Subject: [os2genau_digest] No. 832
From: Digest <deadmail>
To: "OS/2GenAu Digest"<deadmail>
Date: Sun, 11 Apr 2004 00:01:02 EST-10EDT,10,-1,0,7200,3,-1,0,7200,3600

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Saturday 10 April 2004
 Number  832
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Subjects for today
 
1  Re:  LVM and WinXP : Ed Durrant <edurrant at bigpond dot net dot au>
2  Re:  LVM and WinXP : Ed Durrant <edurrant at bigpond dot net dot au>
3  Re:  NT Adv Server on an OS/2 network : Ed Durrant <edurrant at bigpond dot net dot au>
4  Re:  NT Adv Server on an OS/2 network : Chris Graham [WarpSpeed]" <chrisg at warpspeed dot com dot au>
5  Re:  NT Adv Server on an OS/2 network : Ed Durrant <edurrant at bigpond dot net dot au>
6  Re:  NT Adv Server on an OS/2 network : Ed Durrant <edurrant at bigpond dot net dot au>
7  Re:  NT Adv Server on an OS/2 network : Chris Graham [WarpSpeed]" <chrisg at warpspeed dot com dot au>
8  Re:  NT Adv Server on an OS/2 network : Chris Graham [WarpSpeed]" <chrisg at warpspeed dot com dot au>
9   Win XP reqs : Ed Durrant <edurrant at bigpond dot net dot au>
10  Re:  NT Adv Server on an OS/2 network : Ed Durrant <edurrant at bigpond dot net dot au>
11   Broadband : Dennis J. Nolan" <denny at alphalink dot com dot au>
12  Re:  Win XP reqs : Mike O'Connor <mikeoc at dodo dot com dot au>
13  Re:  Win XP reqs : Ed Durrant <edurrant at bigpond dot net dot au>
14  Re:  Win XP reqs : Mike O'Connor <mikeoc at dodo dot com dot au>
15  Re:  Win XP reqs : Mike O'Connor <mikeoc at dodo dot com dot au>
16  Re:  Win XP reqs : Ed Durrant <edurrant at bigpond dot net dot au>
17  Re:  Win XP reqs : Mike O'Connor <mikeoc at dodo dot com dot au>

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Date:  Sat, 10 Apr 2004 10:22:41 +1000
From:  Ed Durrant <edurrant at bigpond dot net dot au>
Subject:  Re:  LVM and WinXP

Mike O'Connor wrote:

>
> Hi Ed,
> Did you allocate C: to it and make that 2GB FAT partition the STARTABLE
> partition, with LVM, prior to shutting down the system in advance of
> booting from the XP-CD? Don't have *that* OS here to test out the
> suppositions.

   Apart from the drive letter (it doesn't need to be C: for XP I think) - yes to the
other points.

Thanks for the links I'll check them out.

Cheers/2

Ed.

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Date:  Sat, 10 Apr 2004 10:38:07 +1000
From:  Ed Durrant <edurrant at bigpond dot net dot au>
Subject:  Re:  LVM and WinXP

Thanks for this mike, however I've checked the links and these are describing how to use
the Windoz2 "multi-boot" - multiple OSes on one partition usually option that come up at
start-up of Windoze NT/2K/XP, not using IBM Boot manager. There's also no specification
of what the partition has to be but I guess XP is so cronic that it can't start from a
higher partition location ! (ie over cylinder 1024). This used to be a problem also in
OS/2 until the kernal was updated and since NT/W2K and XP all use the OS/2 2.0 kernal
still, I'd expect this problem. (Kernel coding has never been a Microsnot skill).
Unfortunately my first (93GB) partition has 34GB of data on it, so to store, delete and
re-create it smaller to make space for XP is going to be a trick job. Perhaps I can zip
the data down onto 4 or 5 DVD-RWs ?

Thanks anyway

Cheers/2

Ed.

