Hi Folks,
Here is what I am trying to do....
I have a Dell PE1400 with an on board SCSI controller. The system has
a
single HD running NW5.1 SP5. The server works fine. What I would like
to do is add a PERC RAID controller and move the Drive to it. From
here, I then want to setup a true mirror drive.

The first problem that I am having is the RAID controller will boot
the
drive but it fails to mount SYS during LOADSTAGE 1. If I place the
drive back on on board controller, all is fine....

Yes I have the diver loaded in the startup.ncf with no problems. The
first error comes during the loadstage 1 (about the filesys.nlm
loading). So any ideas, why won't this work.....

TNX Will

> Yes I have the diver loaded in the startup.ncf with no problems. The

> first error comes during the loadstage 1 (about the filesys.nlm
> loading). So any ideas, why won't this work.....
> 

What is the error?

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Andy Thompson
Novell Support Connection Volunteer SysOp

All I see is "can not load SYS" then it passes by.....

If I do a "mount sys", I get a message that "There are no accessible
disk drives with NetWare partitions. Check to see that the needed disk

drivers have been loaded, and that your disk drives are properly
connected and powered on. Volume SYS could NOT be mounted. Some or all

volume segments can not be located."

There you have it..... 

> If I do a "mount sys", I get a message that "There are no accessible

> disk drives with NetWare partitions. Check to see that the needed
disk
> drivers have been loaded, and that your disk drives are properly
> connected and powered on. Volume SYS could NOT be mounted. Some or
all
> volume segments can not be located."
> 

Is the RAID controller BIOS seeing the new drive?  Might be an issue 
with being formatted on one controller and being used on a different
one.

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Andy Thompson
Novell Support Connection Volunteer SysOp
(No email support, thanks.)

When the system boots, it sees the partition and stuff.  Tell me if I
am wrong, but really all you have is a DOS partition and a NetWare
partition. The DOS partition allows the system to boot, then it goes
to
the c:\nwserver to get the system drivers and then starts the NetWare
partition.

Since this is R&D, here is what I did. I took a image that was created

for a IBM x232/235 server with its own RAID controller and dropped the

image on a Dell PE1400SC with no raid controller. I changed the
drivers
and it came right up.

I then added the RAID controller to the Dell 1400 and want to boot it
up. This is where is dies. I am at a loss. This really a simple idea.
All I want to do is take a few 1400s and add a raid contoller sothat I

have real mirror drives....

Will

> When the system boots, it sees the partition and stuff.  Tell me if
I
> am wrong, but really all you have is a DOS partition and a NetWare
> partition. The DOS partition allows the system to boot, then it goes
to
> the c:\nwserver to get the system drivers and then starts the
NetWare
> partition.
> 

hmm.. good indication the controller sees the drive :)  Not sure what
might be going on then.

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Andy Thompson
Novell Support Connection Volunteer SysOp

William Liporace:

> What I would like
> to do is add a PERC RAID controller and move the Drive to it.
>

generally, once the SCSI controller formats the drive other SCSI 
controllers will have problems reading it.

What you might try is:

a) put in RAID controller
b) put new drive to be mirrored on new RAID controller
c) establish a mirror and let it sync
d) yank original drive and controller and reboot with the new drive
and 
controller

or, if you have $300 laying around, get a copy of Storage Manager from

Portlock software (http://www.portlocksoftware.com).  Image your
system 
from that, then restore it to the drive on the RAID controller.

Joe Moore
Novell Support Connection Volunteer Sysop

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Joseph Moore [SysOp] wrote:

> William Liporace:
> 
> > What I would like
> > to do is add a PERC RAID controller and move the Drive to it.
> >
> 
> generally, once the SCSI controller formats the drive other SCSI 
> controllers will have problems reading it.
> 
> What you might try is:
> 
> a) put in RAID controller
> b) put new drive to be mirrored on new RAID controller
> c) establish a mirror and let it sync
> d) yank original drive and controller and reboot with the new drive
> and controller
> 
> or, if you have $300 laying around, get a copy of Storage Manager
> from Portlock software (http://www.portlocksoftware.com).  Image
your
> system from that, then restore it to the drive on the RAID
controller.
> 
> Joe Moore
> Novell Support Connection Volunteer Sysop
> 
> http://just.fdisk-it.com - Coming soon:
> "Migrating From NetWare Enterprise Web Server to Apache 1.3.x"
> 
> http://www.caledonia.net/sysops.html 
> 
> NO EMAIL PLEASE!!!!!

William Liporace:

you forgot to say anything :)

Joe Moore
Novell Support Connection Volunteer Sysop

http://just.fdisk-it.com - Coming soon:
"Migrating From NetWare Enterprise Web Server to Apache 1.3.x"

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