Same Issue....Please help!

I am having the EXACT same issue as the one discussed here. From what I can see, we all have the same motherboard (Biostar TA790GX A3+). I have installed server 2008 and run dcpromo fine. But the system is now unable to boot. (can only boot in directory restore mode). I have formatted several times and tried again as these other people have done the same.

Were either of you able to get this to work?????? Please help!



r_deckard wrote:

HiIt seems I have the same issue as boe.
09-Dec-09

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It seems I have the same issue as boe

I am running a Windows Server 2003 R2 x86 (as DC) at home for testing
learning and using it as a fileserver for my media library

I bought und built a new server with desktop components for replacin
the old server. After successfully migrating to the new server, I hav
planned to use the old server as a offline backup server (only membe
server, maybe with OpenSolaris and ZFS)

Hardware of the new server is the following
- Biostar TA790GX A3+ Motherboard (AMD 790GX with integrated graphics
- AMD Athlon II X4 620 Processo
- 2x2 GB DDR3 RA
- 3ware 9650SE SATA-II RAID controlle
- older Maxtor 160 GB IDE harddisk for syste
- 7 WD 2 TB green SATA drives for RAID6 se

I have done the following steps
- installing Windows Server 2008 R2 as a member server (joining to th
existing domain). All drivers were default (from the box), except fo
the RAID-controller. Everything was fine and worked as expected
- prepared the AD from my old server to 2008 (with adprep32
- started dcpromo on the new server (DNS option included) yesterda
evenin

Last part of dcpromo wizard stayed very long (more than 20 Min.), so
went to bed. This morning, before going to work, I checked the progress
It had finnished and looked good
Restarted the server, but after a long time in boot phase, the recover
mode appeared automatically
Just shutdowned and powered of the server and tried it again. But th
same result. Server is not starting to the logon window

So, it looks like the same issue as you guys are discussing here

Unfortunately, it seems theres no solution yet. I will trying som
different setups in the next days, but do not have much hope

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On Friday, October 23, 2009 3:30 PM
boe wrote:

DCPROMO seems to be stuck - Windows Server 2008 R2
Hello

I am not an expert on the subject but I have set up about 15 2008 servers an
run DCPROMO without seeing this issue. I have a 2008 R2 server - jus
formatted from scratch, applied the 8 or so patches from Windows update
I am attempting to set up a brand new domain - new everything and it ha
started the DC Promo process. I have set it for 2003 functional level. I
says currently Configuring the local computer to host Active Director
Services. I realize it said set up can take from a few minutes to severa
hours but I have never ever seen it take more than 10 minutes to do dcprom
before. This is a standalone server running 2008 R2 x64 RTM on a syste
with a 3 GHz core 2 processor and 4GB of RAM on a freshly formatted 500G
hard drive with probably 95% free.

On Friday, October 23, 2009 4:13 PM
boe wrote:

OK - It took a tad over an hour but it did complete.
OK - It took a tad over an hour but it did complete. My computer has bee
booting for about 10 minutes now - still got the indicator running acros
the bottom to let me know it is booting. It is strange that it was s
fast in other ways on this system and so slow installing AD. I will pos
back when I have progressed past the boot screen.

On Friday, October 23, 2009 4:35 PM
boe wrote:

It took over 25 minutes to get past the scrolling bar on boot up - now ithas
It took over 25 minutes to get past the scrolling bar on boot up - now i
has been over 10 minutes on a black screen with just the white arrow cursor
I had installed 2008 on this server previously without issue. Again, this
is a clean install not an upgrade - so far it looks like it is having some
pretty significant issues.

On Friday, October 23, 2009 6:11 PM
boe wrote:

OK - it was at the cursor arrow without any background or ctrl alt del toallow
OK - it was at the cursor arrow without any background or ctrl alt del to
allow me to login for over an hour - then it finally just rebooted - now
waiting for it to get past the microsoft corporation scrolling windows load
boot - it has been booting for over 10 minutes. So far this is not going
nearly as well as my first try with Windows 2008 or even 2003.

