Re: Boot Disk (Floppy)

From: Ron Sommer (rsommer_at_nospam.ktis.net)
Date: 02/18/04 

Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2004 06:49:19 -0600

What are the file attributes of boot.ini?
Hidden? System? 

-- 
Ron Sommer
"Tom" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:121ae01c3f5a9$2f1c5550$a601280a@phx.gbl...
> John,
>
> Oh well, "thanks," for the reply  guess I will reformat
> the disk and use it for something else. <g> Again, thanks
> for your time. It is really disturbing when you follow
> instructions to a "T" and they still don't work. At least
> I am not alone with this problem. I was reading on
> another forum where a person is getting this same error
> but while trying to boot from the harddrive? Seems for
> that problem, maybe just re-writing the boot.ini would do
> the trick?
>
> Tom
>
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Well there is nothing wrong with the boot ini file that
> you copied. However,
> >this is actually a strange phenomenon with this boot
> disk. I have been
> >recommending this boot disk for ages, in fact details of
> the boot disk are
> >available on my website. Unfortunately about 50% of the
> people I advise to
> >create a boot disk say they get this error message and,
> so far, I have been
> >unable to understand why. Every single time I create the
> boot disk it works
> >first time - that's even on a dual boot system.
> >
> >-- 
> >John Barnett - MVP
> >Associate Expert
> >www.freelanceit.glowinternet.net
> >"Tom" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
> message
> >news:118d601c3f560$70971180$a001280a@phx.gbl...
> >>
> >>>-----Original Message-----
> >>>http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-
> >>>us;305595
> >>>
> >>>After following the above instructions for making a
> boot
> >>>disk, XP Pro, I get the following error when using the
> >>>disk. INVALID BOOT.INI. When I received the message the
> >>>first time I retraced my foot prints and made another,
> >>>with the end results being the same. What gives?
> >> Thanking
> >>>all in advance.
> >>>
> >>>Tom
> >>
> >>
> >> Ron,
> >>
> >> [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" /fastdetect
> >>
> >> I didn't make a new ini, copied the one from the
> computer
> >> I made the boot disk for.
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >>
> >> Tom
> >>
> >>
> >>>.
> >>>
> >
> >
> >.
> >

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