In Windows Server 2003, you can quickly and easily locate the Boot.ini file to verify or edit the Microsoft Windows startup configurations and make changes to the Advanced RISC Computing (ARC) path as required. Additionally, you can add switches to the Boot.ini file.
Edit the Boot.ini File
Follow the steps to Edit Boot.ini file
1. Click Start, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel.
2. In Control Panel, double-click System.
3. Click the Advanced tab, and then click Settings under Startup and Recovery.
4. Under System startup, click Edit.
NOTE: In a multiple-boot operating system configuration, select the default operating system to start by clicking the operating system that you want in the Default operating system list.
Typical scenarios
The following list describes some typical scenarios where the user must manually update the ARC path in the Boot.ini file after storage configuration has changed.
* If you add a new controller that has the BIOS disabled, you may have to check and manually correct the ARC path in the Boot.ini file.
Note The additional controller may also affect the controller section of the ARC path.
* Whenever you add or remove disks from the computer, you create the potential for a situation where the ARC path must be updated.
* Although the operating system may sometimes offer to update the Boot.ini file, you still have to manually update the ARC path. Whether the ARC path must be manually updated depends on the extent and nature of the changes to the Boot.ini file.
If this change to the ARC path causes problems when you start the computer, follow these steps:
1. Start the Recovery Console and run the map ARC command. From the results of the map ARC command, you can determine the correct ARC path.
2. Create a new Boot.ini file on another computer.
3. Copy the new Boot.ini file. Use one of the following methods:
o Copy the new Boot.ini file to a floppy disk, and then use Recovery Console to copy the new Boot.ini file to the system.
o Copy the new Boot.ini file on an NT Boot floppy. If the following files are also needed, copy them on the same floppy disk: Ntldr, Ntdetect.com, and the Mass Storage Device driver that you have renamed as Bootdd.sys.
Alternatively, you can use Recovery Console and the /bootcfg switch to fix the ARC paths in either Microsoft Windows XP or Microsoft Windows Server 2003.
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