Re: [NTLK] Off Topic Question

From: SlashDevNull (slashdevnull_at_mac.com)
Date: Sun Jul 14 2002 - 12:02:26 EDT


Dammit!

  Striped array is RAID 0. Sorry for the typo.

Cheers,
David

on 7/14/02 11:54 AM, SlashDevNull at slashdevnull_at_mac.com wrote:

>
> Salutations,
>
> Both drives are probably set up as a RAID array of some sort.
>
> Check the size of drive c:. If it says @ 8 gigs, then it is a striped
> RAID 1 array. This could be why the second drive is not showing. It is
> part of a software RAID array.
>
> I would think that drive c: is probably gonna report as 4.3 gigs. This
> would probably mean the drives are set up as a RAID 1 mirrored array.
>
> But still do not use fdisk. Boot back into Win2k and go to the control
> Panel. Open up 'Computer Management'. On the left side of the window you
> should see a treeview. Go to 'Storage'. Under that look for 'Disk
> Management'. That will show you the disks and how they are used.
>
> Of course, if you do not plan on running win2k, then you can use fdisk
> blow them both away and then re-install 98. I would stay with win2k because
> if you use 98, you will be using one of the cpu's as a space heater only.
> 98 will only use 1 cpu.
>
> Cheers,
> David
>
>
>
>
>
>
> on 7/14/02 10:38 AM, Sasa Radojcic at sasa.radojcic_at_xs4all.nl wrote:
>
>>
>> If it's not a RAID array then both drive's are set to the same SCSI-ID. Set
>> teh ID's to 0 and 1, and it should work fine.
>>
>> Have fun
>>
>> At 16:11 14-7-02 +0200, you wrote:
>>
>>> On Sun, 14 Jul 2002 06:47:22 -0700, Jeff Bakker wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Hi Everybody. I have a question for all you smarter than me people out
>>>> threre!
>>>> I am running as a second computer a Compaq Proliant 800 with dual 200mhz
>>>> pentium pro chips and 128meg of ram, dual 4.3 gig scsi drives, and Windows
>>>> 2000 pro. The problem that I am having is that under the BIOS when the
>>>> computer is booting both drives show up as 0 and 1 which is correct. When
>>>> the computer boots into Windoze and I go to My Computer only 1 drive shows
>>>> up. When I got to Control Panel and go to system and the to hardware
>>>> devices both drives show up under the Hard drives tab. Any ideas as how to
>>>> get the second drive picked up by windoze? Any help would be great.
>>> Since this machine is targeted as a server, both drives probably form a
>>> RAID array.
>>> This means that you have two identical drives which are seen by the OS
>>> as one.
>>> Whether they are mirrored or stripped, I cannot say, but you should
>>> have some management software installed.
>>>
>>>
>>> Jochen
>>>
>>>
>>>
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