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Date:	Sat, 6 Mar 2004 23:36:50 PST8
From:	"Dr. Jeffrey Race" <jrace@attglobal.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	< "scoug-help@scoug.com" > scoug-help@scoug.com >
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: MORE TESTING--STILL FAIL--Re: ECS 1.1 install fails at MiniLVM on TP600E MACHINE DEAD

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Need more help after trying everything and failing:
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Update IBM 600E TP BIOS to INET36WW which IBM advises fixes "operating
system installation failure with CD-ROM boot"

Run eCS 1.1 Installer; Install Boot Manager; attempt to add H;
result: same failure as before to add H (HPFS) to Boot Manager menu

As control, try to add D E F G (all FAT partitions); can be added!

Run from Management Console (per Mike O'Connor, Alex, Glenn and others)

> LVM /NEWMBR:1

Executes successfully; return to command prompt.

Restart eCS 1.1 Installer; Select {Add to boot menu}; fails with error
"Your system reports a boot limit of 1024 cylinders.
Either create all bootable partitions near the beginning
of the disk or upgrade your system"

Remove IBM BM, reboot,

Rerun > LVM /NEWMBR:1

Reboot

Run eCS 1.1 Installer, install IBM BM,
fail to add H to boot menu identically to above

[Glenn Hudson says delete BM save exit of MiniLVM; tried this also]

Out of ideas.

In addition the machine cannot now be booted. Boot time screen
error code I9990305

Help please.

On Sat, 06 Mar 2004 11:36:25 -0500 (EST), Alex Taylor wrote:
>> Run MiniLVM build 200303171
>> No installable volume found
>> Select [New volume]
>> In MiniLVM, assign drive letters to C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J
>> as compatibility volumes
>>
>>Install IBM Boot Manager OK.
>>
>>CANNOT ADD logical drive H to Boot Manager
>> "Your system reports a boot limit of 1024 cylinders. Either create all
>> bootable partitions near the beginning of the disk or upgrade your
>> system" CANNOT INSTALL BOOT MANAGER
>>
>>Exit to command prompt. Can see D E F G H, not C.
>>
>>There are some other practical and documentation problems I will
>>report later, but the big problem is I cannot use the installer
>>because it will not allow me to add the intended H logical volume
>>as installable.
>>
>>I did this successfully on 1.0 somehow.
>>
>>What to do please? I cannot find this documented anywhere.
>
>See if this works:
>
>While booted from the eCS CD-ROM, go to a command prompt (Shift+F3) and run:
> LVM /NEWMBR:1
>>Then reboot (important!), and try installing eCS again.

Glenn Hudson wrote:

Try this to clear out any old boot manager code
boot install CD, delete boot manager, save miniLVM (without a boot
manager), reboot
boot install CD, open cmd window (shift+F3), run cmd 'lvm /newmbr:1', reboot
boot install CD, install boot manager, add volumes to BM, save miniLVM
(with boot manager), continue install

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