Re: Multiple Versions at Boot

From: Ron Sommer (rsommer_at_nospam.ktis.net)
Date: 02/16/05 

Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2005 22:15:32 -0600

Mine says Switch to Category View. 

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"David Candy" <.> wrote in message 
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If you set your control panel to factory standard then you will have a 
Performance and Maintenance category.
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"R. C. White" <rc@corridor.net> wrote in message 
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> 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
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> 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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