On Friday, October 23, 2009 7:38 PM
boe wrote:

OK - I guess at this point I am only posting in case someone has a
OK - I guess at this point I am only posting in case someone has a similar
experience of what I have tried. Since I waited over an hour for it to boot
after it took over an hour to run dcpromo, I have gone a head and tried
booting it in safe mode with networking - no luck, safe mode only - no
luck (just hangs on boot - never gets in) and finally directory services
repair - no luck. I have also run memory check - it is fine.

On Saturday, October 24, 2009 1:19 AM
Ace Fekay [MCT] wrote:

I assume when you first ran dcpromo that you installed DNS or dcpromo askedyou
I assume when you first ran dcpromo that you installed DNS or dcpromo asked
you to install DNS. The reason I mentioned that is DNS is usually the
culprit when I hear of this type of issue.

If this is the first DC in a new domain/forest, you can probably save
yourself some time and further headaches by blowing it away and reinstalling
it. If it happens again, I would think it may point to a hardware issue such
as RAM or CPU cache.

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On Saturday, October 24, 2009 1:50 AM
boe wrote:

Thanks but with 2008 and 2008R2 dcpromo installs and configures thecomponents
Thanks but with 2008 and 2008R2 dcpromo installs and configures the
components necessary for a DC including dns. I have reformatted 4 times
now - it happens each time. I have read a number of other people having the
exact same issue in technet and other places - so far I have not seen a
solution.

On Saturday, October 24, 2009 1:51 AM
boe wrote:

PS - I also ran the memory check twice.
PS - I also ran the memory check twice.

On Saturday, October 24, 2009 1:52 AM
boe wrote:

PPS I was able to install 2008 (pre R2) without issue on this same box.
PPS I was able to install 2008 (pre R2) without issue on this same box.

On Saturday, October 24, 2009 11:57 AM
Ace Fekay [MCT] wrote:

Then I am not sure where the problem is.
Then I am not sure where the problem is. If you said you have read articles
regarding others having the same problem, what specifically do they say? Can
you share the links? It would be helpful to see what you have found.

I found a few links, two of them posted below, that state dcpromo fails on
2008 R2 (whereas previous versions will allow it although they complain) due
to the server having one or more interfaces set to use a DHCP address. I
assume you have static addresses set? I also would suggest and assume you
have not yet installed RRAS roles. If there are two NICs that are not teamed,
I would also suggest to disable one of them or install the NIC software from
the vendor to team them, and give the team a static config.

Server 2008 R2: dcpromo fails because of dynamic IP addresses ...3 posts - 2
authors - Last post: Sep 23
Server 2008 R2: dcpromo fails because of dynamic IP addresses ... I added
the AD DS role to my Windows Server 2008 R2 installation and ran ...
http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/For...5-9a650a58141d

Server 2008 R2: dcpromo fails because of dynamic IP addresses ...3 posts - 2
authors - Last post: Sep 15
I added the AD DS role to my Windows Server 2008 R2 installation and ran
dcpromo... The installation process stopped in between because of ...
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/...2-f45f80bf1070

Possibly also disabling IPv6 prior to promotion, may help.

Disabling IPv6 on Windows 2008 or Vista
http://blogs.dirteam.com/blogs/paulb...dows-2008.aspx

Ace

On Saturday, October 24, 2009 12:48 PM
boe wrote:

Thanks for working on this.
Thanks for working on this.

They say essentially that they are experiencing the same things I am.
I have tried disabling signatures on boot up and I have tried disabling just
about every service I could except a few which seem to be required for me to
even run dcpromo. I have only one nic with a static IP4 address and ip6 is
disabled under network properties although I have encountered the same thing
with IP6 enabled. I have done 5 complete reformats now and have not figured
out anything on how to resolve the issue. I have tried installing AD before
running DC promo, I have tried installing DNS before running DCPromo. So far
I have not hit the right combo to get it working.

