HP NetRAID-4M Configuration and Upgrade Guide (Release 5)

Chapter 9 Issues and Problem Resolution

• Problem: During conversion from Windows 2000 basic to dynamic disk, a

multi-boot partition will no longer be able to boot any NOS other than Windows

2000.

• Background: A multi-boot partition is no longer able to boot to any NOS other

than Windows 2000 because the Windows 2000 dynamic disk is a super-set file

system.

Case 3:

• Problem: If you use Windows 2000 Disk Manager to create a basic disk and

then convert it to dynamic disk, during the conversion, the volume is temporarily

dismounted and files are unavailable.

• Background: No action required. The NOS recovers, and there is no known

problem with losing data.

Case 4:

• Problem: If you have a Windows 2000 basic disk and want to add a disk drive

to increase the free space, the additional free space might take five or more

minutes to show up.

• Background: Wait until the additional free space shows up (five minutes or

more). The other option is to reboot.

Case 5:

• Problem: If you have a Windows 2000 dynamic disk, and want to add a disk

drive to increase the free space, the additional free space does not show up until

there is a reboot.

• Background: Reboot the server.

Case 6:

• Problem: If you have FAST create a Windows 2000 basic disk (NetRAID-3Si

does not allow this), and no data is written, and then Windows 2000 Disk

Manager immediately converts basic disk to dynamic, sometimes the file system

(drive letter) is gone. It might be possible to reassign the drive letter and access

the data, but likely you would not consider this. Apparently, when NetRAID-4M

Windows 2000 FAST creates a Windows 2000 basic disk, it does not reserve 8

MB of disk space necessary to enable future conversion to dynamic.

• Workaround: This capability has been removed from the NetRAID-4M

Windows 2000 tool. Use Microsoft Windows 2000 Disk Manager for creation

of the basic disks.