rescue recovery on T20

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rescue recovery on T20

#1 Post by epigram » Thu Dec 23, 2004 8:06 am

anyone have anyluck installing rescue recovery on T20?

it hangs when the DOS window pops up and says "cannot install SMI" or something when trying to create the PARTIES area.

also, how do i restore the old boot sector? thanks
T20 2647-41A (RIP) - T41 2373-7KA

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#2 Post by Zeitgeist » Thu Dec 23, 2004 8:25 am

In principle IBM does not support R&R on a T20.

However, did you install the latest bios?

Did you install the update

http://www-306.ibm.com/pc/support/site. ... MIGR-57946 before installing R&R?

More informations:

http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.ws ... IGR-4Q2QAK
Regards, Zeitgeist

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#3 Post by epigram » Thu Dec 23, 2004 9:35 pm

Zeitgeist wrote:In principle IBM does not support R&R on a T20.

However, did you install the latest bios?

Did you install the update

http://www-306.ibm.com/pc/support/site. ... MIGR-57946 before installing R&R?

More informations:

http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.ws ... IGR-4Q2QAK
i have the latest bios for the t20. the patch is not applicable because it's for machines with the Execute Disable flag which the P3 does not support

Thanks for the thoughts
T20 2647-41A (RIP) - T41 2373-7KA

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