Re: Question on 770 with Multiple HDs

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From: Bill Morrow (penzance_at_icanect.net)
Date: Thu Dec 10 1998 - 17:10:47 EST

Rob..
thats easy..
go into ez setup, select the boot device options and change it there..

or simply pull the NT4 HDD out when using the NT5 bets HDD.. :-)

Rob Bell wrote:

> I have a 770 (9548-30U) that has a 4.0GB main hard drive running NT4. I
> also have several additional hard drives that I use in the UltraBay with
> the adapter. With the BIOS startup options I can easily choose to boot
> from the 2nd HD and therefore launch another O/S. That is, until I
> encountered NT 5.0 Beta2. Since my main HD is NTFS4, the NT 5 beta,
> when booted, did a 'seek and destroy' and converted the NTFS4 partition
> to NTFS5. For any of you who don't know, NTFS5 and NTFS4 are NOT
> compatible. Hence, my main O/S wouldn't boot. I got my system
> recovered after several hours of copying files and reformatting.
>
> What this means is that I can't boot my NT5 HD without incapacitating my
> NT4 installation. If I could somehow remove the main HD and boot to the
> 2nd drive then there would be no chance that NT5 would destroy my NT4
> partition. Does anyone know how to set up the 770 to boot the 2nd HD
> WITHOUT the primary HD installed? When I try this I get an IBM error
> screen immediately and it does not boot. Is there another BIOS option I
> don't know about that tells the system not to look for the primary HD?
>
> Thanks for any help!
>
> Rob
>
> -----------------------------------------
> Rob Bell
> Senior Consultant, CPD Professional
> CSC Consulting, Minneapolis, MN
> rob.bell_at_nospam@csc.com
> ----------------------------------------- 

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