I think I am using parted 1.8.8 (I am a Windows guy so how can I check
that) on a Dell server (1850) I am not setting the:
fix_disk_geo_heads
fix_disk_geo_sectors
I am setting the:
ntinstall_cmd = "nt5x-install"
options in the unattended.txt file
I am getting this issue when attempting to install either Windows 2003
standard, and Windows 2003 64 Bit, the file copy completes, the server
reboots and then it comes back up with the "NTLDR Not found" error
Your help is greatly appreciated!
Regards
S
On 18/04/2008, Nils Olav Fossum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>
> Hi, Mario
>
> excellent stuff not quoted (sorry, its late..)
>
> some short comments:
>
> we are using parted 1.8.8 now
>
> A pile of Thinkpads was the reason i added the 'ntldr-fix',
> parted 1.6.22 did always write 255 heads into the partition,
> not 240 as is needed.
> Same did parted 1.7.1
>
> Yes, There was a bios upgrade for some of the Thinkpads, but not all.
> At least I stopped looking for them when I had one of the models on the
> table
> and no bios upgrade was to be found.
>
> Later more machines needed the disk geometry fix because the kernel
> switched
> to the libata system, and the old disk geo fix Pat implemented for these
> PATA
> machines stopped working.
>
> Now it seems like we have some machines that do not report the
> correct 'legacy' bios geometry thru the edd kernel module.
> It can be that it is reporting from the wrong drive, or something else..
> This is something we have not been aware of before
>
> Maybe some more logic and sanity checks are needed..
>
> I hope a pattern will emerge, maybe that can be helped by always dumping
> the
> first part of the disk and partitions to file for later examination
> (dumping
> before we start touching the disk).
>
>
> cheers :-)
>
>
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