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Conference decwet::windows-nt

Title:	Windows NT
Notice:	See note 15.0 for HCL location
Moderator:	TARKIN::LIN.com::FOLEY

Created:	Thu Oct 31 1991
Last Modified:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	6086
Total number of notes:	31449

5697.0. "FAT-NTFS Conversion on Alpha?" by QCAV02::VARUN () Thu Feb 13 1997 23:41

    Hi,
    We are having the following config in our lab:
    
    AlphaStation 250;
    ARC Firmware 4.49
    Windows NT 4.0
    FAT Partition.
    
    When we try and use the convert command to convert the D: to NTFS,
    there pops up an error message which reads:
    "The specified Drive is the System Partition on an ARC-compliant
    system;its file system cannot be converted."
    
    We tried to reinstall on a raw partition as well,but with the
    same result,even though we "converted" to NTFS during the installation.
    
    The C: partition is a 10MB FAT.
    
    Any help will be welcome.
    
    Thanks,
    
    Varun

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
5697.1		DECWET::LEESC		`Fri Feb 14 1997 09:06`	14
	Did you use arcinst to create the partition on the machine? If so, there is a bug in arcinst. Any partitions created by arcinst will be marked as a system partition. To fix this problem, do the following in the firmware: 1. At the boot menu, select Supplementary menu. 2. Select the setup menu. 3. Select Edit system environment variable. 4. Type systempartition. 5. Delete the entry that is not the system partition. In your case, it is the entry that has partition(2) at the end. Scott
5697.2	unbroken arcinst	BBPBV1::WALLACE	john wallace @ bbp. +44 860 675093	`Sat Feb 15 1997 09:24`	2
	A fixed arcinst is available on Digital's web pages (I forget where). It fits nicely on an ECU floppy :-)
5697.3	It worked !	QCAV02::VARUN		`Mon Feb 17 1997 19:23`	5
	Hi, The editing worked! Thanks a million !!! Regards, Varun
5697.4	What about Version 5.12??	QCAV02::VARUN		`Tue Feb 18 1997 04:42`	10
	Hi Again, We are having trouble again...this time with ARC Version 5.12... Where do we edit the environment variables in this version? Kind of urgent! Regards, Varun
5697.5	AS255/300(in Q.4)	QCAV02::VARUN		`Tue Feb 18 1997 04:46`	7
	Sorry I forgot this: The machine is an AlphaStation 255/300; Windows NT4.0 (and the ARC Version is 5.12) regards, Varun
5697.6		DECWET::LEESC		`Tue Feb 18 1997 10:32`	15
	There isn't a supported way to modified environment variables under AlphaBIOS as you should not need to do this. When you use Hard Disk setup within AlphaBIOS to create partitions on the drives, it will not marked them as system partitions unless you do an express format and no system partitions are defined or you explicitly mark a partition. In the case of express format, it will marked the smaller partition as the system partition. For a recovery, read note 5127.17. Scott