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by inyampe

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Iam running a winnt4 server network.one of my servers has a corrupted file error,I now slave the hard disk on another machine to enable me troubleshoot.my problem is that, I want to boot from a particular drive on the slaved hard disk.how do I do it?

Similarlly, I found it difficult copying files from the master disk onto the slave disk.Any idea about how to go about it?
Need your help.

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by debisse

typical Boot.ini file:
[boot loader] timeout=30 default=scsi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\winnt
[operating systems] scsi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\winnt = "Windows NT"
/NODEBUG C:\ = "Previous Operating System on C:\"
line-by-line explanations of the above Boot.ini file:
[boot loader] timeout = 30
Timeout specifies the amount of time Windows NT waits before choosing the default operating system.
default=scsi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\winnt
Default specifies the default operating system. Note: Whenever the operating system is Windows NT, the new storage path syntax is used.
NT and GEOMETRY
[operating systems] scsi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\winnt = "Windows NT"
/NODEBUG C:\ = "Previous Operating System on C:\"
scsi(0) means that the primary controller (usually the only one) is responsible for the device. If there were two SCSI cards and the disk was hanging off the second one, it would be called scsi(1).
disk(0) refers to physical disk 1.
rdisk(0) - The rdisk() parameter refers to which SCSI logical unit (LUN) to
use, which could be a separate disk, but the vast majority of SCSI setups
have only one LUN per SCSI ID.
partition(1) in this example is the only partition on the first drive in the
computer. If there were two partitions, C and D, C would be partition(1) and
D would be partition(2).

\winnt is the directory that multi-boot will look at to boot from one of the
specified SCSI card's disk and partition.
Look MS KB Article Q99743

by sergey kovzik

heh... you want to boot from slave? but all programs and settings in it will point to C:\, so result can be unexpected. I install second copy of NT to other directory and check what wrong with master copy. and what kind of problem with copying? of course - if your files were encrypted - you won't get access. otherwise - check their permissions. current SIDs are from different machine so you might have to set Administrator as owner and give him rights.

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