Wassup with this boot.ini

[finger51]

Hi~

I'm trying to use a program called ramdiskNT it says in the FAQ to achieve a very large ramdisk you have to set a 'maxmem=' in the boot.ini- It gives an example:

[boot loader]
timeout=10
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINNT
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINNT="Windows NT Workstation Version 4.00"
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINNT="Windows NT Workstation Version 4.00 [VGA mode]" /basevideo /sos
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINNT="Windows NT 4.0SP6 (64MB memory, 256MB excluded)" /maxmem=64


which is fine, but infortunately my boot.ini looks like this:

[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=C:\winnt
[operating systems]


I've tried lots of combos for where the '/maxmem=256' switch goes with no luck, it either wont boot at all or will give me a "could not find ntoskrnl.exe" error.

Could anyone give me a hint as to what my boot.ini should look like?

Running:
Win2k
VP6 (2x933 + RAID 0)
1280Megs PC133

[Praetorian]

I would try just adding those lines into boot.ini. But make sure you backup before you edit!!

[cyclone2]

You can copy and paste those parts into your boot.ini but I believe partition(2) is your D partition not C which would be partition(1)
The safest thing is to put a copy of your Boot.ini on a bootable floppy along with the other os files needed
NTloader
Boot.ini
NTdetect
Command.com
IO.sys
Msdos.sys
that way you can still boot if you mess up your boot.ini

[str8jakit]

My boot.ini has this line

multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT="Microso ft Windows 2000 Professional" /fastdetect

I would try adding the /maxmem switch either before or after the /fastdetect.

Or you may try copying and pasting a new line into your boot.ini with the switch and a new name to add a new line to your boot manager. Kind of like:

Change

[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT="Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional" /fastdetect

to

[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT="Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional" /fastdetect
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT="Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional 64MB Max Mem" /maxmem=64

I don't know if it will work, since I've never used the program you are referring to, but it's worth a shot I guess.

Str8jakit

[finger51]

thanks guys, I'll give it a try tonight when I get home from work.

and thanks for the backup info too. I've already toasted a couple of startups. thank god for ghost.

-DF