Michael,
You wrote:
>Hi,
>I want to recover a NT 4.0 Server with ADSM and an external ZIP Drive.
>On the ZIP Drive is NT 4.0 (Stand-Alone Server with an connection to =
the
>ADSM Server) and an ADSM Backup Client 3.1.0.6 installed.
>Does anyone know how to bring a Compaq ProLiant 2500 to boot from this =
ZIP
>Drive?
>Or has anyone experience in such a recovery plan?
>Michael Heeger
>Michael.Heeger AT SerCon DOT de
>IT Consultant
>SerCon GmbH
A pre-version of the desaster recovery redbook contained a description =
on
booting an NT system from an arbitrary SCSI disk (provided it is big
enough). Unfortunately, they dropped it in the final version, but I =
kept a
printed copy of this section for my reference:
You must create a special boot diskette; it must be formatted under NT =
(so
it contains the correct boot record) and must contain the following =
four
files:
- NTLDR (copy from Your C: partition)
- NTDETECT.COM (copy from Your C: partition)
- BOOT.INI (copy from Your C: partition, and modify as described =
below)
- NTBOOTDD.SYS (the NT driver of Your SCSI controller)
BOOT.INI is a plain text file; it contains two sections:
- the section headed by "[boot loader]" describes the default action
- the section headed by "[operating systems]" describes the OS choices =
You
are presented when You boot using the diskette; each entry in this =
section
has the format:
<boot-device>\<NT-directory>=3D"<description>"
where
<boot-device> describes the device that contains the NT operating =
system
(see below),
<NT-directory> is the path to the directory that contains NT, and
<description> is the text that is displayed in the boot menu.
<boot-device> may be specified in one of the following ways:
- if You access the boot device using the ROM BIOS (usually for fixed
disks):
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(<disk-no>)partition(<partition-no>)
where
<disk-no> specifies the disk (a number from 0 to 3, with 0 being the C:
disk), and
<partition-no> is the number of the partition on the disk (1 is the =
primary
partition)
- if You access the boot device using the NTBOOTDD.SYS SCSI driver:
scsi(<controler>)disk(<scsi-id>)rdisk(<lun>)partition(<partition-no>)
where
<controler> is the number of the SCSI-controller (usually 0 for the =
first
controler),
<scsi-id> is the SCSI-Id of the device,
<lun> the LUN (usually 0); LUNs (or "Logical Unit Numbers") is a way =
for
addressing different (sub-) devices that are accessible via the same
SCSI-Id, and
<partition-number> is the number of the partition on the specified =
device.
Example:
If Your ZIP drive has SCSI Id. 5, You probably need the following line =
in
Your BOOT.INI file:
scsi(0)disk(5)rdisk(0)partition(1)\PATH\TO\YOUR\NT\SYSTEM=3D"Boot =
system on
ZIP drive"
Warning: I did not try this, so I cannot garantee that it works!
HTH - Alfred Novacek
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Dipl.-Ing. Alfred Novacek
Dipl.-Ing. Alfred Novacek
Institute for Data Processing in Business Administrations,
Economics and Social Sciences
Johannes Kepler University Linz / Austria
E-Mail: Novacek AT idv.uni-linz.ac DOT at
Novacek AT pop.idv.uni-linz.ac DOT at
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