Guest tracert Posted May 7, 2008 Posted May 7, 2008 I have a SBS 2003 R2 server that I can't boot without a boot floppy. Here's what happened - I have a software mirror using SATA hard drives. Drive 0 failed so I created a boot floppy while I waited for the replacement drive to arrive. I got the replacement drive and mirrored the system backup and set the boot.ini to look at drive 0. Something to note here Drive0 had a Dell Utility partion on it which wasn't mirrored to Drive1 so it was lost. I'm not sure if this is part of my issue and I haven't been able to find an answer on Dell's website. Below is the boot.ini that I'm using on the floppy (that works). This is also the SAME config I've saved to the boot.ini on the hard disk. [boot loader] timeout=30 default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS [operating systems] multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Windows Server 2003 for Small Business Server" /noexecute=optout /fastdetect Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
Guest kj [SBS MVP] Posted May 7, 2008 Posted May 7, 2008 Re: Boot.ini problems tracert wrote: > I have a SBS 2003 R2 server that I can't boot without a boot floppy. > Here's what happened - I have a software mirror using SATA hard > drives. Drive 0 failed so I created a boot floppy while I waited for > the replacement drive to arrive. I got the replacement drive and > mirrored the system backup and set the boot.ini to look at drive 0. What error do you get when you try to boot 0,0? Did you set the partition active? > > Something to note here Drive0 had a Dell Utility partion on it which > wasn't mirrored to Drive1 so it was lost. I'm not sure if this is > part of my issue and I haven't been able to find an answer on Dell's > website. > > Below is the boot.ini that I'm using on the floppy (that works). > This is also the SAME config I've saved to the boot.ini on the hard > disk. > > [boot loader] > timeout=30 > default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS > [operating systems] > multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Windows Server 2003 for > Small Business Server" /noexecute=optout /fastdetect > > > Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks! -- /kj
Guest tracert Posted May 7, 2008 Posted May 7, 2008 Re: Boot.ini problems I don't get an error message when I boot other than the system saying there's no bootable device (This of course is without the boot floppy). The disks are dynamic (using Microsoft's software RAID) so no I have not marked the primary partion as active. "kj [sBS MVP]" wrote: > tracert wrote: > > I have a SBS 2003 R2 server that I can't boot without a boot floppy. > > Here's what happened - I have a software mirror using SATA hard > > drives. Drive 0 failed so I created a boot floppy while I waited for > > the replacement drive to arrive. I got the replacement drive and > > mirrored the system backup and set the boot.ini to look at drive 0. > > > What error do you get when you try to boot 0,0? > > Did you set the partition active? > > > > > Something to note here Drive0 had a Dell Utility partion on it which > > wasn't mirrored to Drive1 so it was lost. I'm not sure if this is > > part of my issue and I haven't been able to find an answer on Dell's > > website. > > > > Below is the boot.ini that I'm using on the floppy (that works). > > This is also the SAME config I've saved to the boot.ini on the hard > > disk. > > > > [boot loader] > > timeout=30 > > default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS > > [operating systems] > > multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Windows Server 2003 for > > Small Business Server" /noexecute=optout /fastdetect > > > > > > Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks! > > -- > /kj > > >
Guest kj [SBS MVP] Posted May 7, 2008 Posted May 7, 2008 Re: Boot.ini problems tracert wrote: > I don't get an error message when I boot other than the system saying > there's no bootable device (This of course is without the boot > floppy). The disks are dynamic (using Microsoft's software RAID) so > no I have not marked the primary partion as active. Why not? > > "kj [sBS MVP]" wrote: > >> tracert wrote: >>> I have a SBS 2003 R2 server that I can't boot without a boot floppy. >>> Here's what happened - I have a software mirror using SATA hard >>> drives. Drive 0 failed so I created a boot floppy while I waited >>> for the replacement drive to arrive. I got the replacement drive >>> and mirrored the system backup and set the boot.ini to look at >>> drive 0. >> >> >> What error do you get when you try to boot 0,0? >> >> Did you set the partition active? >> >>> >>> Something to note here Drive0 had a Dell Utility partion on it which >>> wasn't mirrored to Drive1 so it was lost. I'm not sure if this is >>> part of my issue and I haven't been able to find an answer on Dell's >>> website. >>> >>> Below is the boot.ini that I'm using on the floppy (that works). >>> This is also the SAME config I've saved to the boot.ini on the hard >>> disk. >>> >>> [boot loader] >>> timeout=30 >>> default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS >>> [operating systems] >>> multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Windows Server 2003 for >>> Small Business Server" /noexecute=optout /fastdetect >>> >>> >>> Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks! >> >> -- >> /kj -- /kj
