Re: Win2003 install BSOD on IXS

At 03:40 PM 5/6/2006, you wrote:

Hi Richard,

I think that statement is right or wrong depending upon which version of
OS400 you're on.  On a V4R4 system (like the one right under my table at
the moment) IBM did some strange stuff with the Windows installatiion on
the IXS card.  It has Windows NT 4.0 Server on it, with a C: (FAT), D:
(FAT) and E: (NTFS) drive on it.  The C: drive is the boot drive, the D:
drive has install files on it, and the E: drive has Windows on it.  The
C: drive is a whopping 10MB; D: is 200MB; E: is 1GB.  All these were
created by the install process.  C: apparently is only used to boot; D:
has some Windows installation files; and E: has the installed Windows NT
4.0 Server os on it.

When I did the same install on a V5R2 machine, it ended up with only a
C: (NTFS) and D: (don't remember, possibly FAT) drives -- C: contained
the Windows os and the boot software; D: contained the Windows
installation files.

In both cases, the install allowed choosing which format the Windows
drive would use, FAT or NTFS.  The other drives' formats were chosen by
the install process.

*Peter Dow* /
Dow Software Services, Inc.
909 793-9050
pdow@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:pdow@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> /

richard@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> In regards to the not booting unless the boot drive it FAT or FAT32, I
> think that statement is wrong.
>
> I have installed the IXS with both Windows 2000 Server and Windows 2003
> Server and each time the primary drive was NTFS.
>
> I'm thinking you might need to start with a regular Windows 2003 CD
> instead of the SBS load.
>
> Just a thought :-)
>
> Regards,
> Richard Schoen
> RJS Software Systems Inc.
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> ------------------------------
>
> message: 6
> date: Fri, 5 May 2006 16:15:39 -0400
> from: "Walden H. Leverich" <WaldenL@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> subject: RE: Win2003 install BSOD on IXS
>
>
>> Something to do with what drivers are loaded when.
>> I do know it will not boot if the boot drive is converted to ntfs.
>>
>
> Ouch! I consider that a major drawback, and would probably fail a server
> if I was doing a security audit on it. A well secured server has NTFS on
> the boot drive and most services running as non-privileged users so
> there's no way to corrupt/infect the boot disk. Hard to mess up xxx.dll
> when you don't have write access to it. <G>
>
> -Walden
>


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