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What if I want dos to be default

do I put (in C:\boot.ini)
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(0)C:\DOS
or
default=C:\DOS

eg boot.ini:

timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /fastdetect
C:\DOS\;
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On Tue, 6 Jun 2023 13:00:14 -0000 (UTC)
vjp2.at@at.BioStrategist.dot.dot.com wrote:

What if I want dos to be default

do I put (in C:\boot.ini)
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(0)C:\DOS

or
default=C:\DOS

That one; I'd say.

eg boot.ini:

timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /fastdetect
C:\DOS\;

Here's a boot.ini from 2000; different bootsectors were required

[boot loader]
timeout=5
default=c:\bootsect.w40
[Operating Systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINNT="Windows NT Server Version 4.00" multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINNT="Windows NT Server Version 4.00
[VGA mode]" /basevideo /sos

C:\bootsect.w40="Microsoft Windows" /win95
c:\bootsect.dos="MS DOS" /win95dos
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On Tue, 6 Jun 2023 13:00:14 -0000 (UTC),
vjp2.at@at.BioStrategist.dot.dot.com wrote:

What if I want dos to be default

do I put (in C:\boot.ini)
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(0)C:\DOS
or
default=C:\DOS

eg boot.ini:

timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /fastdetect
C:\DOS\;

If the menu entry is like this:

multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\DOS="MS-DOS 6.22" /w95dos

The value for the `default`, would be the key name of the menu entry. i.e.
the boot path. The one before the `=` character. So it should be:

default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\DOS
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In <20230606220729.ec30dfef9adf26869b32c05d@127.0.0.1> by Kerr-Mudd, John <admin@127.0.0.1> on Tue, 06 Jun 2023 17:07:29 we perused:
*+-On Tue, 6 Jun 2023 13:00:14 -0000 (UTC)

default=C:\DOS

*+-
*+-That one; I'd say.

Many thanks
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Worked perfectly
Thanks again
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