Mike O'Connor wrote:

> Here's a couple of M$ bits that may be of use:
>
> Microsoft Knowledge Base Article - 306559
> "HOW TO: Create a Multiple-Boot System in Windows XP"
> http://support.microsoft dot com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;306559
>
> Multibooting with Windows 2000 and Windows XP
> http://www.microsoft dot com/windows2000/techinfo/administration/management/mltiboot.asp
>

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Date:  Sat, 10 Apr 2004 10:48:36 +1000
From:  Ed Durrant <edurrant at bigpond dot net dot au>
Subject:  Re:  NT Adv Server on an OS/2 network

Check on the Warp Server box, the machine account for the NT server - is it locked out
- if so what has happenned is that the password that you assigned to it has expired
and the NT box couldn't reset it. If this is the case...

On the NT box either shut the server down or NET STOP NETLOGON if NT supports this
command.

On the Warp Server box, delete and re-create the machine ID and set it with no
password and password never expires (for now), add it into the servers group.

Restart the NT server, or NET START NETLOGON.

If there's no errors, you're probably back in operation.

If this doesn't apply, make sure the domain/workgroup name on the NT box hasn't
change, if so change it back and re-boot. make sure the computer browser service is
active on the Warp server.

Cheers/2

Ed.

"Chris Graham [WarpSpeed]" wrote:

> Hi All,
>         It appears that my NT V4 advanced server box has fallen off the
> OS/2 network.
>
>         It appears to have lost the ability to contact, or find out who is
> the domain controller.
>
>         I can do a net use to any drive anywhere, so the lan and (some
> level of) SMB networking is working. This is all using netbios.
>
>         I used to have a net time /set /y command in my startup.cmd file
> and now it say that it can not find a time source.
>
>         INET is the domain controller for the WARP domain, and it has the
> BROWSER and TIMESOURCE services running.
>
>         Do I need the "Computer Browser" service running on NT? The NT box
> only see itself on the network. Although it can share drives with the XP
> box, it does not see it either.
>
>         This appears to have been a recent problem, so I am not sure of
> what is wrong/changed.
>
>         Help!
>
> -Chris
>
> WarpSpeed Computers - The Graham Utilities for OS/2.
> Voice:  +61-3-9307-0344   Internet:   chrisg at warpspeed dot com dot au
> FAX:    +61-3-9307-0633   Web Page:   http://www.warpspeed dot com dot au
> Postal: WarpSpeed Computers, PO Box 212, Brunswick, VIC 3056, AUSTRALIA
>

>  

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Date:  Sat, 10 Apr 2004 17:18:40 +1000 (EST)
From:  "Chris Graham [WarpSpeed]" <chrisg at warpspeed dot com dot au>
Subject:  Re:  NT Adv Server on an OS/2 network

On Sat, 10 Apr 2004 10:48:36 +1000, Ed Durrant wrote:

>Check on the Warp Server box, the machine account for the NT server - is it locked out
>- if so what has happenned is that the password that you assigned to it has expired
>and the NT box couldn't reset it. If this is the case...
>
>
>On the NT box either shut the server down or NET STOP NETLOGON if NT supports this
>command.
>
>On the Warp Server box, delete and re-create the machine ID and set it with no
>password and password never expires (for now), add it into the servers group.
>
>Restart the NT server, or NET START NETLOGON.
>
>If there's no errors, you're probably back in operation.
>
>If this doesn't apply, make sure the domain/workgroup name on the NT box hasn't
>change, if so change it back and re-boot. make sure the computer browser service is
>active on the Warp server.

So I only need one browser (OS/2) or 'computer browser' (win) on the
network?

-Chris

WarpSpeed Computers - The Graham Utilities for OS/2.
Voice:  +61-3-9307-0344   Internet:   chrisg at warpspeed dot com dot au
FAX:    +61-3-9307-0633   Web Page:   http://www.warpspeed dot com dot au
Postal: WarpSpeed Computers, PO Box 212, Brunswick, VIC 3056, AUSTRALIA

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Date:  Sat, 10 Apr 2004 17:24:47 +1000
From:  Ed Durrant <edurrant at bigpond dot net dot au>
Subject:  Re:  NT Adv Server on an OS/2 network

Having the browser service active on the warp server makes it visible to Windoze boxes.

