[Techtalk] RE: MBR & XP

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Thanks Jacqueline.

No, event I ticked the view hidden file/dir (in
another pc), I still can't see the boot.ini in my XP
boot CD.
 
And I tried to use 'dir' in Recovery Console. Can't
see it too.

I also tried

c:\>bootcfg /list

but I got the message saying "there are currently no
boot entries available to display".

When I did 

c:\>dir

I saw some unreadable charaters, except the ones I
copied into (ntldr and ntdetect.com). Is this the
reason caused the problem?

Thanks very much

MQA

--- Jacqueline <koekjes_trommel at hotmail.com> wrote:
> 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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