boot.ini

[Fritz]

Is there any reason why you can't edit boot.ini directly? I see all these
complicated methods being advised. Why not just open it in notepad, make
whatever changes you want, and save it?
Also, I added Windows 98SE on a separate hard drive to a computer with
WindowsXP Pro in a dual boot. Looking at the boot.ini file I find
[Boot Loader]
timeout=30
Default=C:\
[Operating Systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP
Professional" /fastdetect
C:\="Microsoft Windows 98"

However, my Windows 98 is on the second partition of the second disk, in a
volume called F in Windows XP and E in Windows 98, because D in on my first
hard drive is an NTSF volume which Windows 98 cannot see. Anyway, it is not
in C. But it works fine anyway. Why does it say C and why does it work
anyway? Also, I am not clear on why some entries are given as
multi(0).....etc., while others are given as C:\=....etc. Would it work if
I changed the last line to read
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows 98 SE"
/fastdetect?
Thanks. Steve S.

 

[Guest]

Here is a good tutorial from Microsoft.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/289022/

As far as I know It says "C" because it doesnt see NTFS volume so it acts
like you dont have it. I dont think it will work after you change it. I
recommend to not edit boot.ini file unless you have any problems.

 

[Dave Patrick]

1.) Yes, you can edit with notepad.exe no problem.

2.) That's the location of bootsect.dos. When you dualboot Win9x and Windows
XP; Windows XP creates a file named bootsect.dos; if you select an operating
system other than Windows XP, NTLDR loads bootsect.dos and passes control to
it. The operating system then starts up as normal, because bootsect.dos
contains the boot sector that was on the primary active partition before you
installed Windows XP



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Regards,

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| Is there any reason why you can't edit boot.ini directly? I see all these
| complicated methods being advised. Why not just open it in notepad, make
| whatever changes you want, and save it?
| Also, I added Windows 98SE on a separate hard drive to a computer with
| WindowsXP Pro in a dual boot. Looking at the boot.ini file I find
| [Boot Loader]
| timeout=30
| Default=C:\
| [Operating Systems]
| multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP
| Professional" /fastdetect
| C:\="Microsoft Windows 98"
|
| However, my Windows 98 is on the second partition of the second disk, in a
| volume called F in Windows XP and E in Windows 98, because D in on my
first
| hard drive is an NTSF volume which Windows 98 cannot see. Anyway, it is
not
| in C. But it works fine anyway. Why does it say C and why does it work
| anyway? Also, I am not clear on why some entries are given as
| multi(0).....etc., while others are given as C:\=....etc. Would it work
if
| I changed the last line to read
| multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows 98 SE"
| /fastdetect?
| Thanks. Steve S.
|
|