Cheers/2

Ed.

"Chris Graham [WarpSpeed]" wrote:

> So I only need one browser (OS/2) or 'computer browser' (win) on the
> network?
>
> -Chris
>

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Date:  Sat, 10 Apr 2004 17:38:32 +1000
From:  Ed Durrant <edurrant at bigpond dot net dot au>
Subject:  Re:  NT Adv Server on an OS/2 network

It's on as default in Warp ser for e-Business by the way.

Ed Durrant wrote:

> Having the browser service active on the warp server makes it visible to Windoze boxes.
>
> Cheers/2
>
> Ed.
>
> "Chris Graham [WarpSpeed]" wrote:
>
> > So I only need one browser (OS/2) or 'computer browser' (win) on the
> > network?
> >
> > -Chris
> >
>

>  

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Date:  Sat, 10 Apr 2004 19:51:41 +1000 (EST)
From:  "Chris Graham [WarpSpeed]" <chrisg at warpspeed dot com dot au>
Subject:  Re:  NT Adv Server on an OS/2 network

On Sat, 10 Apr 2004 10:48:36 +1000, Ed Durrant wrote:

>Check on the Warp Server box, the machine account for the NT server - is it locked out
>- if so what has happenned is that the password that you assigned to it has expired
>and the NT box couldn't reset it. If this is the case...

I've never defined a machine account (like we need to for OS/2).

Anyway, it is all up and running now. Perhaps just a reboot was all that
was needed (but I thought that I originally did that). Oh well, all ok now.

-Chris

WarpSpeed Computers - The Graham Utilities for OS/2.
Voice:  +61-3-9307-0344   Internet:   chrisg at warpspeed dot com dot au
FAX:    +61-3-9307-0633   Web Page:   http://www.warpspeed dot com dot au
Postal: WarpSpeed Computers, PO Box 212, Brunswick, VIC 3056, AUSTRALIA

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Date:  Sat, 10 Apr 2004 19:52:34 +1000 (EST)
From:  "Chris Graham [WarpSpeed]" <chrisg at warpspeed dot com dot au>
Subject:  Re:  NT Adv Server on an OS/2 network

On Sat, 10 Apr 2004 17:38:32 +1000, Ed Durrant wrote:

>It's on as default in Warp ser for e-Business by the way.

So, given that stopping master browser network elections is generally a
good thing, then I should disable all of the "Computer Browser" services on
all of the Win?? boxes?

-Chris

WarpSpeed Computers - The Graham Utilities for OS/2.
Voice:  +61-3-9307-0344   Internet:   chrisg at warpspeed dot com dot au
FAX:    +61-3-9307-0633   Web Page:   http://www.warpspeed dot com dot au
Postal: WarpSpeed Computers, PO Box 212, Brunswick, VIC 3056, AUSTRALIA

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Date:  Sat, 10 Apr 2004 20:05:02 +1000
From:  Ed Durrant <edurrant at bigpond dot net dot au>
Subject:   Win XP reqs

Following up on my problems in adding an XP partition to my
OS/2 box to test  hardware ...

I think I have found why WinXP wont install high up on a
drive, where OS/2 and eCS will - from

http://www.star-tools dot com/partitionstar/english/manual/bid.html

Windows 2000, XP:

    FAT 16, partition smaller than 4 GB and ends below 8 GB:
Type "06"
    FAT 16, partition smaller than 4 GB and ends below 8 GB:
Type "0E"
    FAT 32, partition smaller than 32 GB and ends below 8
GB: Type "0B"
    FAT 32, partition smaller than 32 GB and ends below 8
GB: Type "0C"
    NTFS, begins below cylinder 1024: Type "07"

So it looks like an XP boot partition MUST start below
cylinder 1024.

What's also interesting in this table are the FAT32
partitions that can be up to 32GB in size but must end below
8 GB - how's that possible ??

Cheers/2

Ed.

