FFS... W2k software mirror :(

[aldi]

Had too many beers to continue with this now but basically, disk 0 going bad.

First plan - replace with new disk, boot from disk 1, re-mirror. Disk 1 won't boot, looks like no boot sector on it. Don't want to f*** about with disk1 since its a good copy of all the data on a good disk. scratch that plan.

Second plan - ghost failing disk 0 onto new disk. Boot off that, check contents for up-to-dateness and re-mirror. It's a dynamic disk so ghost won't see it...

Third plan - raw sector copy of disk 0 onto new disk - takes many hours due to all the bad sectors but works. Boots half way... then the dreaded 'innacessible boot device'. c*ck.

I've got till monday morning....

[BliarOut]

NT Boot floppy?

Conceptually....

Boot from floppy, mirror back onto fresh drive, modify boot floppy to boot to new mirror on disk 0. Disconnect drive 1. Reboot and make new disk 0 bootable. Reconnect both drives, job's a good un. That way at no point are you writing to the good disk.

[UpTheIron]

BliarOut said:

NT Boot floppy? Conceptually.... Boot from floppy, mirror back onto fresh drive, modify boot floppy to boot to new mirror on disk 0. Disconnect drive 1. Reboot and make new disk 0 bootable. Reconnect both drives, job's a good un. That way at no point are you writing to the good disk.

I concur.

Or...NT boot floppy, then once live copy all data onto another machine / disk, then once data copied, attempt to fix original machine by whatever means you see fit.

[aldi]

So boot disk 1 using an NT boot floppy rather than the disk's own non-existent boot sector... then re-mirror? Sounds like a good plan! One quick queston.... how? I thought boot floppies were just the same as booting from CD, i.e. install 2K or recovery console.. or are you saying use the console to make disk 1 bootable?

[BliarOut]

Any NT machine will do, it's detailed here

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/11946

You'll just have to faff about editing boot.ini

[UpTheIron]

aldi said:

So boot disk 1 using an NT boot floppy rather than the disk's own non-existent boot sector... then re-mirror? Sounds like a good plan! One quick queston.... how? I thought boot floppies were just the same as booting from CD, i.e. install 2K or recovery console.. or are you saying use the console to make disk 1 bootable?

Watch this space, I'll just go for a drunken rummage around TechNet

[BliarOut]

UpTheIron said:

aldi said: So boot disk 1 using an NT boot floppy rather than the disk's own non-existent boot sector... then re-mirror? Sounds like a good plan! One quick queston.... how? I thought boot floppies were just the same as booting from CD, i.e. install 2K or recovery console.. or are you saying use the console to make disk 1 bootable? Watch this space, I'll just go for a drunken rummage around TechNet

^^^ I wouldn't bother

[UpTheIron]

OK, so I used Google....

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/30168

[aldi]

Thankyou both, never heard of that before - sounds like a winner... I'l give it a go

[aldi]

Worky - Thanks Lads

[BliarOut]

Always handy to know if you've got an otherwise healthy box that won't boot Got myself out of a few fixes with NT boot floppys over the years.

[aldi]

Funnily enough, when I mirrored disk 1 back to the new disk the new disk booted straight up with no further fettling Maybe if I'd put disk 1 back on the primary channel where disk 0 was it would have booted straight up all allong... oh well you live and learn!