Symantec 10024709 Patio Umbrella User Manual


 
138 Managing partitions using GDisk
Modifying the Windows NT/2000/XP boot menu
Modifying the Windows NT/2000/XP boot menu
The /bootini switch lets you make a modification to a Windows NT/2000/XP
boot menu. The following modifications are supported:
Displaying a list of current boot entries
Adding an entry to Boot.ini
Removing an entry from Boot.ini
Setting the default boot option and timeout
This switch functions with GDisk32 only.
When GDisk32 changes the state of Boot.ini, a copy of the current Boot.ini is
created. The copy is named either C:\boot_gdisk32_copy.ini or
C:\boot.ini_gdisk32_copy.
Specifying the boot.ini path and file name
The /inifile switch is common to all operations performed with the /bootini
switch.
/inifile lets you specify the full path and file name of the current Windows NT/
2000/XP Boot.ini file. This lets you locate Boot.ini if it is not on the C drive.
The default value for this switch is C:\boot.ini.
Displaying the list of current boot entries
Use the /bootini switch to display the existing boot menu for the current
Windows NT/2000/XP operating system.
The syntax for this command is as follows:
gdisk32 /bootini [/inifile:filename]
Adding an entry to Boot.ini
There are two types of functions that you can add to a Boot.ini file:
Start another installation of Windows NT/2000/XP that resides on a different
partition.
Start a non-Windows NT/2000/XP operating system that resides on a
different partition.