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To: Clarence Dodge who wrote (6290)2/15/1999 10:08:00 AM
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[boot loader]
timeout=0
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINNT0


NO you can't just change WINNT to WINNT0. That rdisk(1)
means the second hard drive (IDE2).

That's the entire boot.ini file? Whole thing? You're sure<g>?
I'm not the suspicious type, but I suspect you've left
something out.

However, if not ... you DID back up the boot.ini file, right?

Well, no matter. What you are seeing is (part of) a boot.ini
file that an NT install on the primary slave (IDE2) in the Winnt0
directory would make for itself. Don't ask me where it came
from or where the rest of it went.

You didn't tell me about your partitions on the slave, but
I'll take a guess that the first active primary partition
is the FAT16 partition with Win98 and an NT install in
Winnt0 directory. Is that correct? This is an important
question, though I infer from the boot.ini entry you
posted that it is so.

Further, I infer that the NT install on the primary master
(IDE1) is in the Winnt directory.

IF all this is true, then the following
boot.ini file will give you a choice of NT on IDE1 in
Winnt or NT on IDE2 in Winnt0, with a default to Winnt on
IDE1:


[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT="NT Workstation 4.0" 
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT="NT Workstation 4.0 [VGA mode]" /basevideo /sos


You can omit the last line if it makes you nervous. It will
give you a choice of booting with the VGA driver.

Note that these entries are the same as yours except
Winnt0 is changed to Winnt AND rdisk(1) is changed to rdisk(0).

This post is too long, so I will post separately what these
entries mean in just a moment.
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