On Sat, 26 Jul 2008 11:47:49 -0700, "Timothy Daniels"
<NoSpam@xxxxxx> wrote:
Quote:
> I haven't been following this thread, but Microsoft does not number
>partitions starting with "0", and "partition (0)" in the boot.ini file is an
>error. As for rdisk, "rdisk(1)" refers to the 2nd hard drive in the Hard
>Drive Boot Order - not the boot drive. And the boot.ini file only has
>meaning to ntldr, not to Vista's boot manager, and boot.ini should be in
>the same file hierarchy at the same level as ntldr. If things have worked
>out for you, I suspect that it was only by chance.
>
>*TimDaniels*
>
Yes Tim - partition(0) does not work. partition(1) does.
rdisk numbering does start 0-up, which makes the XP drive rdisk(1).
You are correct again.
My setup did not work until I copied boot.ini, ntldr, and ntdetect.com
from XP drive to Vista drive (boot directory).
Yes my dual boot is still working fine. :>)
-GECKO