recovery Console" /cmdcons Any help is appreciated.
Guest Dave Patrick Posted December 21, 2007 Posted December 21, 2007 Re: Server boot stops at os selection Maybe this helps. http://technet2.microsoft.com/windowsserver/en/library/6e019590-5f92-445d-977f-d05047437dfe1033.mspx?mfr=true -- Regards, Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup. Microsoft Certified Professional Microsoft MVP [Windows] http://www.microsoft.com/protect "IRMC.Paul" wrote: >I have a three node cluster of Win Ent 2003 and all three nodes are >stopping > at the OS selection screen when rebooting. The only options at the screen > are > the OS or Command Console. If you watch the server the timer flashes on > the > screen then just goes away, it never counts down. The server will stay on > that screen until you hit enter to select the OS or console to boot. > > Here is the boot.ini > > [boot loader] > timeout=15 > default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS > redirect=UseBiosSettings > [operating systems] > multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Windows Server 2003, > Enterprise" /noexecute=optout /fastdetect /PAE /redirect /3GB /USERVA=3030 > C:\CMDCONS\BOOTSECT.DAT="Microsoft Windows Recovery Console" /cmdcons > > Any help is appreciated.
Guest IRMC.Paul Posted January 2, 2008 Posted January 2, 2008 Re: Server boot stops at os selection I've not been able to correct this problem with the given information. I tried removing the /redirect but the condition persists. "Dave Patrick" wrote: > Maybe this helps. > http://technet2.microsoft.com/windowsserver/en/library/6e019590-5f92-445d-977f-d05047437dfe1033.mspx?mfr=true > > > > -- > > Regards, > > Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup. > Microsoft Certified Professional > Microsoft MVP [Windows] > http://www.microsoft.com/protect > > "IRMC.Paul" wrote: > >I have a three node cluster of Win Ent 2003 and all three nodes are > >stopping > > at the OS selection screen when rebooting. The only options at the screen > > are > > the OS or Command Console. If you watch the server the timer flashes on > > the > > screen then just goes away, it never counts down. The server will stay on > > that screen until you hit enter to select the OS or console to boot. > > > > Here is the boot.ini > > > > [boot loader] > > timeout=15 > > default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS > > redirect=UseBiosSettings > > [operating systems] > > multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Windows Server 2003, > > Enterprise" /noexecute=optout /fastdetect /PAE /redirect /3GB /USERVA=3030 > > C:\CMDCONS\BOOTSECT.DAT="Microsoft Windows Recovery Console" /cmdcons > > > > Any help is appreciated. > >
Guest Dave Patrick Posted January 6, 2008 Posted January 6, 2008 Re: Server boot stops at os selection What happens if you boot from floppy? Try creating a boot disk. For the floppy to successfully boot Windows 2003 the disk must contain the "NT" boot sector. Format a diskette (on a Windows 2003 machine, not a DOS/Win9x, so the NT boot sector gets written to the floppy), and copy Windows 2003 versions of ntldr, ntdetect.com, and boot.ini to it. Edit the boot.ini to give it a correct ARC path for the machine you wish to boot. Below is an example of boot.ini. The default is to start the operating system located on the first partition of the primary or first drive (drive0). Then drive0 partition 2 and so on. [boot loader] timeout=10 default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS [operating systems] multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Windows 2003 0,1" multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Windows 2003 0,2" multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Windows 2003 1,1" multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Windows 2003 1,2" -- Regards, Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup. Microsoft Certified Professional Microsoft MVP [Windows] http://www.microsoft.com/protect "IRMC.Paul" wrote: > I've not been able to correct this problem with the given information. > > I tried removing the /redirect but the condition persists.
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