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BTW, this requirement is not so strict. You can use files of any size. Not aligned tail it won't be used.valery (staff) wrote:An image file must be 512 bytes aligned in size. Total size of a file-mapped drive equals to the size of its underlying file.
Chris,ChrisKinsman wrote:Wow that is non-intuitive. I struggled for a good 1/2 hour not being able to figure out why it wouldn't mount the image files. Those docs leave a lot of information to the imagination...
Just some samples on how to set up each of the types would be useful.
Hi Edwinder,Edwinder wrote:Hi,
I'm not sure if we're having the same problem here. I've created an image file using mksparse.exe. Seems that I still am unable to mount this.
Any info would be appreciated.
Thanks.
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add ImageFile0 -file:"your image file path"
To apply any changes to the StarWind.conf without system rebooting you need to restart your StarWind service.Edwinder wrote:The image file now works after a reboot. Initially it does not work with both Microsoft's Initiator and the StarPort Initiator. I can't tell why though.
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net stop StarWindService
net start StarWindService
This is really strange. I changed my configuration as you did and tried to restart the service both from console and Services MMC snap-in. In both cases everything worked greatly.Edwinder wrote:I was using the Windows Service Manager GUI. Did not work until I rebooted. In any case, will keep a lookout if I do get to test it on another machine.