[9fans] XP boot

[9fans] XP boot

[boyd, rounin]

rather than do some something irresponsible, i was wondering
if anyone knew the XP tweaking to do to get XP to have a
boot menu so i couid could boot XP or p9 off IDE.

i did an ISO text only install.

for extra points i have a 1280x800x32 ATI MOBILITY RADEON 9200 wxga card.

thanks.
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Re: [9fans] XP boot

[Russ Cox]

see /bin/pc/bootwinnt.  it works for xp.


On Wed, 2 Feb 2005 00:59:50 +0100, boyd, rounin <boyd@insultant.net> wrote:
> rather than do some something irresponsible, i was wondering
> if anyone knew the XP tweaking to do to get XP to have a
> boot menu so i couid could boot XP or p9 off IDE.
>
> i did an ISO text only install.
>
> for extra points i have a 1280x800x32 ATI MOBILITY RADEON 9200 wxga card.
>
> thanks.
> --
> MGRS 31U DQ 52572 12604
>
>

Re: [9fans] XP boot

[boyd, rounin]

    see /bin/pc/bootwinnt.  it works for xp.

i see i have a /dev/sdC0/ntfs and there's this horrible XP
thing called bootcfg to tweak it.

/bin/pc/bootwinnt looks for /dev/sdC0/dos

'doze is such a wretched system.
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Re: [9fans] XP boot

[Russ Cox]

i think that if you edit the boot.ini file manually
while you are running xp (just add the lines that
pc/bootwinnt is trying to add) then it should work.

what i don't remember is whether the nt boot loader
can actually read boot.ini files on ntfs partitions.
i hope so.

russ


On Wed, 2 Feb 2005 02:11:11 +0100, boyd, rounin <boyd@insultant.net> wrote:
>     see /bin/pc/bootwinnt.  it works for xp.
>
> i see i have a /dev/sdC0/ntfs and there's this horrible XP
> thing called bootcfg to tweak it.
>
> /bin/pc/bootwinnt looks for /dev/sdC0/dos
>
> 'doze is such a wretched system.
> --
> MGRS 31U DQ 52572 12604
>
>

Re: [9fans] XP boot

[Joel Salomon]

On Tue, 1 Feb 2005 20:20:50 -0500, Russ Cox <russcox@gmail.com> wrote:
> i think that if you edit the boot.ini file manually
> while you are running xp (just add the lines that
> pc/bootwinnt is trying to add) then it should work.

Trying to edit boot.ini can be a pain, though.

Right-click on a "My Computer" icon, select "Properties" from the
drop-down menu. Click the "Advanced" tab, then the "Settings" button
in the "Startup and Recovery" section. Click "Edit" to edit boot.ini.

Any other method fails—boot.ini is protected by more than the NTFS
file protection scheme, and I don't believe there's another way around
it.

--Joel

Re: [9fans] XP boot

[Federico Benavento]

> Any other method fails—boot.ini is protected by more than the NTFS
> file protection scheme, and I don't believe there's another way around
> it.
What about "edit c:\boot.ini" at the cmd prompt?


-- 
Federico G. Benavento

Re: [9fans] XP boot

[boyd, rounin]

    Any other method fails—boot.ini is protected by more than the NTFS
    file protection scheme, and I don't believe there's another way around it.

yes, it is a very strange file.  i got some private mail from russ and after
finding boot.ini it was read only.  turn that off and write it with notepad.
[seemingly] randomly it would turn on read only.

there is this command line thing called 'bootcfg' which is absolutely
undecipherable, although i now understand something about the format
of the file by tinkering.

boot.ini essentially points at a 'boot block'.  i'm a bit wary about [potentially]
smashing a currently bootable system.

this will take some thought.
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MGRS 31U DQ 52572 12604