Here are a couple -

http://social.technet.microsoft.com/...0-cd87cd1c980f
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/...8-26571f0dad5f

On Saturday, October 24, 2009 12:56 PM
boe wrote:

FYI - this is not a production system this is the system I use whenever Iwant
FYI - this is not a production system this is the system I use whenever I
want to test out a version of Windows Server, Exchange or SQL so if anyone
wants to remote in you are welcome to do so. I do not have anything on it
but Windows 2008 R2 X64 standard full install but I can install real VNC if
anyone likes.

My biggest concern is a that a client will need a 2008 server and if I
choose R2, I cannot have this problem for a production system. I will need
to set up some new 2008 servers soon and I'd prefer to use the latest
version of 2008 as it is supposed to offer some advantages over pre R2 but
so far I cannot really do much with 2008 R2 till I get the DC working on it.

On Saturday, October 24, 2009 3:40 PM
Ace Fekay [MCT] wrote:

I have always waited a few months or more before offering the latest
I have always waited a few months or more before offering the latest versions,
just to check out the latest buzz in the internet community so I know if
there are any issues to look for or keep in mind.

Sure, I would like to take a look, but if it is hanging on you during the
run and resulting boot, there is not much I can do remotely other than not
being able to connect while booting, unless you have a console level
connection, such as a DRAC or Avocent IP KVM. I can give it a shot tomorrow.

Send me a private email...

Ace

On Saturday, October 24, 2009 4:32 PM
boe wrote:

Thanks for your offer.
Thanks for your offer. You are more than welcome if you have plenty of
spare time and are curious but as this is not a production system I hate to
abuse your time.

I have spent nearly 10 hours on trying to run it on a standard setup, I did
install Windows 2008 R2 x64 in Hyper V on the same machine running Windows
2008 R2 x64 on the physical server (without running DCPROMO). DCPROMO on
the virtual system ran very quickly - about 1 minute. So I am trying to
figure out what hardware it does not like. It also rebooted the virtual
system very quickly.

I tried installing the latest network driver just in case direct from Intel
on the physical server before running DCPromo on the non -virtual OS and it
still hung. I also tried disabling the onboard card and running it on a
loopback adapter - still hung.

On Saturday, October 24, 2009 6:16 PM
Ace Fekay [MCT] wrote:

Hmm, 10 hours?
Hmm, 10 hours? I can sympathize. I would not have that kind of time to devote
to this, but will try a shot at a promotion. I am in the middle of a project
with an 11/2 deadline, so realistically thinking, I may be short on time to
offer.

Interesting that it worked in a virtual environment. I would be interested
knowing what hardware it does not like, too. Have you considered install an
older 3Com 100 B or C card instead of the loopback?

As for the machine, is it a vendor specific (Dell, HP, etc), or something
put together? What vendor CPU (sounds like an Intel reading back in the
thread) and controller type and version? How about the RAM?

Ace

On Saturday, October 24, 2009 7:33 PM
boe wrote:

LOL - actually I did install a 3com 3c905C - could not find any drivers
LOL - actually I did install a 3com 3c905C - could not find any drivers that
would work and Windows 2008 R2 does not recognize the hardware.

Considering that I disabled the intel Pro 1000 PL card completely and tried
just a loopback nic I am thinking it is not the network card but something
else - although what the heck other than the nic what dcpromo uses I have no
idea. I have run mem tests, installed new nic drivers, disabled all the
services possible, disabled ip6, among other things - really dang
frustrating. While obviously not everyone will encounter whatever hardware
issue I have it is mighty frustrating!

It is an intel motherboard - D975XBX latest bios BX97510J.86A, I disabled
the silicon image controller, sound, firewire, just using the intel ICH7R
controller. While it is an older system, it does run Windows 7 fine,
Window 2008 fine, and Windows 2008 R2 fine as long as I do not run dcpromo.

