editing boot.ini

[Paul Howarth]

THUFIR HAWAT (thufir) wrote:
>>Maxim Eremeev wrote:
>>[..]
>>Go there and
>>find where the file boot.ini is located. Copy the bootsect.lnx to the
>>same location. Normally it's just C:\, but as you have Win98 it could be
>>E:\, D:\ or whatever where your W2K resides. Add the following line to
>>boot.ini:
>>%path to bootsect.lnx%="Fedora" (it could be D:\bootsect.lnx="Fedora"
>>for example)
>>4. Restart and choose Fedora from the boot menu - see whether it does
>>the trick.
>>[..]
>>
>>I'm scaredy cat, uh, i mean conservative, with regards to grub et al.  win2k is on C:\,E:\ is fat32 share, F:\ is linux FC3
>>
>>
>>would this be a good boot.ini to re-establish dual booting?
>>
>>[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="Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional" /fastdetect
>>
>>
>>F:\bootsect.lnx="Fedora"

If you're not comfortable setting this up yourself, try using a tool 
designed for the job. "Bootpart" runs from Windows and will create a 
bootsect.lnx file for you and make the necessary change to boot.ini for you.

http://www.winimage.com/bootpart.htm

Paul.