Guess I could, just wanted to keep the SCSI's clean for data only...
The MBR doesn't use any space, and it won't alter your partitions in
anyway. So to me it seems like the best route.
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Chris Covington
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On Monday 12 September 2005 03:34 pm, Covington, Chris wrote:
Guess I could, just wanted to keep the SCSI's clean for data only...
The MBR doesn't use any space, and it won't alter your partitions in
anyway. So to me it seems like the best route.
Trouble is when the SCSI is replaced and it
Trouble is when the SCSI is replaced and it is not thought of because
the
OS is on the IDE HD. For me it would be cleaner to boot with a floppy
or
CD and (even keep a couple of spare floppies). I have trouble
remembering
certian things, the location of the MBR on SCSI 0 would be one of
On Monday 12 September 2005 06:43 pm, Covington, Chris wrote:
Trouble is when the SCSI is replaced and it is not thought of because
the
OS is on the IDE HD. For me it would be cleaner to boot with a floppy
or
CD and (even keep a couple of spare floppies). I have trouble
remembering
I got the smartStart, but it won't let me set up for IDE boot. When I try to
set-up the BIOS it will let me change most settings but says this system does
not support IDE HD. Hence I was think ing I would boot on a floppy and have
it find the kernel and set them machine up to use the HD. It
Michael W. Holdeman wrote:
I got the smartStart, but it won't let me set up for IDE boot. When I try to
set-up the BIOS it will let me change most settings but says this system does
not support IDE HD. Hence I was think ing I would boot on a floppy and have
it find the kernel and set them
I have a Compaq Proliant 3000, w 6 18.2 SCSI disks I am building for a file
server for my department. I have installed an IDE HD 40gig to hold the OS so
as to reserve all the SCSI space for data. Problem is after installing twice
and messing around I find that the firmware in teh 3000's was not
Most likely you need to get hold of a copy of the Comaq SmartStart CDs
for this machine to set it up to boot from an IDE drive, this will also
contain the Compaq Array Controller software which will enable you to
set up the 'BIOS' on the smart controller card to tun the array in the
way which
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