Re: Multiple Versions at Boot

From: R. C. White (rc_at_corridor.net)
Date: 02/16/05 

Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2005 20:46:52 -0600

Hi, Ron.

Yes, I see what you mean. I'll try to get the attention of the MSFT folks
who maintain the KB. Not only is this specific line wrong, but there are a
few other parts of the article that need to be cleaned up. Like, for
instance, MY control panel does not have a "Performance and Maintenance"
tool; does yours? And the article implies that it is a simple matter to add
Win2K to an existing WinXP installation; in my experience, it's not simple
at all, because when Win2K Setup spots WinXP's version of NTLDR and
NTDETECT.COM, it refuses to install Win2K. (But I haven't tried to
reinstall Win2K in years, so maybe my memory about this is not correct.)

Of course, you (and any other user) can also comment by using the feedback
section at the bottom of the article.

If I get a response to my request for a change in KB 289022, I'll try to
remember to come back here and update this thread.

In the meantime, any reader who refers to KB article 289022 should note the
error. The "disk(1)" in this line in the "after" version of the sample
boot.ini file is wrong:
multi(0)disk(1)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Windows XP Professional"
/fastdetect

It should say:
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Windows XP Professional"
/fastdetect

The computer probably would not boot until the error is corrected. :>(

Thanks for pointing that out, Ron.

RC 

-- 
R. C. White, CPA
San Marcos, TX
rc@corridor.net
Microsoft Windows MVP
"Ron Sommer" <rsommer@nospam.ktis.net> wrote in message 
news:%23HcOa61EFHA.3244@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
> RC,
> This Knowledge Base article has a similar error to the one Sam had.
> http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q289/0/22.asp
> The disk value changed from 0 to 1 for the original system and the default 
> system doesn't match any of the operating systems because of the disk 
> value change.
> Do you know how to contact Microsoft to get the article fixed?
> -- 
> Ron Sommer
>
> "R. C. White" <rc@corridor.net> wrote in message 
> news:%23ciVfvxEFHA.1084@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
>> Hi, Sam.
>>
>> Yes, as Ron Sommer said, and as the computer gods have decreed (Who knows 
>> why?), counting of your hard drives begins with zero.  But counting the 
>> partitions starts with one on each hard drive.  (Some other time we'll 
>> discuss rdisk() and why partitions() includes logical drives in the 
>> extended partition.)
>>
>> In boot.ini, the bottom portion, under [operating systems], should list 
>> all the Microsoft operating systems that you have installed, with one 
>> line each. You can have only a single MS-DOS or Win9x/ME installation 
>> (referred to with the C:\="Microsoft Windows 98" kind of line), plus one 
>> or more instances of WinNT4, Win2K, WinXP and perhaps others (Windows 
>> 2003 Server, Longhorn, etc.), mix and match.  The Default line in the top 
>> portion, under [Boot Loader], should echo one of those operating system 
>> lines.  My first reply correctly showed rdisk(0), but your next post 
>> showed rdisk(1) - which didn't work.
>>
>> If you'd like to understand more about the Boot.ini file, you might like 
>> to read this part of the online version of the Windows XP Professional 
>> Resource Kit:
>> Reviewing and Correcting Boot.ini Settings on x86-based Systems
>> http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/Windows/XP/all/reskit/en-us/Default.asp?url=/resources/documentation/Windows/XP/all/reskit/en-us/prmc_str_masc.asp
>>
>> Sometimes these URLS don't land on exactly the page I have in mind.  If 
>> you get lost, it's in Chapter 28 of the RK.
>>
>> RC
>> -- 
>> R. C. White, CPA
>> San Marcos, TX
>> rc@corridor.net
>> Microsoft Windows MVP
>>
>

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