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Date:  Sat, 10 Apr 2004 20:06:36 +1000
From:  Ed Durrant <edurrant at bigpond dot net dot au>
Subject:  Re:  NT Adv Server on an OS/2 network

"Chris Graham [WarpSpeed]" wrote:

> On Sat, 10 Apr 2004 10:48:36 +1000, Ed Durrant wrote:
>
> >Check on the Warp Server box, the machine account for the NT server - is it locked out
> >- if so what has happenned is that the password that you assigned to it has expired
> >and the NT box couldn't reset it. If this is the case...
>
> I've never defined a machine account (like we need to for OS/2).
>

  That would suggest that the NT server was never a member of the OS/2 domain but simply
mapped files to it right ?

>
> Anyway, it is all up and running now. Perhaps just a reboot was all that
> was needed (but I thought that I originally did that). Oh well, all ok now.
>
> -Chris
>

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Date:  Sat, 10 Apr 2004 20:49:47 +1000
From:  "Dennis J. Nolan" <denny at alphalink dot com dot au>
Subject:   Broadband

Hi all

I'm seeking advice

I think it is time for me to go ADSL

I've been doing a little research, and having got a friend up and 
running with Big Pond's offer where everything that could go wrong, went 
wrong. I've decided to get as much enlightened advice as possible before 
comiting myself.

At home I have two, sometimes three or four computers on a peer to peer 
LAN through a four port router.
The router has a WAN connection to which I asume the modem is connected

Now the service I am contemplating provides a fixed ISP address.

They also supply, at extra cost, either a single port or a four port 
modem router. (Netcom NB1300S)

If I get the four port router-modem, should I give the existing one the 
flick or keep it
And if I keep it is the single port router- modem the way to go.
Does using the two router configuration un-necessarialy complicate the 
setup.

If I recall corectly from my Bigpond installation experience, the modem 
needs to be set up with the account number, user_ID and password.

Also the fixed IP address will have to be loaded somewhere
The ISP's DNS news server and mail send and receive also need setting up.

What changes need to be made to TCP/IP, and what about DHCP and all the 
other networking accronyms.

So what I'm after is recomendations and advice.

It would be nice to have it so that when my grand-daughter is visiting, 
she can be connected to the internet from her computer via the LAN, 
rather than kicking me off mine.

Thanks in advance.

PS   Rob, I solved my updating problem by a new complete install of eCS.
But the downloader still doesn't work with  Smart Cache  running and the 
proxy server tick box ticked.

PPS  It seems that Longhorn is becoming more of a Shorthorn as they 
discard features to try and meet delivery dates.

Regards

Dennis.

 
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Date:  Sat, 10 Apr 2004 20:53:33 +1000
From:  Mike O'Connor <mikeoc at dodo dot com dot au>
Subject:  Re:  Win XP reqs

Ed Durrant wrote:

>Following up on my problems in adding an XP partition to my
>OS/2 box to test  hardware ...
>
>I think I have found why WinXP wont install high up on a
>drive, where OS/2 and eCS will - from
>
>http://www.star-tools dot com/partitionstar/english/manual/bid.html
>
>Windows 2000, XP:
>
>    FAT 16, partition smaller than 4 GB and ends below 8 GB:
>Type "06"
>    FAT 16, partition smaller than 4 GB and ends below 8 GB:
>Type "0E"
>    FAT 32, partition smaller than 32 GB and ends below 8
>GB: Type "0B"
>    FAT 32, partition smaller than 32 GB and ends below 8
>GB: Type "0C"
>    NTFS, begins below cylinder 1024: Type "07"
>
>So it looks like an XP boot partition MUST start below
>cylinder 1024.
>
>What's also interesting in this table are the FAT32
>partitions that can be up to 32GB in size but must end below
>8 GB - how's that possible ??
>
>Cheers/2
>

Hi Ed,
*TYPOS*!!! Note following on that same page:

    *OS/2:
    *

        FAT 16, partition smaller than 2 GB and ends below 8 GB: Type "06"
        HPFS, partition smaller than 2 GB and ends below 8 GB: Type "07"

    What's with the *smaller* than 2GB HPFS partitions???
    Utter balderdash!

