Text 46960, 68 rader
Skriven 2008-06-29 15:02:01 av Gerald Miller (1:342/512)
  Kommentar till text 46950 av Jeff Guerdat (1:123/789.0)
Ärende: MAX HDD size for Win2K?
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Hello Jeff,

    On Friday June 27 2008 at 10:30,
    Jeff Guerdat [1:123/789] wrote to Gerald Miller,
    about: MAX HDD size for Win2K?

 JG>>> just load the driver during the OS install (either by installing
 JG>>> the OS to the RAID or to a PATA drive).  The RAID controller
 JG>>> masks the drive architecture - the OS just sees one big drive.
 JG>>> It's only if you're using the drives individually that there's a
 JG>>> SATA driver issue.

 GM>> Does this imply that I can change the BIOS setting back to SATA
 GM>> _after_ I have the OS installed and I wish to add more HDDs to
 GM>> the system?

 JG> I would set the drives to SATA (not IDE) and set up the RAID.  That
 JG> way yer all set and don't need to twiddle and reinstall anything.
 JG> Resetting the BIOS afterwards may well break any RAID you have set up
 JG> as well as things set up on independent SATA drives that have been
 JG> detected as IDE.  Just safer to do it first so you never have to
 JG> change it again.

I set up a computer for the wife and I'm not giving her any RAID system, so
I set up all the hard drives as IDE - much easier and I can always install
more hard drives if she has a need.  Right now, there is a 160GB drive for
the boot / system programs and a 500GB for whatever.

 GM>> I'm very satisfied with the nLite program - I learn more each
 GM>> time I use it.  I am a little fuzzy about one aspect though...
 GM>> It says to copy the entire XP / W2K CD to a "Source" folder on
 GM>> the hard drive, but I'm thinking that only the files in the CD
 GM>> root and the entire i386 folder are necessary.  Care to give an
 GM>> opinion of my thinking?

 JG> I can say that copying over the i386 folder (and maybe a few other
 JG> things) didn't allow a slipstream to occur.  I never tried to
 JG> determine what was actually needed since the other files/folders
 JG> simply don't take up that much extra room compared to the i386 folder.
 JG> I'm sure the info on what's needed is out there but I don't know what
 JG> it is.

I copied the entire CD to a source folder because nLite just takes what it
needs and you can specify what folders to drop when you're configuring
nLite in preparation for the CD (or Image) burn.

I did find a little quirk that I'm not particularly enthusiastic about.
nLite creates a bunch of INI files and leaves then in the root of the
source folder, its' own "prefetch" folder and possibly some other folders.
I found this out by jumping from an XP SlipStream build to a W2K SlipStream
build - wanted to apply the same configuration to the W2K as was set with
the XP build (I burned a couple of 'coaster' CDs until I finally figured
this out).  I also suspect nLite may be "touching" / "tweaking" some of the
M$ files but that may be my overly active paranoia coming to the front.

 GM>> Sorry for taking so long to reply, but my work is interfering
 GM>> with my life and passions.  :-))

 JG> Obviously time to retire...  ;)

Nope; I can't afford to do that.  I'll be working until I die on the job or
win the Lottery (and the Lottery chances are highly improbable...)

           Thanks ... Gerald

... Anything worth fighting for is worth fighting dirty for.
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