Windows 2003 server stuck in loading mode after upgrading from Win

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TD - 18 May 2007 04:47 GMT

I need help people. I am in the process of upgrading a DELL PowerEdge 6850
from Windows 2000 to Windows 2003. I am doing an in-place upgrade. All te
drivers and stuff has been loaded, but for some reason the server is stuck in
a loading state. All I see is the Windows 2003 initial Logo and the scrol bar
at the bottom, Windows never completely loads. I have tried booting into safe
mode & last known good configuration, but I still get the same results.
Has anyone seen this before? Any ideas on how to fix this without doing a
re-instal? Any pointers will be appreciated.

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Matthew Millers - 18 May 2007 18:42 GMT

You may want to boot into the recovery console, then add the following to
the boot.ini file...
/sos /basevideo /bootlog

/sos - show what drivers are loading
/basevideo - force 640x480 - 16col
/bootlog - log boot info

You will see what drivers load, maybe the last one is causing a problem.
You can then reboot into the recovery console and check the
systemroot\Ntbtlog.txt file for further info.

Hope this helps.

>I need help people. I am in the process of upgrading a DELL PowerEdge 6850
> from Windows 2000 to Windows 2003. I am doing an in-place upgrade. All te
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> Has anyone seen this before? Any ideas on how to fix this without doing a
> re-instal? Any pointers will be appreciated.

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TD - 18 May 2007 18:52 GMT

Thanks. I will try that. But just to make sure, I need add these 4 lines to
the boot.ini file?

/sos /basevideo /bootlog

/sos - show what drivers are loading
/basevideo - force 640x480 - 16col
/bootlog - log boot info

And do I need leave a blank line between the 1st 2 lines?
Thanks again.

> You may want to boot into the recovery console, then add the following to
> the boot.ini file...
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> > Has anyone seen this before? Any ideas on how to fix this without doing a
> > re-instal? Any pointers will be appreciated.

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Matthew Millers - 18 May 2007 19:02 GMT

Hi,

No sorry just the following immediately after your default boot entry...

/sos /basevideo /bootlog

Thanks
Matthew

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TD - 24 May 2007 22:42 GMT

I had to temporarily shelve this issue because of other more pressing issues.
I decided to try booting into safe mode again before I tried your suggestion.
I noticed that while booting in safe mode the server kinda hung on \App
Patch\drvmain.sdb.
I wonder if this is my issue. What is it used for? How can I fixed it?

> Hi,
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