All of theTYPE 0C/0E should be saying above/through 8GB 
[straddling/entirely above cyl 1024], as that's why M$ implemented them.
you can see how slack the information is when you note that they are 
quoting  "2 *MB*" in following not "2 *GB*":

    *MS DOS:
    *

        FAT 12, partition smaller than 32 MB and ends below 8 GB: Type "01"
        FAT 16, partition smaller than 504 MB and ends below 8 GB: Type "04"
        FAT 16, partition smaller than _2_MB_ and ends below 8 GB: Type "06"

Looks like they just *badly* edited the information - e.g. copying the 
WIN NT NTFS information re cylinder 1024 to the 2000/XP section verbatim.

The LINUX information re cylinder 1024 is also not current, by several 
years at least.

As W2K/XP by default always have to *boot* from a PRIMARY partition 
below 8GB, they insert the ntldr+boot.ini [possibly NTDD.SYS], in the 
first acceptable FAT16/FAT32/NTFS primary [C:] encountered on the drive 
*below* cylinder 1024 [7.84GB on current 255 head drives].  The *only* 
way you can install them in a directly-booting FAT/FAT32/NTFS partition 
is to have multiple M$-primaries, and have the other primaries set as 
hidden at installation time, with the visible one set as installable. 

I have, in the past, modified one of those "boot through C:", with 99%+ 
of W2KP installed into a D: primary, by directly editing the registry 
[for about 4 hours! - it's nerve-wracking!] to change *every* single 
reference to point to the D: drive as %systemroot%, and moving the 
boot.ini+ntldr to the root of the D: drive.  I was using System 
Commander to boot all operating systems, which makes it simple to 
allocate boot drive-letters/selectively hide Primary partitions/limit # 
of physical drives visible. Used in conjunction with Partition Magic one 
can selectively hide logical drives within the extended partitions, 
which must be left visible.

I guess this standalone installatiion is because of the problems you are 
having with installing in SVISTA?

HTH

-- 
Regards,
Mike

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Date:  Sat, 10 Apr 2004 21:04:11 +1000
From:  Ed Durrant <edurrant at bigpond dot net dot au>
Subject:  Re:  Win XP reqs

Mike O'Connor wrote:

>
> As W2K/XP by default always have to *boot* from a PRIMARY partition
> below 8GB, they insert the ntldr+boot.ini [possibly NTDD.SYS], in the
> first acceptable FAT16/FAT32/NTFS primary [C:] encountered on the drive
> *below* cylinder 1024 [7.84GB on current 255 head drives].  The *only*
> way you can install them in a directly-booting FAT/FAT32/NTFS partition
> is to have multiple M$-primaries, and have the other primaries set as
> hidden at installation time, with the visible one set as installable.
>
>

This is the conclusion I was coming to. Only problem is where to put 35GB of data
while I re-create partitions to allow space for WinXP at the fromt of the drive.

Don't really want to risk DFSEE yet, not on this system at least. PQmagic can't handle
LVM.

>
> I guess this standalone installatiion is because of the problems you are
> having with installing in SVISTA?
>

  No it's actually to make sure the the MPEG encoder - Personal Video recorder card
that I'm trying to get running under OS/2 actually works at all.

Cheers/2

Ed.

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Date:  Sat, 10 Apr 2004 21:09:46 +1000
From:  Mike O'Connor <mikeoc at dodo dot com dot au>
Subject:  Re:  Win XP reqs

Ed Durrant wrote:

>So it looks like an XP boot partition MUST start below
>cylinder 1024.
>
>What's also interesting in this table are the FAT32
>partitions that can be up to 32GB in size but must end below
>8 GB - how's that possible ??
>
>Cheers/2
>  
>

Hi Ed,
Forgot to mention that it's a very good idea to have an initial [small] 
bootable FAT16 C: with *some* flavour of DOS on it [doesn't have to be 
M$ specifically] and say 10MB free, so that this can be used in the 
installation of W2K/XP to a logical partition [but still booting through 
a Primary C:].

I erred in last message - I should have said the W2KP was installed to a 
*logical* D: on which I then used PQ PM 6 to convert to a Primary partition!

