This topic describes how to mirror the boot drive on the master
console using the Windows® software mirroring capability.
Prerequisites
The target disk must be unformatted before you can set it up as a
mirrored disk.
Context
Perform the following steps to mirror the boot drive:
Steps
- From the desktop, right-click My Computer.
- Click Manage.
- Click .
- Right-click the disk icon for the system disk.
- Click Upgrade to dynamic disk and then click OK.
- Right-click the disk icon for the disk that you want to become
the mirror of the system disk.
- Click Upgrade to dynamic disk and then click OK.
Note: - If you receive a warning, click Yes.
- If your system reboots, restart the Disk Management.
- Right-click the disk icon for the system disk.
- Click Add Mirror.
- Select the disk that you want to become the mirror of the system
disk, and then click Add Mirror.
- A warning dialogue box appears stating that you must update the
boot.ini file. Click OK to continue.
- Update the boot.ini file:
- From the desktop, double-click My Computer.
- Click .
- Click the View tab.
- In the Advanced settings list, select the Show hidden
files and folders radio button.
- In the My Computer window, click Local disk (C:).
- Double-click the c:\boot.ini file to open the file in Notepad.
Attention: Be cautious when editing this file to make only
the requested changes. Do not modify any other lines in this file.
- In the operating system section, add Primary to the end
of the operating description for the system disk.
- Copy the line for the system disk, and change Primary to Secondary,
and change the system disk (for example, disk(0)) to mirrored disk
(for example, disk(1)).
The file should look similar
to the following example:
[boot loader] timeout=30 default=multi(0)disk(0)partition(1)\WINNT [operating
system] multi(0)disk(0)partition(1)\WINNT="Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced
Server Primary" /fastdetect
multi(0)disk(1)partition(1)\WINNT="Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced
Server Secondary" /fastdetect
- Save and close the file.
- Reboot the machine.
- After the machine completes the POST test, the system prompts
you to select the Microsoft® Windows operating system to boot from.
Select Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server Secondary and
press Enter to verify that the machine boots successfully from the mirrored
drive.
- Reboot the machine again.
- After the machine completes the POST test, the system prompts
you to select the Microsoft Windows operating system to boot from.
Select Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server Primary and
press Enter to verify that the machine boots successfully from the system
drive.