re: ''Bootmulti'' question about 'Contents of the MSDOS.SYS File' Tuesday, February 11, 2003 at 3:42 pm Windows 98 Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by FishMonger (246 messages posted) In addition to installing the boot.ini file, W2K modifies the boot sector so that it will point to its boot loader, which is NTLDR. To go back to the Win98 boot loader, boot to the command prompt with a Win98 boot floppy and enter the command fdisk /MBR. It might also be a good idea to reload the Win98 command interpreter with sys c: On Tuesday, February 11, 2003 at 2:41 pm, John P. Kornhiser wrote: >After seeing your response, I wondered if Windows2000 had installed anything additional >concerning the boot sequence and began to research this possibility. I believe now >that the issue is with "boot.ini" which currently looks as follows: > >[boot loader] >timeout=30 >default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINNT >[operating systems] >multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINNT="Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server" >/fastdetect >multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(2)\WINNT="Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server" >/fastdetect >C:\="Microsoft Windows" > > I believe that the two "multi" entries under [operating systems] are the two >copies (I know, two...I goofed) of 2000 Server that I installed. I'm assuming that >removing these entries will resolve the issue? Or does "boot.ini" need to go altogether? > > Written in response to: re: ''Bootmulti'' question about 'Contents of the MSDOS.SYS File' (John P. Kornhiser: Tuesday, February 11, 2003 at 2:41 pm) Responses to this message: re: ''Bootmulti'' question about 'Contents of the MSDOS.SYS File' (John P. Kornhiser: Tuesday, February 11, 2003 at 4:39 pm) All messages in this thread [show all] ''Bootmulti'' question about 'Contents of the MSDOS.SYS File' (John P. Kornhiser: Tue, Feb 11, 2003, 12:49 pm) re: ''Bootmulti'' question about 'Contents of the MSDOS.SYS File' (Oh_dear: Tue, Feb 11, 2003, 2:17 pm) re: ''Bootmulti'' question about 'Contents of the MSDOS.SYS File' (John P. Kornhiser: Tue, Feb 11, 2003, 2:31 pm) re: ''Bootmulti'' question about 'Contents of the MSDOS.SYS File' (John P. Kornhiser: Tue, Feb 11, 2003, 2:41 pm) re: ''Bootmulti'' question about 'Contents of the MSDOS.SYS File' (FishMonger: Tue, Feb 11, 2003, 3:42 pm) re: ''Bootmulti'' question about 'Contents of the MSDOS.SYS File' (John P. Kornhiser: Tue, Feb 11, 2003, 4:39 pm) Reply or follow-up to this message Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows 98 Discussion Forum