On Sunday, October 25, 2009 1:30 AM
Ace Fekay [MCT] wrote:

I could not remember the NIC card model number, but yea, that't the one I
I could not remember the NIC card model number, but yea, that't the one I was
thinking of! Kind of surprised it did not recognize the 3c905C card. It was
one of the most popular cards in it is day.

You know, I do not have much faith in those memory tests. I have seen memory
being the problem where those superduper memory testers, whether software or
physically pulling out the ram and sticking it in one of those devices says
it passes, yet put it back in the machine and they fail, yet when you
completely swap them out with another either new set or from another
machine, and it runs like a charm. So I do not take much stock in memory
tests, unless it is totally obvious that some circuit on the chip is
foobar'd.

How about disabling the TCP Chimney feature that offloads functions to the
card? Read my blog to see what I mean.

TCP Chimney and RSS Features May Cause Slow File Transfers or Cause
Connectivity Problems
http://msmvps.com/blogs/acefekay/arc...-problems.aspx

Ace

On Sunday, October 25, 2009 9:29 AM
boe wrote:

Thanks - I have 2 GB of one type of memory available for that system and2GB
Thanks - I have 2 GB of one type of memory available for that system and
2GB of another type. I tried with just 2 GB of one and dcpromo failed. I
tried with 2GB of another type but that also failed. While it is possible
it does not like any of the memory I' thinking that might not be it although
short of buying more memory I have no way of knowing. Just that my system
has never had an issue before and I often use 3 plus gigs of memory on this
system.

I also tried disabling the chimney unfortunately no luck.

At this point my gut tells me it does not like something about the processor
or more likely the motherboard although I have no basis for this, it is just
my feeling. I tried disabling lots and lots of things in device manager
that are not necessary to run the system but dcpromo still fails.

On Sunday, October 25, 2009 12:28 PM
Ace Fekay [MCT] wrote:

Looks like we are batting a 1000 here. We've pretty much covered everything.
Looks like we are batting a 1000 here. We've pretty much covered everything
Oh, I assume (and do not see why you would have disabled it), that the DHC
Client Service is running. A misnomer, it deals with registration an
resolution

Ace

On Sunday, October 25, 2009 1:07 PM
boe wrote:

Thanks - I tried turning off as many services as possible and that did nothelp
Thanks - I tried turning off as many services as possible and that did no
help (I only enabled the ones that DCPROMO complained about as I ran it)
I also tried leaving the default services running (the ones that run whe
install windows server 2008R2) and that as enabled by default.

On Sunday, October 25, 2009 3:23 PM
Ace Fekay [MCT] wrote:

Ok, but just keep in mind the DHCP CLient (not the server service) isrequired
Ok, but just keep in mind the DHCP CLient (not the server service) i
required on all machines, or registration and name lookups will be disabled
I have seen IT folks disable it thinking they did not need it because th
machine has a fixed IP, but like I said, it is a misnomer. I think thi
service should be called the DNS Dynamic Registration and Client Sid
Resolver Service

Ace

On Sunday, October 25, 2009 4:47 PM
boe wrote:

LOL - OK - I will try to remember it.
LOL - OK - I will try to remember it. Frankly I am a pretty vanilla kind o
guy. If the system works I do not change a lot of MS defaults for services
If something does not work properly I might set something for delayed bu
usually when I initially set up a system everything is the default and I a
pretty sure dhcp client is on by default.

