[windows2000] Re: Can't DCs be ghosted??

And there are specific reasons for that... Marketing and otherwise...

Marking isn't so bad... It helps enlist developers to produce supporting =
products.=20

Note there are third-party chipsets developed for Intel (not amd) for =
66MHz/64-bit PCI.  Not to mention hot-swap PCI.

Joe=20

-----Original Message-----
From: Sorin Srbu [mailto:sorin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Thursday, January 02, 2003 2:31 AM
To: windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [windows2000] Re: Can't DCs be ghosted??



On Tue, 31 Dec 2002 08:50:13 -0800, Joe Shonk wrote:

>Depends on what you purchase...  Tier 1 server providers simply do not =
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>use AMD processors in their server products.

Yeah, I wonder why... "Because servers have always run with intel".
Bah! 8-)

>-----Original Message-----
>From: Greg Reese [mailto:GReese@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
>Sent: Tuesday, December 31, 2002 9:35 AM
>To: windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [windows2000] Re: Can't DCs be ghosted??
>
>
>
>that's not really a fair shot at AMD.  I have had less problems with =
AMD =3D
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>based machines than I have Intel based.  We have several business =3D3D
>critical batch processing machines here that are mostly Athlon based =
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>they run great.  Intel marketing would like me to believe otherwise.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Joe Shonk [mailto:JShonk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
>Sent: Tuesday, December 31, 2002 11:18 AM
>To: windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [windows2000] Re: Can't DCs be ghosted??
>
>
>
>What do you hope to accomplish with Ghost?  Will the systems not boot =
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>=3D3D
>=3D3D3D
>with the new board and processor?
>
>I'd steer clear of AMD processors and Boards for a business production =
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>environment.  Stick with a known vendor, such as HP, Dell, IBM.
>
>Joe
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Sorin Srbu [mailto:sorin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
>Sent: Tuesday, December 31, 2002 9:11 AM
>To: windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [windows2000] Re: Can't DCs be ghosted??
>
>
>
>On Tue, 17 Dec 2002 08:46:45 -0800, Joe Shonk wrote:
>
>>Build another box to be a temp DC... Demote the old,  do your =
ghosting, =3D
>=3D3D
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>>and promote the new box... Demote the temp DC.
>
>The cpu (athlon t-bird/1200 with the standard fan) burned on the
>dc(!) during the night. Either that or it got severly overheated
>for whatever reason... Some new years eve... The boss better not
>forget the *Sysadmin's Appreciation Day 2003*...
>
>Anyway, I switched the mobo and cpu to another I had handy. This
>mobo features an integrated lan-chip, and now I can ghost the dc.
>Ie w/o depromoting it. I'm doing it right now.=3D3D3D20
>
>What gives? Will the image work should I need to ghost
>(image-to-disk) the dc again??
>
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Sorin Srbu [mailto:sorin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
>>Sent: Tuesday, December 17, 2002 9:40 AM
>>To: windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>Subject: [windows2000] Re: Can't DCs be ghosted??
>>
>>
>>
>>On Tue, 17 Dec 2002 08:23:10 -0800, Joe Shonk wrote:
>>
>>>No... You will need to DCPromo and demote the server before =3D3D3D
>ghosting... =3D3D3D3D
>>=3D3D3D3D3D
>>>then you can repromote it...  Make sure you move the FSMO roles GC to =
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>>=3D3D3D3D3D
>>>another DC first.
>>
>>Sh!t... Is there any other way to do this w/o demoting and stuff?
>>
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>From: Sorin Srbu [mailto:sorin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
>>>Sent: Tuesday, December 17, 2002 7:55 AM
>>>To: Windows2000 Mailing List
>>>Subject: [windows2000] Can't DCs be ghosted??
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>Hi all,
>>>
>>>Can't DCs be ghosted?? The one I'm trying to ghost is a DC with the
>>>GC.


BW,

Sorin

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