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Figure 36. Example boot.ini File for Two Windows NT Installations
The disk value determines the adapter number, the rdisk value the logical drive
and the partition value the partition number.
2.13.4 Creating an Emergency Boot Disk
With the emergency boot disk you can boot your two Windows NT installation
from a floppy disk. This allows you to bring up one of your Windows NT
installations and fix a problem if your system boot sector is damaged but your
partitions are still operable, or your system does not boot anymore.
1. Format a floppy disk on a Windows NT command prompt.
2. Copy the following files on the disk:
• ntldr
• NTDETECT.COM
• boot.ini
3. Leave the disk in the floppy disk drive.
4. Reboot your system from the floppy disk drive and test if the created disk is
operable by booting once each of the two Windows NT installations.
2.13.5 The ServeRAID Administration and Monitoring Utility
The ServeRAID Administration and Monitoring Utilities assists you online in the
configuration, administration, and monitoring of your ServeRAID adapter in
Windows NT.
With it you can create and delete arrays and logical drives, initialize and
synchronize your logical drives, configure your adapter, control and monitor the
status of your adapters, arrays and logical drives. The utility integrates an error
logging and is able to send alerts to the Netfinity Manager.
There are versions for stand-alone administration (administering a system
containing the adapter from that system) as well as a version for client/server
administration (administering a system containing an adapter from another
system on a network).
An additional feature is the logical drive migration, which allows you to change the
RAID level of an existing logical drive, increase the free space in an existing array
and increase the drive size of an existing logical drive without deleting and
destroying the data in it.