On Sunday, October 25, 2009 10:33 PM
Ace Fekay [MCT] wrote:

Cool. Now back to the issue. I am at a loss at this point.
Cool. Now back to the issue. I am at a loss at this point. Have you trie
anything new

Ace

On Monday, October 26, 2009 8:37 AM
Paul Bergson [MVP-DS] wrote:

What does debug/dcpromo.log and debug/Netlogon.log have in it?
What does debug/dcpromo.log and debug/Netlogon.log have in it

When you disabled IPv6 did you disable toreno
http://blogs.dirteam.com/blogs/paulb...ndows-2008.asp

-
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MVP - Directory Service
MCTS, MCT, MCSE, MCSA, Security+, BS CSc
2008, 2003, 2000 (Early Achiever), NT
Microsoft's Thrive IT Pro of the Month - June 200

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On Monday, October 26, 2009 9:47 AM
boe wrote:

I am at a loss - short of hiring a Shaman I am about ready to admit defeat.
I am at a loss - short of hiring a Shaman I am about ready to admit defeat
I am pretty sure now it has to do with the processor or the motherboar
perhaps a built in USB port or some such thing - I will just have to ru
virtual 2008R2 on top of 2008R2 if I want to run dcpromo.

On Monday, October 26, 2009 3:25 PM
Ace Fekay [MCT] wrote:

I had to look up Shaman - in short, a healer! Witch doctor?
I had to look up Shaman - in short, a healer! Witch doctor? Reminds me o
Gilligan's Island. :-

I would just do that, run it in a VM for now. You can use the host as
file/print or whatever else server, but as for a DC, since it is jus
authenticating, etc, it would not hurt to keep it in a VM

Curious if you had another new server laying around (like everyone has on
in their closet!) to try it on and see if it works

Ace

On Monday, October 26, 2009 3:52 PM
boe wrote:

He's typically the medicine man for American Indians.
He's typically the medicine man for American Indians. Sometimes said t
have spiritual powers. - Sorry for the odd reference. Denver Airpor
hired one to fix their screwed up baggage handling system. They wer
pretty sure it was caused by bad juj

If I get overly ambitious I will set it up on my main PC this weekend - I a
willing to be it will work but I could be wrong.

On Monday, October 26, 2009 5:02 PM
Ace Fekay [MCT] wrote:

No problem about the reference.
No problem about the reference. I just did not know what it meant and had to
look it up. My reference to Gilligan's Island was in jest and hopefully not
taken any other way.

Then again, I can save you time and money and send you some magical pixie
dust to sprinkle over it.

And I am willing to bet your PC will work. :-

Ace

On Monday, October 26, 2009 6:08 PM
boe wrote:

Nothing wrong with referencing Giligan's Island - my friends and I stillquote
Nothing wrong with referencing Giligan's Island - my friends and I still
quote Thurston - "heavens, he must be a Yale man!"

On Tuesday, October 27, 2009 12:42 AM
Ace Fekay [MCT] wrote:

I remember that!
I remember that! LOL. Good ole' Thurston the Harvard man. :-) I used to
watch the reruns when I was a kid. I liked the one with the radioactive
fruit and vegetable crate showed up. Gilligan ate the spinach and was able
to pick up tree trunks! :-)

Anyway, back to the issue. So what are your plans? To install it into a
virtual machine?

Ace

On Tuesday, October 27, 2009 2:38 AM
boe wrote:

My plans are to hook up with MaryAnne.
My plans are to hook up with MaryAnne. After that, give the Skipper a box
of nails made of plastique and watch the fun.

Seriously though, I am just going to accept (for now) that there is a
hardware compatibility issue with my system and 2008 R2. I would imagine
any client I set this up for will have a poweredge made in the last 3 years
and I am sure they will make whatever bios updates necessary to resolve the
issue or MS will have a patch. I cannot imagine too many people are using
desktops as servers so the fault lies with myself, not in my stars.

