I need help with settings so I can choose which drive to boot from. What
should I add or remove from boot.ini file below, and is there a separate
change needed elsewhere?
I have xp on both drives.
Thanks

[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP
Professional" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect

Try creating a boot disk. For the floppy to successfully boot Windows XP the
disk must contain the "NT" boot sector. Format a diskette (on a Windows XP
machine, not a DOS/Win9x, so the NT boot sector gets written to the floppy),
and copy Windows XP versions of ntldr, ntdetect.com, and boot.ini to it.
Edit the boot.ini to give it a correct ARC path for the machine you wish to
boot. Below is an example of boot.ini. The default is to start the operating
system located on the first partition of the primary or first drive
(drive0). Then drive0 partition 2 and so on.

[boot loader]
timeout=10
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\Windows
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\Windows="Windows XP 0,1"
/noexecute=optin /fastdetect
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\Windows="Windows XP 0,2"
/noexecute=optin /fastdetect
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\Windows="Windows XP 1,1"
/noexecute=optin /fastdetect
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(2)\Windows="Windows XP 1,2"
/noexecute=optin /fastdetect

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"Booty Magic" wrote:
>I need help with settings so I can choose which drive to boot from. What
> should I add or remove from boot.ini file below, and is there a separate
> change needed elsewhere?
> I have xp on both drives.
> Thanks
>
> [boot loader]
> timeout=30
> default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
> [operating systems]
> multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP
> Professional" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect

"Booty Magic" wrote:
>I need help with settings so I can choose which drive to boot from. What
> should I add or remove from boot.ini file below, and is there a separate
> change needed elsewhere?
> I have xp on both drives.
> Thanks
>
> [boot loader]
> timeout=30
> default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
> [operating systems]
> multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP
> Professional" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect

Assuming that the above boot.ini is contained in the "active"
primary partition of the HD that is at the head of the BIOS's
HD boot order -

which has the following default order for PATA HDs:
Master, IDE ch. 0,
Slave, IDE ch. 0,
Master, IDE ch 1,
Slave, IDE ch.1

- and that the partition is a primary partition (and marked "active" if
there are more than one partition on the HD), and that the OSes both
reside in folders named "WINDOWS" on partition 1 of their respective
HDs, the following form of boot.ini will work:

[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="WinXP Pro HD 0" /noexecute=optin
/fastdetect
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINDOWS="WinXP Pro HD 1" /noexecute=optin
/fastdetect

Note that in the usual "vanilla" case, there is only one primary partition on
the HD,
and thus it "active" by default, and that the BIOS's HD boot order has not be
reset from its default setting, and that the boot files (i.e. boot.ini, ntldr,
and
ntdetect.com) are in the same partition as the OS., and that one of these
conditions
are necessary.

*TimDaniels*

"Timothy Daniels" typo'd:
> Note that in the usual "vanilla" case, there is only one primary partition
> on the HD, and thus it "active" by default, and that the BIOS's HD
> boot order has not be reset from its default setting, and that the boot
> files (i.e. boot.ini, ntldr, and ntdetect.com) are in the same partition
> as the OS., and that one of these conditions are necessary.

The last clause should read: "and that NONE of these conditions
are necessary."

*TimDaniels*

Here's boot.ini in IDE- connector lingo which I understand. There r 16
possable combos. 1 way to get right 1 is to boot and work ur way down
list. Invalid 1's dont work->Ctl+Alt+Del & try another.

[boot loader]
timeout=365
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]

rem BOOTING UniversalBoot.ini - PRIMARY IDE

multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="PRIMARY IDE - CONNECTOR @
END - PARTITION 1 " /fastdetect /bootlog
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="PRIMARY IDE - CONNECTOR @
END - PARTITION 2 " /fastdetect /bootlog
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(3)\WINDOWS="PRIMARY IDE - CONNECTOR @
END - PARTITION 3 " /fastdetect /bootlog
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(4)\WINDOWS="PRIMARY IDE - CONNECTOR @
END - PARTITION 4 " /fastdetect /bootlog

multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINDOWS="PRIMARY IDE - CONNECTOR @
MIDDLE - PARTITION 1 " /fastdetect /bootlog
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(2)\WINDOWS="PRIMARY IDE - CONNECTOR @
MIDDLE - PARTITION 2 " /fastdetect /bootlog
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(3)\WINDOWS="PRIMARY IDE - CONNECTOR @
MIDDLE - PARTITION 3 " /fastdetect /bootlog
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(4)\WINDOWS="PRIMARY IDE - CONNECTOR @
MIDDLE - PARTITION 4 " /fastdetect /bootlog

rem **** YOU CAN ONLY CHOOSE FROM 1st 8 SO REARRANGE IF NEED BE
****

rem SECONDARY IDE

multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(2)partition(1)\WINDOWS="SECONDARY IDE - CONNECTOR
@ END - PARTITION 1 " /fastdetect /bootlog
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(2)partition(2)\WINDOWS="SECONDARY IDE - CONNECTOR
@ END - PARTITION 2 " /fastdetect /bootlog
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(2)partition(3)\WINDOWS="SECONDARY IDE - CONNECTOR
@ END - PARTITION 3 " /fastdetect /bootlog
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(2)partition(4)\WINDOWS="SECONDARY IDE - CONNECTOR
@ END - PARTITION 4 " /fastdetect /bootlog

multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(3)partition(1)\WINDOWS="SECONDARY IDE - CONNECTOR
@ MIDDLE - PARTITION 1 " /fastdetect /bootlog
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(3)partition(2)\WINDOWS="SECONDARY IDE - CONNECTOR
@ MIDDLE - PARTITION 2 " /fastdetect /bootlog
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(3)partition(3)\WINDOWS="SECONDARY IDE - CONNECTOR
@ MIDDLE - PARTITION 3 " /fastdetect /bootlog
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(3)partition(4)\WINDOWS="SECONDARY IDE - CONNECTOR
@ MIDDLE - PARTITION 4 " /fastdetect /bootlog

HTH-Larry

On Fri, 30 Mar 2007 07:38:03 -0700, Booty Magic
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>I need help with settings so I can choose which drive to boot from. What
>should I add or remove from boot.ini file below, and is there a separate
>change needed elsewhere?
>I have xp on both drives.
>Thanks
>
>[boot loader]
>timeout=30
>default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
>[operating systems]
>multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP
>Professional" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect

Any advice is my attempt to contribute more than I have received but I can only assure you that it works on my PC. GOOD LUCK.