HTH

-- 
Regards,
Mike

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Date:  Sat, 10 Apr 2004 21:18:32 +1000
From:  Mike O'Connor <mikeoc at dodo dot com dot au>
Subject:  Re:  Win XP reqs

Ed Durrant wrote:

>Mike O'Connor wrote:
>
>>As W2K/XP by default always have to *boot* from a PRIMARY partition
>>below 8GB, they insert the ntldr+boot.ini [possibly NTDD.SYS], in the
>>first acceptable FAT16/FAT32/NTFS primary [C:] encountered on the drive
>>*below* cylinder 1024 [7.84GB on current 255 head drives].  The *only*
>>way you can install them in a directly-booting FAT/FAT32/NTFS partition
>>is to have multiple M$-primaries, and have the other primaries set as
>>hidden at installation time, with the visible one set as installable.
>>
>This is the conclusion I was coming to. Only problem is where to put 35GB of data while I re-create partitions to allow space for WinXP at the fromt of the drive.
>
>Don't really want to risk DFSEE yet, not on this system at least. PQmagic can't handle LVM.
>
See below!

>>I guess this standalone installatiion is because of the problems you are
>>having with installing in SVISTA?
>>
>No it's actually to make sure the the MPEG encoder - Personal Video recorder card that I'm trying to get running under OS/2 actually works at all.
>
OK!

>Cheers/2
>  
>

Hi Ed,
You don't actually have to install XP ahead of that partition, just have 
say 4-cylinder of FAT16 Primary with DOS on it there, with XP [mainly] 
installed into a logical at the back end of the drive.
What version of Partition Magic are you using? As long as you are 
careful you *can* use it on LVM systems, you just need to run LVM from 
the eCS CD after you have made any modifications to restore the correct 
LVM info that may have been overwritten in sector 63 of each affected 
partition.

HTH

-- 
Regards,
Mike

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Date:  Sat, 10 Apr 2004 21:30:04 +1000
From:  Ed Durrant <edurrant at bigpond dot net dot au>
Subject:  Re:  Win XP reqs

Mike O'Connor wrote:

> Hi Ed,
> You don't actually have to install XP ahead of that partition, just have
> say 4-cylinder of FAT16 Primary with DOS on it there, with XP [mainly]
> installed into a logical at the back end of the drive.
> What version of Partition Magic are you using? As long as you are
> careful you *can* use it on LVM systems, you just need to run LVM from
> the eCS CD after you have made any modifications to restore the correct
> LVM info that may have been overwritten in sector 63 of each affected
> partition.
>

Thanks for the suggestion Mike, but the risk and extra work is too high.

Besides that my 93 GB partition is the first of the drive, so whatever happens
I'll have to either shrink it or move it, so I might as well clear sufficient
space to install XP at the fromt of the drive.

Cheers/2

Ed.

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Date:  Sat, 10 Apr 2004 21:38:59 +1000
From:  Mike O'Connor <mikeoc at dodo dot com dot au>
Subject:  Re:  Win XP reqs

Ed Durrant wrote:

>Mike O'Connor wrote:
>
>>Hi Ed,
>>You don't actually have to install XP ahead of that partition, just have
>>say 4-cylinder of FAT16 Primary with DOS on it there, with XP [mainly]
>>installed into a logical at the back end of the drive.
>>What version of Partition Magic are you using? As long as you are
>>careful you *can* use it on LVM systems, you just need to run LVM from
>>the eCS CD after you have made any modifications to restore the correct
>>LVM info that may have been overwritten in sector 63 of each affected
>>partition.
>>
>Thanks for the suggestion Mike, but the risk and extra work is too high.
>
>Besides that my 93 GB partition is the first of the drive, so whatever happens I'll have to either shrink it or move it, so I might as well clear sufficient space to install XP at the fromt of the drive.
>
>Cheers/2
>  
>

Hi Ed,
OK. FWIW which version of PQPM do you have?
Would appreciate a copy of output of "lvm /query:all" from that system.
TIA

-- 
Regards,
Mike

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