Re: Win2003 install BSOD on IXS

[Vernon Hamberg <vhamberg@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

The point is moot, as the problem was that some PTFs were not 
installed - of course, why should something be released that needs a 
fix before it can be used? Oh, that's right,  I am not to ask that 
kind of question, am I?


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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