adrian15 wrote:
dd copied (hd0,2) to (hd0,3) to make system for the kids, then
modified boot.ini in the copy to point to the right partition
(details below).
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When I boot (hd0,3) I get:
Invalid BOOT.INI file
Booting from C:\winnt\
NTDETECT failed
I suppose that NT Boot code has saved somewhere the position where
NTLDR is. I mean it does not search it.
If I were you I will check this project to fix your hd0,3 wxp boot:
http://ms-sys.sourceforge.net/
(It is a tool for making something equivalent to fdisk /mbr or fixmbr
or fixboot but you can specify the partition where to act.
adrian15
Thanks, I will.
I also noticed that I have the partition numbers in the start of the
mailnote off by one (count from 1 instead of 0), but they were done
right in the system.
I also learned through the "starman"s site which has disassembly of boot
records (well known I hope, don't have it handy) that NT and XP
partition boot records have their offset in sectors from the start of
the volume as a 4 byte number at offset 0x1c-0x1f. This and the disk
serial number are the only bytes different from my copied partition and
clean install, which works. If I understand, the S/N is not functional
and will not present a problem (We shall see!). I want to have an image
I can copy around to restore though, not go through a reinstall
everytime Windows gets messed up.
I will be trying to get them to run in "logical" partitions too so that
I can have many Windows systems (one per child) bootable on the system,
plus room for experimental Linux and FreeBSD (For me).
I will post a summary when I am done with what I learned and how I did
it for other's reference.
--Ray
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