Symantec 10024709 User Manual

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Managing partitions using GDisk
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:

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Displaying a list of current boot entries

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Adding an entry to Boot.ini

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Removing an entry from Boot.ini

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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:

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Start another installation of Windows NT/2000/XP that resides on a different 
partition.

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Start a non-Windows NT/2000/XP operating system that resides on a 
different partition.