From: David W. Taylor (detayls_at_sprynet.com)
Date: Thu Dec 10 1998 - 12:45:18 EST
You have two options (don't panic!):
1. Install Service Pack 4 on the main NT4 drive, which seems to have been
converted to NTFS5 format. The SP will install an updated NTFS.SYS file
that can use NTFS 5. This will fix 600 other minor bugs in NT4. It may also
toast your NT4 setup. Backup is STRONGLY advised!
2. Grab the NTFS.SYS file from NT5 B2 and replace the older file on the
main NT4 drive. This is sanctioned by MSFT and probably cleaner, if you are
otherwise happy with NT 4 SP3.
This should fix you up.
This is a FAQ and you should be able to find more info about this in the NT5
B2 release notes. Also you should look at the NTBeta web site for more up to
date release notes that were finished after the B2 CD's were cut.
David
-----Original Message-----
From: Rob Bell <rbell1NOSPAM_at_csc.com>
To: ThinkPad Mailing List <thinkpad_at_cs.utk.edu>
Date: Thursday, December 10, 1998 5:49 AM
Subject: Question on 770 with Multiple HDs
>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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