Re: Boot.ini question

Timothy Daniels <TDaniels@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote
> Rod Speed wrote
>> Antoine Leca wrote

>>> Rod, some BIOSes allow to freely change the numbers
>>> among IDE devices, while others (most) do not.

>> But NOT when you JUST change the boot order sequence.

>> Thats what he claims and he's just plain wrong on that.

> The meaning of "rdisk(0)" is "the hard drive having an MBR and nearest
> the head of the BIOS's hard drive boot order".

Wrong, it has absolutely NOTHING to do
with the bios's hard drive boot order at all.

And I told you how to prove that it has absolutely NOTHING
to do with the bios's hard drive boot order at all.

> So when one changes the hard drive (having an MBR) that is at the head of
> the hard drive boot order, one
> changes the hard drive designated by "rdisk(0)".

You can keep respouting that drivel till the cows
come home, it changes absolutely nothing at all.

> This may easily be checked by anyone familiar with boot.ini and the boot
> process.

I told you how to prove that it has absolutely NOTHING
to do with the bios's hard drive boot order at all.


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