[THIN] Re: Can this Rebuild be done?
- From: "Eduard L. Frerking" <elfelf@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2004 18:27:20 -0800
Thanks Brian. You are the only one who replied. I guess you are the only who
still can live in the past with NT 4.0 or you spider webs have not yet
collect dust! The server rebuild was begun today, late today. I will finish
over the weekend, providing mycitrix registration process still works for
the old licenses.
BTW: The hard drive ()K:) is dead and so is the onboard SCSI controller.
However. there is still a good ATA boot drive (8gig) and another SCSI
controller with an 18 gig drive. Partitioned the ATA drive into 2 four gig
drives C: and D:. Will deal with the SCSI drive later. BIOS will not allow
booting from the SCSI controller. I know, I should tell them to buy a new
machine, but their budget is tied and the only hope to keep this one alive
for about 1.5 to 2 more years.
Again, thanks!
Eduard L. Frerking
San Jose, CA
elf@xxxxxx
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From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On
Behalf Of Brian Madden
Sent: Monday, January 19, 2004 10:11 PM
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [THIN] Re: Can this Rebuild be done?
Man, I don't envy you.
If it were me (and without knowing any external complexities), I would
rebuild the server. SP6 for TSE and SP(3 is it?) for MF1.8 are still out
there and easy to find. You don't have to worry about any activations on the
MS side, and the Citrix activations should still work. (Of course you'll do
it through myCitrix now instead of. (what was it called-activation central
or something???)
Hopefully the user data should be solid. If the drive is physically
trashed, you can probably buy a new drive and just make a C partition
(keeping K for the users if need be).
Just install TSE, apply SP6, check for hotfixes, install MF1.8, install MF
SP3, check for hotfixes, and install your apps. (don't forget about the
whole "change user" thing.)
Brian
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From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Eduard L. Frerking
Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2004 12:43 AM
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [THIN] Can this Rebuild be done?
Thought One:
I have been requested to rebuild an NT 4.0 Terminal Server MF 1.8 Server.
They have only the original CDs and License Information. Can this be done
since 1) MS most likely does not have the Service Packs for NT 4.0 and
Citrix most likely does not have the MetaFrame 1.8 Service Packs either?
Also, I have not built one of these for more than 3 years...I'll have to
clean out some spider webs which the spiders have left a long time ago. What
would be the best procedure? Especially with Service Packs and License
Activations?
Thought Two:
There might be a possibility that only their C Drive is trashed
physically. According to the documentation, after clearing the dust off, C
Drive was a dinky little 2 gb drive. They had place the main system on D
Drive an 4 gig partition. E Drive was where they kept the applications, a 12
gig partition of physical D Drive. The users data was kept on a K Drive, a
physical 18 gig drive. Of course the only Backup mentioned was done right
after the initial install and nobody knows where that is. Any hope here?
I was told that NT 4.0 must be used because they have some old custom
software that doesn't work with 2000 of 2003. They are not going to upgrade
anything yet.
Eduard L. Frerking
San Jose, CA
elf@xxxxxx
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