Electronics America Server User Manual

Troubleshooting 6-3
2. Environment variable “AllowRemovableMedia” setting
IMPORTANT:
This setting is made on the Windows Server 2003 Recovery Console when the Windows Server
2003 Recovery Console is in use. This should be set every time when the Recovery Console is
started.
(a) Start the Windows Server 2003 Recovery Console.
For how to start the Recovery Console, see “Preparation” (page 6-4) and “Starting up Recovery
Console” (page 6-5).
(b) Log on to the Recovery Console, and execute the following command.
(The default is FALSE)
set AllowRemovableMedia = TRUE
IMPORTANT:
 The dynamic disk can be written from the Windows Server 2003 Recovery Console after the
setting shown above is made.
 As the default, the Windows Server 2003 Recovery Console is not allowed to write data from
the basic/dynamic disk to a floppy disk. However, after the setting shown above is made, a
floppy disk can be written (copy, access).
Default setting:
Write (copy, access)
Copy From Copy To
access destination
Basic disk Dynamic disk
HDD HDD Copy available Copy not available
FD HDD Copy available Copy not available
CD HDD Copy available Copy not available
CD FD Copy not available Copy not available
HDD FD Copy not available Copy not available
After the setting:
Write (copy, access)
Copy From
Copy To
access destination
Basic disk Dynamic disk
HDD HDD Copy available Copy available
FD HDD Copy available Copy available
CD HDD Copy available Copy available
CD FD Copy available Copy available
HDD FD Copy available Copy available