I appreciate the tips and I think we have exhausted all possible solutions.
Since it was a test platform for me to review R2 and Exchange 2010 I have seen
what I need to. I am seeing some glitches between the two so I do not think
they are quite ready for prime time but I think it will be ready in a couple
of months. Unfortunately glitches aside, I will admit out of all the
features I was hoping for in Exchange 2010 - mailbox sizes in the EMC gui
was at the top of the list - very saddened they did not put it back in. And
I doubt it will be back even when SP2 comes out for 2010. There are a few
new features in 2010 I like but for some reason so many things were not
thought out it really boggles the brain. Like calendar and contacts
sharing in the EMC- they only put in half the equation - whose calendars are
shared - but they forgot to set viewable by whom as modifiable - it is all
or nothing - tragic. My needs for the OS are fewer - speed, security and
speed - did I mention speed? (sure I want DHCP, ADS, DNS, GP, etc - I am
pretty happy with R2 so not much to say). Exchange 2010 however they
create archives - great idea! But they keep the archives in the same
database as the user database - WTF!?! They add in message threading in
the OWA- GREAT! However they take away the option to view messages at the
bottom which I would say more that 80% of the clients I support prefer.

Why must MS always take away a feature for every couple of features they
add? They only alienate their own clients. it is like the ribbon in
Office 2007 - I have no problem with using the ribbon but nearly half my
clients do not want Office 2007 because they do not want to learn how to find
what they have been using for 15 years all over again. MS could have just
offered an option on install - classic or ribbon. MS sales are down not
because of the economy but because MS will not listen. The adds for Windows 7
make it sound like MS listens - I'd love to see MS execs post here/technet
saying we'd like the MVPs to send us their top 15 issues with the product
you field questions for. No confinement whatsoever - free form your answer
and we will actually have our engineers read the responses. I beta tested
Vista for MS - not one of the survey's I filled out ever let me freeform an
answer so I could not just say - it is SLOW, it eats up video memory, network
performance is wretched... Instead I filled out useful questions like from
1 to 5 - 1 being very good to 5 being perfect - how would you rate the start
menu. It was like they were asking survey questions that could only tell
them they were doing a great job.

On Tuesday, October 27, 2009 2:39 AM
boe wrote:

Once I actually run DCPROMO, I can never get my system to boot, even
Once I actually run DCPROMO, I can never get my system to boot, even with
save/recovery/disable sigs.

On Tuesday, October 27, 2009 8:09 AM
Paul Bergson [MVP-DS] wrote:

Are you able to go back and look at the logs I pointed to earlier or theEvent
Are you able to go back and look at the logs I pointed to earlier or the
Event logs? This should give you some type of clue.

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MVP - Directory Services
MCTS, MCT, MCSE, MCSA, Security+, BS CSci
2008, 2003, 2000 (Early Achiever), NT4
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On Tuesday, October 27, 2009 3:39 PM
Ace Fekay [MCT] wrote:

That was a good episode@ LOL!
That was a good episode@ LOL!


All of my customers are using Dell PEs, of course with my recommendations,
except for one, which already had two HPs in place. However, I do not have an
additional one at this time to test a 2008 R2 installation on one of them.


I think Exchange 2010 is ready, however I have not tested 2008 R2 yet.


Power Shell!! :-)


Power Shell, again! You can creat scripts to pull that data, but I know you
already know that. :-)


I can understand some of the give and take (compromises) that we will all be
going through.

Have you thought about posting some of these gripes/observations to the
Exchange newsgroups?


I like Office 2007, however I am not thrilled about Vista. I mean I teach the
Vista courses, etc, but that is my own personal opinion. I do however, like
Windows 7. I just setup a 7 box for a customer and using XP Mode. Pretty
cool.

Ace

On Wednesday, October 28, 2009 10:08 AM
boe wrote:

Yep - posted these request when I beta tested Exchange 2007.
Yep - posted these request when I beta tested Exchange 2007. And put the
new requests such as who gets access to whose calendars for 2010 in the
technet forums.

