Changing boot device SCSI controller

[sab]

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It has become unavoidable to have to change the SCSI RAID
controller on a live 2003 server, so I am quite prepared
for the 'Inaccessible boot device' error message.
As time is of the essence does anyone know of a way to
prepare the existing system ready for the change over?
Is there a registry edit to change the boot device?
Or am I stuck with doing an installation/repair and will
this install the new driver successfully?
Many thanks

 

[Guest]

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Hello,

If you are changing the controller by one exactly the same you shouldn't get
any errors... but if you are changing the brand of it, sometimes the
information that is written in the HD about the Raid it varies from
manufacter to manufacter so probably you will have to reinstall it... this
of course if you're right now using a 2 raid disks for the system, you have
an alternative that is to check the bios of the raid controller and see if
you unmount the raid if it keeps the information on the disks there are
several controllers that can unmount the raid disk and you'll still keep the
information if that's the case and if your new controller is from a
different manufacter and allows you to create the raid and still keep the
information (this too change from manufacter to manufacter) then you're
ok... if not you can still use for instance ghost and create a ghost image
from you unit... change the controller and then recover it... you may need
to run the the setup and recover/reinstall if your system doesn't recognize
the new controller automatically in windows.

"SAB" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:013101c48c0e$5ec36130$3501280a@phx.gbl...
> It has become unavoidable to have to change the SCSI RAID
> controller on a live 2003 server, so I am quite prepared
> for the 'Inaccessible boot device' error message.
> As time is of the essence does anyone know of a way to
> prepare the existing system ready for the change over?
> Is there a registry edit to change the boot device?
> Or am I stuck with doing an installation/repair and will
> this install the new driver successfully?
> Many thanks

 

[Guest]

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware (More info?)

Hi

Thanks for the help. Unfortunately it is not possible to
use the same type of controller looks like I shall have to
resort to the repair option.

>-----Original Message-----
>Hello,
>
>If you are changing the controller by one exactly the
same you shouldn't get
>any errors... but if you are changing the brand of it,
sometimes the
>information that is written in the HD about the Raid it
varies from
>manufacter to manufacter so probably you will have to
reinstall it... this
>of course if you're right now using a 2 raid disks for
the system, you have
>an alternative that is to check the bios of the raid
controller and see if
>you unmount the raid if it keeps the information on the
disks there are
>several controllers that can unmount the raid disk and
you'll still keep the
>information if that's the case and if your new controller
is from a
>different manufacter and allows you to create the raid
and still keep the
>information (this too change from manufacter to
manufacter) then you're
>ok... if not you can still use for instance ghost and
create a ghost image
>from you unit... change the controller and then recover
it... you may need
>to run the the setup and recover/reinstall if your system
doesn't recognize
>the new controller automatically in windows.
>
>"SAB" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message
>news:013101c48c0e$5ec36130$3501280a@phx.gbl...
>> It has become unavoidable to have to change the SCSI
RAID
>> controller on a live 2003 server, so I am quite
prepared
>> for the 'Inaccessible boot device' error message.
>> As time is of the essence does anyone know of a way to
>> prepare the existing system ready for the change over?
>> Is there a registry edit to change the boot device?
>> Or am I stuck with doing an installation/repair and will
>> this install the new driver successfully?
>> Many thanks
>
>
>.
>

 

[Guest]

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On Fri, 27 Aug 2004 01:18:02 -0700, "SAB"
<anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>It has become unavoidable to have to change the SCSI RAID
>controller on a live 2003 server, so I am quite prepared
>for the 'Inaccessible boot device' error message.
>As time is of the essence does anyone know of a way to
>prepare the existing system ready for the change over?
>Is there a registry edit to change the boot device?
>Or am I stuck with doing an installation/repair and will
>this install the new driver successfully?
>Many thanks

Alas, I have no answer to this question but I have a similar problem:
Currently, I'm running XP Pro SP2 on a Western Digital Enterprise U2W
18GB drive connected to an Iwill 2935UW host adapter. I intend to
switch to an Adaptec 2940 U2W host adapter. Can I swap the host
adapters without a reinstall?