Re: OT: Windows 2000 Patch problem

[Dov Isaacs <isaacs@xxxxxxxxx>]

Don,

Thanks for the head's up on that one. The good news is that it doesn't
appear to be a global problem. I have both my temp and spool directories
on a separate partition (G:) and had no problems on one of the systems
that I upgraded. The other system is similarly configured but has problems
very much unlike the "ntoskrnl.exe" missing problem you encountered.
I think the real issue is that no matter where you put temp or spool
directories, all flavours of Windows 2000 and XP expect that the boot
partition will have plenty of expansion space for all sorts of purposes,
including storage of "uninstall" files, backups to service packs, profiles,
etc.

        - Dov


At 8/29/2002 01:32 PM, Don.Laux@SolimarSystems.com wrote:
>Ann, Dov, et al,
>
>This may have nothing to do with Ann's problem, but it may serve as an
>important caveat for those who install Win2K SP3 nonetheless.
>
>If you have changed your temp directories from C:\ to another partition on
>your hard drive, Win2K SP3 may give you problems.
>
>Our print server product can create large temp files, and the C:\
>partition can be relatively small, causing disk space errors. So one of
>the tech support people here had moved their temp directories to another
>partition a while back, then later applied SP3, and received an
>"ntoskrnl.exe missing or corrupted" error message upon rebooting. The
>operating system needed to be reinstalled. It turns out that the fact that
>the temp directories were not on C:\ when the service pack was applied
>caused the error.
>
>Watch out for the same problem if you apply the service pack to a dual
>boot system with Win2K on the D:\ partition).
>
>I hope this info saves someone a bunch of pain...
>
>Regards,
>-Don


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