Guest tracert Posted May 7, 2008 Posted May 7, 2008 Re: Boot.ini problems Well to be honest I'm not sure how to mark a dynamic volume as active without converting it back to a basic disk. My understand was once a disk was dynamic you couldn't mark it as active (assuming it wasn't already set that way). If you could provide the steps I will mark the partition as active. "kj [sBS MVP]" wrote: > tracert wrote: > > I don't get an error message when I boot other than the system saying > > there's no bootable device (This of course is without the boot > > floppy). The disks are dynamic (using Microsoft's software RAID) so > > no I have not marked the primary partion as active. > > Why not? > > > > > "kj [sBS MVP]" wrote: > > > >> tracert wrote: > >>> I have a SBS 2003 R2 server that I can't boot without a boot floppy. > >>> Here's what happened - I have a software mirror using SATA hard > >>> drives. Drive 0 failed so I created a boot floppy while I waited > >>> for the replacement drive to arrive. I got the replacement drive > >>> and mirrored the system backup and set the boot.ini to look at > >>> drive 0. > >> > >> > >> What error do you get when you try to boot 0,0? > >> > >> Did you set the partition active? > >> > >>> > >>> Something to note here Drive0 had a Dell Utility partion on it which > >>> wasn't mirrored to Drive1 so it was lost. I'm not sure if this is > >>> part of my issue and I haven't been able to find an answer on Dell's > >>> website. > >>> > >>> Below is the boot.ini that I'm using on the floppy (that works). > >>> This is also the SAME config I've saved to the boot.ini on the hard > >>> disk. > >>> > >>> [boot loader] > >>> timeout=30 > >>> default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS > >>> [operating systems] > >>> multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Windows Server 2003 for > >>> Small Business Server" /noexecute=optout /fastdetect > >>> > >>> > >>> Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks! > >> > >> -- > >> /kj > > -- > /kj > > >
Guest kj [SBS MVP] Posted May 7, 2008 Posted May 7, 2008 Re: Boot.ini problems tracert wrote: > Well to be honest I'm not sure how to mark a dynamic volume as active > without converting it back to a basic disk. My understand was once a > disk was dynamic you couldn't mark it as active (assuming it wasn't > already set that way). If you could provide the steps I will mark > the partition as active. Partitions are marked active, not disks (or volumes) http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb726994.aspx > > "kj [sBS MVP]" wrote: > >> tracert wrote: >>> I don't get an error message when I boot other than the system >>> saying there's no bootable device (This of course is without the >>> boot floppy). The disks are dynamic (using Microsoft's software >>> RAID) so no I have not marked the primary partion as active. >> >> Why not? >> >>> >>> "kj [sBS MVP]" wrote: >>> >>>> tracert wrote: >>>>> I have a SBS 2003 R2 server that I can't boot without a boot >>>>> floppy. Here's what happened - I have a software mirror using >>>>> SATA hard drives. Drive 0 failed so I created a boot floppy >>>>> while I waited for the replacement drive to arrive. I got the >>>>> replacement drive and mirrored the system backup and set the >>>>> boot.ini to look at drive 0. >>>> >>>> >>>> What error do you get when you try to boot 0,0? >>>> >>>> Did you set the partition active? >>>> >>>>> >>>>> Something to note here Drive0 had a Dell Utility partion on it >>>>> which wasn't mirrored to Drive1 so it was lost. I'm not sure if >>>>> this is part of my issue and I haven't been able to find an >>>>> answer on Dell's website. >>>>> >>>>> Below is the boot.ini that I'm using on the floppy (that works). >>>>> This is also the SAME config I've saved to the boot.ini on the >>>>> hard disk. >>>>> >>>>> [boot loader] >>>>> timeout=30 >>>>> default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS >>>>> [operating systems] >>>>> multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Windows Server 2003 >>>>> for Small Business Server" /noexecute=optout /fastdetect >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks! >>>> >>>> -- >>>> /kj >> >> -- >> /kj -- /kj
