[Techtalk] RE: MBR & XP

[Jacqueline]

Hi MQA,
the boot.ini is a hidden, read only protected system file in the root of
your primary active partition (normally c:\). You'll need to modify your
folder options to get to see those (in Windows Explorer -> Tools -> Folder
Options -> View ).

It is something like this:
[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP
Professional" /fastdetect

And the "rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS" means: XP boots from the first
partition on the first harddisk (in Linux it would be 'hda')

If you need any more help please let me know!

Regards, Jacqueline



----- Original Message -----
From: "- -" <mqa2d at yahoo.com>
To: <techtalk at linuxchix.org>
Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2003 12:50 AM
Subject: Re: [Techtalk] RE: MBR & XP


> Thanks Jacqueline.
>
> I can't find the 'boot.ini' from my XP boot CD. Could you tell me the
path? (I copied ntldr from /i386)
>
> Thanks very much.
>
> MQA
>
>
> Jacqueline <koekjes_trommel at hotmail.com> wrote:
> Hi there,
> there is a file in XP that's called "boot.ini". It should contain the path
> to ntldr and it is read by the system during startup. Maybe you could post
> the contents of your boot.ini? I could make soms suggestions.
>
> Best regards,
> Jacqueline
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "- -"
> To:
> Sent: Monday, August 11, 2003 1:48 PM
> Subject: Re: [Techtalk] RE: MBR & XP
>
>
> > Thanks Hans.
> >
> > I did overwrite the boot sector by using
> >
> > fixboot
> > fixmbr
> >
> > in the XP Revovery Console, and reinstall the GRUB to
> > MBR by reinstalling the whole RH9. I can boot into RH.
> > However, if I select to boot XP, I got the message:
> >
> > NTLDR is missing.
> >
> > I copied the NTLDR and NTDETECT on the c:\ from the XP
> > boot CD, still got the same message saying 'NTLDR is
> > missing'.
> >
> > When I install the Linux, I saw the file system in XP
> > partition was 'vfat'. In pamagic it shows 'fat'. - it
> > was 'ntfs'.
> >
> > Any one has any idea about this?
> >
> > Thanks very much
> >
> > MQA
> >
> > > > > Booting "WinXP"
> > > > >
> > > > > rootnoverify (hd0,0)
> > > > > chainloader +1
> > > > >
> > > > > GRUB loading stage2...
> > > >
> > > > Boot from your XP rescue disks and rewrite the
> > > boot sector from there.
> > > > I'm not sure but I believe it's also possible to
> > > boot from the XP
> > > > install CD and do a rescue from there. Sadly I
> > > can't confirm it for you.
> > >
> > > ...oh, and after that you'll have to reinstall GRUB
> > > to the MBR of your
> > > first disk since the XP rescue process most likely
> > > will overwrite both
> > > the boot sector of the XP partition and the MBR.
> > >
> > > Hans
> > >
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