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    From vjp2.at@at.BioStrategist.dot.dot.co@21:1/5 to All on Tue Jun 6 13:00:14 2023
    What if I want dos to be default

    do I put (in C:\boot.ini)
    default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(0)C:\DOS
    or
    default=C:\DOS

    eg boot.ini:

    timeout=30
    default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
    [operating systems]
    multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /fastdetect
    C:\DOS\;


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  • From JJ@21:1/5 to vjp2.at@at.BioStrategist.dot.dot.co on Wed Jun 7 04:13:00 2023
    On Tue, 6 Jun 2023 13:00:14 -0000 (UTC),
    vjp2.at@at.BioStrategist.dot.dot.com wrote:
    What if I want dos to be default

    do I put (in C:\boot.ini)
    default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(0)C:\DOS
    or
    default=C:\DOS

    eg boot.ini:

    timeout=30
    default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
    [operating systems]
    multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /fastdetect
    C:\DOS\;

    If the menu entry is like this:

    multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\DOS="MS-DOS 6.22" /w95dos

    The value for the `default`, would be the key name of the menu entry. i.e.
    the boot path. The one before the `=` character. So it should be:

    default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\DOS

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  • From Kerr-Mudd, John@21:1/5 to vjp2.at@at.BioStrategist.dot.dot.co on Tue Jun 6 22:07:29 2023
    On Tue, 6 Jun 2023 13:00:14 -0000 (UTC)
    vjp2.at@at.BioStrategist.dot.dot.com wrote:

    What if I want dos to be default

    do I put (in C:\boot.ini)
    default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(0)C:\DOS


    or
    default=C:\DOS

    That one; I'd say.


    eg boot.ini:

    timeout=30
    default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
    [operating systems]
    multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /fastdetect
    C:\DOS\;




    Here's a boot.ini from 2000; different bootsectors were required

    [boot loader]
    timeout=5
    default=c:\bootsect.w40
    [Operating Systems]
    multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINNT="Windows NT Server Version 4.00" multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINNT="Windows NT Server Version 4.00
    [VGA mode]" /basevideo /sos

    C:\bootsect.w40="Microsoft Windows" /win95
    c:\bootsect.dos="MS DOS" /win95dos

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  • From vjp2.at@at.BioStrategist.dot.dot.co@21:1/5 to All on Thu Jun 15 19:10:13 2023
    In <20230606220729.ec30dfef9adf26869b32c05d@127.0.0.1> by Kerr-Mudd, John <admin@127.0.0.1> on Tue, 06 Jun 2023 17:07:29 we perused:
    *+-On Tue, 6 Jun 2023 13:00:14 -0000 (UTC)

    default=C:\DOS
    *+-
    *+-That one; I'd say.

    Many thanks

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  • From vjp2.at@at.BioStrategist.dot.dot.co@21:1/5 to All on Sun Jun 18 19:45:11 2023
    Worked perfectly
    Thanks again

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