Re: Boot.ini question

Timothy Daniels wrote:

Thinking about it (again :), it probably can't be the boot order. Aren't
there BIOS/controllers that don't boot from all disks connected to
them, yet these disks may still have rdisk numbers and allow starting
Windows on them?

What's your point?

Simple logic.

(All I see is a non-sequitur question.)

Can you point out exactly what is "non-sequitur" here?

As for the meaning of "rdisk()", you're falling into Rod Speed's habit of
relying on specifications and ignoring the Ding am Sich.

If you can't cite correctly, look it up or leave it... :) "Ding am Sich"
is just sick.

What is more significant - the way things REALLY are or the way some
obsure spec says they SHOULD be?

You seem to have a pretty clear vision of how things /should/ be on other
machines, derived from how they may be on yours -- and not care much about
how they /really/ are...

Citing your first post regarding this matter in this thread: "You can also
think of "rdisk()" as meaning the "relative disk position", that is,
relative to the head of the BIOS's hard drive boot order."

If I did as you say, how would I get the rdisk number for drives the BIOS
can't boot from? I suppose they don't appear in the BIOS's hard drive boot
order.

Gerhard
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