I have to be honest - I HATE powershell. I have a very bad memory so
clicking through a gui to see mailbox sizes in 2003 was wonderful. Now I
have to put the command for it in my knowledgebase and look it up every time
I want to look - which I do not do as often since I have to look up the
command just to do it I see no reason not to leave that function in the
GUI. I have seen a ton of posts on the same thing - unfortunately getting
MS's attention is difficult. I often cannot figure out the object of the
command I am supposed to enter - one of the reasons I like GUI so much - I
do not have to figure out what the identity or whatever the command needs is.
I suppose if all I did was administer servers I'd probably get more
comfortable with it but I have a few thousand workstations, several hundred
phones, billing, meetings etc. to deal with. If I had a better memory that
would help me a lot too I guess MS does not really think about it from
the point of view of multiple hat administrators but it seems like we are
the ones who post the most about how much we hate powershell. I realize
the new DOS commands are all powerful new features according to MS but I
consider them just MS's way of saying - hey it was too much work and we
did not get a chance to finish the GUI so you can just learn how to do what
you used to be able to do with a mouse click by typing tons of code - enjoy!

I do appreciate the time you took trying to help me with this issue.

Likewise on the PE - they are pretty much the only server I recommend. A
university I sometimes work for often buys the servers before I recommend
them so I have to deal with HPs as well but I prefer Dell's. Probably
partially because I hated Compaq servers and associate the two

On Wednesday, October 28, 2009 11:57 AM
Ace Fekay [MCT] wrote:

I have a script/command archive going that has been building up in thealmost
I have a script/command archive going that has been building up in the
almost past two years, that I have to look back everytime I need a command
with it is syntax. I also have a 'diagnostic logging' PS script, that allows
to set diag logging on a server. When run, a popup shows up that looks like
Exchange 2003's diagnotic logging tab in server properties. it is 257k. If
you like a copy, email me. Too large to post here.

Hang in there with the scripting. Unfortunately you will have to get used to
it! :-)

And I agree, I did not like Compaq either, and I seem to picture an
association with HP and Compaq now. Dells are easy to work on, and reliable.

Ace

On Wednesday, October 28, 2009 5:41 PM
boe wrote:

No, I am afraid I cannot.
No, I am afraid I cannot.

On Wednesday, December 09, 2009 3:13 AM
r_deckard wrote:

HiIt seems I have the same issue as boe.
Hi
It seems I have the same issue as boe.

I am running a Windows Server 2003 R2 x86 (as DC) at home for testing,
learning and using it as a fileserver for my media library.

I bought und built a new server with desktop components for replacing
the old server. After successfully migrating to the new server, I have
planned to use the old server as a offline backup server (only member
server, maybe with OpenSolaris and ZFS).

Hardware of the new server is the following:
- Biostar TA790GX A3+ Motherboard (AMD 790GX with integrated graphics)
- AMD Athlon II X4 620 Processor
- 2x2 GB DDR3 RAM
- 3ware 9650SE SATA-II RAID controller
- older Maxtor 160 GB IDE harddisk for system
- 7 WD 2 TB green SATA drives for RAID6 set

I have done the following steps:
- installing Windows Server 2008 R2 as a member server (joining to the
existing domain). All drivers were default (from the box), except for
the RAID-controller. Everything was fine and worked as expected.
- prepared the AD from my old server to 2008 (with adprep32)
- started dcpromo on the new server (DNS option included) yesterday
evening

Last part of dcpromo wizard stayed very long (more than 20 Min.), so I
went to bed. This morning, before going to work, I checked the progress.
It had finnished and looked good.
Restarted the server, but after a long time in boot phase, the recovery
mode appeared automatically.
Just shutdowned and powered of the server and tried it again. But the
same result. Server is not starting to the logon window.

So, it looks like the same issue as you guys are discussing here.

Unfortunately, it seems theres no solution yet. I will trying some
different setups in the next days, but do not have much hope.


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On Wednesday, December 09, 2009 11:29 AM
Ace Fekay [MCT] wrote:

I second Meinolf's suggestion. This thread is old with numerous posts.
I second Meinolf's suggestion. This thread is old with numerous posts. It is
to your benefit to start a new thread with what you posted above, as well as
offering ipconfig /all information, posting any Event log errors, and
running a "net start" to help us evaluate the issue.


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