Re: Boot.ini question


"Rod Speed" fumed:
I CLEARLY SAID THAT THE DRIVE AT THE TOP OF THE
BOOT ORDER SHOULD NOT BE CHANGED AND THAT
ONLY THE DRIVES BELOW THAT SHOULD BE SWAPPED.


And that is exactly what I did. Breathe deeply, count to 10,
and read the description of the experiment again. You'll see
that for each of the 3 HDs, I used the same boot.ini file to boot
each of the 3 HDs. Then I rearranged the HDs below the head
of the hard drive boot order and re-did the procedure. Then,
in changing the head of the hard drive boot order to do the whole
process over again, your proposed scenario was implemented.
IOW, your proposed experiment was a subset of what I did, but
you don't recognize that what I did was just your own proposed
configuration and procedure done on a larger scale. IOW, your
own proposed experiment proved you to be wrong.

*TimDaniels*
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