Re: [9fans] XP boot

[Russ Cox]

it's much easier just to install smart boot manager
and avoid the nt boot loader.  
hget http://pdos.lcs.mit.edu/~rsc/mbr.bootmgr
disk/mbr -m mbr.bootmgr /dev/sdC0/data

russ


On Wed, 2 Feb 2005 18:16:43 +0100, boyd, rounin <boyd@insultant.net> wrote:
>     Any other method fails—boot.ini is protected by more than the NTFS
>     file protection scheme, and I don't believe there's another way around it.
> 
> yes, it is a very strange file.  i got some private mail from russ and after
> finding boot.ini it was read only.  turn that off and write it with notepad.
> [seemingly] randomly it would turn on read only.
> 
> there is this command line thing called 'bootcfg' which is absolutely
> undecipherable, although i now understand something about the format
> of the file by tinkering.
> 
> boot.ini essentially points at a 'boot block'.  i'm a bit wary about [potentially]
> smashing a currently bootable system.
> 
> this will take some thought.
> --
> MGRS 31U DQ 52572 12604
> 
>

Fwd: [9fans] XP boot

[Russ Cox]

hey look!  history repeats itself.

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Russ Cox <russcox@gmail.com>
Date: Feb 2, 2005 3:14 PM
Subject: Re: [9fans] XP boot
To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@cse.psu.edu>


it's much easier just to install smart boot manager
and avoid the nt boot loader.
hget http://pdos.lcs.mit.edu/~rsc/mbr.bootmgr
disk/mbr -m mbr.bootmgr /dev/sdC0/data

russ


On Wed, 2 Feb 2005 18:16:43 +0100, boyd, rounin <boyd@insultant.net> wrote:
>     Any other method fails—boot.ini is protected by more than the NTFS
>     file protection scheme, and I don't believe there's another way around it.
>
> yes, it is a very strange file.  i got some private mail from russ and after
> finding boot.ini it was read only.  turn that off and write it with notepad.
> [seemingly] randomly it would turn on read only.
>
> there is this command line thing called 'bootcfg' which is absolutely
> undecipherable, although i now understand something about the format
> of the file by tinkering.
>
> boot.ini essentially points at a 'boot block'.  i'm a bit wary about [potentially]
> smashing a currently bootable system.
>
> this will take some thought.
> --
> MGRS 31U DQ 52572 12604
>
>

Re: [9fans] XP boot

[boyd, rounin]

> hey look!  history repeats itself.

tell me something i don't know.

smashing machines is not part of my plan.

the install scripts make more sense.

btw:  attrib -s - h c:\boot.ini
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Re: [9fans] XP boot

[Bruce Ellis]

funny but a bit too late, very late.  when in doubt "read the code".
then you won't make comments about things you don't read.
and caching opens is ridiculous.

brucee (in paris)

On 6/2/05, boyd, rounin <boyd@insultant.net> wrote:
> > hey look!  history repeats itself.
> 
> tell me something i don't know.
> 
> smashing machines is not part of my plan.
> 
> the install scripts make more sense.
> 
> btw:  attrib -s - h c:\boot.ini
> --
> MGRS 31U DQ 52572 12604

Re: [9fans] XP boot

[Adrian Tritschler]

boyd, rounin wrote:
>    Any other method fails—boot.ini is protected by more than the NTFS
>    file protection scheme, and I don't believe there's another way 
> around it.
> 
> yes, it is a very strange file.  i got some private mail from russ and 
> after
> finding boot.ini it was read only.  turn that off and write it with 
> notepad.
> [seemingly] randomly it would turn on read only.
> 
> there is this command line thing called 'bootcfg' which is absolutely
> undecipherable, although i now understand something about the format
> of the file by tinkering.
> 
> boot.ini essentially points at a 'boot block'.  i'm a bit wary about 
> [potentially]
> smashing a currently bootable system.
> 
> this will take some thought.

The following (linux-centric) doc may help.
http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/docs/HOWTO/other-formats/pdf/Linux+NT-Loader.pdf

OTOH, I use one of the simple boot managers, such as BOOTMGR mentioned 
by Russ.

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