Guest tracert Posted May 7, 2008 Posted May 7, 2008 Re: Boot.ini problems So how would you propose I mark the partition as active on the dynamic disk? I read the article from the link you attached specifically "Marking an Active Partition" but that option is not available for a partition that resides on a dynamic disk. "kj [sBS MVP]" wrote: > tracert wrote: > > Well to be honest I'm not sure how to mark a dynamic volume as active > > without converting it back to a basic disk. My understand was once a > > disk was dynamic you couldn't mark it as active (assuming it wasn't > > already set that way). If you could provide the steps I will mark > > the partition as active. > > Partitions are marked active, not disks (or volumes) > > http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb726994.aspx > > > > > "kj [sBS MVP]" wrote: > > > >> tracert wrote: > >>> I don't get an error message when I boot other than the system > >>> saying there's no bootable device (This of course is without the > >>> boot floppy). The disks are dynamic (using Microsoft's software > >>> RAID) so no I have not marked the primary partion as active. > >> > >> Why not? > >> > >>> > >>> "kj [sBS MVP]" wrote: > >>> > >>>> tracert wrote: > >>>>> I have a SBS 2003 R2 server that I can't boot without a boot > >>>>> floppy. Here's what happened - I have a software mirror using > >>>>> SATA hard drives. Drive 0 failed so I created a boot floppy > >>>>> while I waited for the replacement drive to arrive. I got the > >>>>> replacement drive and mirrored the system backup and set the > >>>>> boot.ini to look at drive 0. > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> What error do you get when you try to boot 0,0? > >>>> > >>>> Did you set the partition active? > >>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> Something to note here Drive0 had a Dell Utility partion on it > >>>>> which wasn't mirrored to Drive1 so it was lost. I'm not sure if > >>>>> this is part of my issue and I haven't been able to find an > >>>>> answer on Dell's website. > >>>>> > >>>>> Below is the boot.ini that I'm using on the floppy (that works). > >>>>> This is also the SAME config I've saved to the boot.ini on the > >>>>> hard disk. > >>>>> > >>>>> [boot loader] > >>>>> timeout=30 > >>>>> default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS > >>>>> [operating systems] > >>>>> multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Windows Server 2003 > >>>>> for Small Business Server" /noexecute=optout /fastdetect > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks! > >>>> > >>>> -- > >>>> /kj > >> > >> -- > >> /kj > > -- > /kj > > >
Guest kj [SBS MVP] Posted May 7, 2008 Posted May 7, 2008 Re: Boot.ini problems tracert wrote: > So how would you propose I mark the partition as active on the > dynamic disk? I read the article from the link you attached > specifically "Marking an Active Partition" but that option is not > available for a partition that resides on a dynamic disk. Not being one on software raids, I'm not sure if diskpart would do it for you. I suppose it's possible you may need to break the mirror, start from scratch making the partition active before you add it back into the mirror. You definitely need an active partition to boot. > > "kj [sBS MVP]" wrote: > >> tracert wrote: >>> Well to be honest I'm not sure how to mark a dynamic volume as >>> active without converting it back to a basic disk. My understand >>> was once a disk was dynamic you couldn't mark it as active >>> (assuming it wasn't already set that way). If you could provide >>> the steps I will mark the partition as active. >> >> Partitions are marked active, not disks (or volumes) >> >> http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb726994.aspx >> >>> >>> "kj [sBS MVP]" wrote: >>> >>>> tracert wrote: >>>>> I don't get an error message when I boot other than the system >>>>> saying there's no bootable device (This of course is without the >>>>> boot floppy). The disks are dynamic (using Microsoft's software >>>>> RAID) so no I have not marked the primary partion as active. >>>> >>>> Why not? >>>> >>>>> >>>>> "kj [sBS MVP]" wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> tracert wrote: >>>>>>> I have a SBS 2003 R2 server that I can't boot without a boot >>>>>>> floppy. Here's what happened - I have a software mirror using >>>>>>> SATA hard drives. Drive 0 failed so I created a boot floppy >>>>>>> while I waited for the replacement drive to arrive. I got the >>>>>>> replacement drive and mirrored the system backup and set the >>>>>>> boot.ini to look at drive 0. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> What error do you get when you try to boot 0,0? >>>>>> >>>>>> Did you set the partition active? >>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Something to note here Drive0 had a Dell Utility partion on it >>>>>>> which wasn't mirrored to Drive1 so it was lost. I'm not sure if >>>>>>> this is part of my issue and I haven't been able to find an >>>>>>> answer on Dell's website. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Below is the boot.ini that I'm using on the floppy (that works). >>>>>>> This is also the SAME config I've saved to the boot.ini on the >>>>>>> hard disk. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> [boot loader] >>>>>>> timeout=30 >>>>>>> default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS >>>>>>> [operating systems] >>>>>>> multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Windows Server 2003 >>>>>>> for Small Business Server" /noexecute=optout /fastdetect >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks! >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> /kj >>>> >>>> -- >>>> /kj >> >> -- >> /kj -- /kj
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