Re: How Partition Numbers are Assigned in BOOT.INI

You have two boot.ini files.
It is booting the active partition and the partition number in partition (1)
is correct in the partition (1) boot.ini.
Are you saying that both boot.ini files have (1)?
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Ron Sommer

"Larry(LJL269)" <NO@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Greetings Ron & thank you for your response.

I've been booting with (1) not (2) for 2 yrs now. My
conjecture is u can put any number in there & it will boot
the only active primary in dual boot XP like mine. I may
experiment.

So the fact it boots the correct partition in spite of an
incorrect boot.ini makes me wonder what its purpose is.

Comments/suggestions/corrections appreciated.
Thanks- bye- Larry


On Sun, 7 May 2006 12:41:06 -0500, "Ron Sommer"
<rsommer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

The boot.ini on the second primary partition has to be:

[boot loader]
timeout=5
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="XPmin @ Part1
" /fastdetect /bootlog /NoExecute=OptOut


Any advise given is my attempt to show appreciation for all
the excellent help I've received here but I'm no MVP so it
may only apply NUGS (Normally, Usually, Generally, Sometimes :)


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