Re: Multiple Versions at Boot
From: David Candy (.)
Date: 02/16/05
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Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2005 15:18:43 +1100
Well do it.
-- ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.microscum.com/mscommunity/ "Ron Sommer" <rsommer@nospam.ktis.net> wrote in message news:Ootlw49EFHA.3064@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl... > Mine says Switch to Category View. > -- > Ron Sommer > > "David Candy" <.> wrote in message > news:edokTe9EFHA.1260@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl... > If you set your control panel to factory standard then you will have a > Performance and Maintenance category. > > -- > ---------------------------------------------------------- > http://www.microscum.com/mscommunity/ > "R. C. White" <rc@corridor.net> wrote in message > news:u0ek6H9EFHA.624@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl... >> 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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