NEW VISTA BOOT INFO microsoft tech

FROM THERE TECH PAGES: >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>


NOTE can't wait for dual boot problems with new vista ... microsoft changed there loader sequence to bcd ( not binary coded decimal )


http://technet2.microsoft.com/Window....mspx?mfr=true

What is the BCD store? >>>>>FROM MICROSOFT SITE
The Boot Configuration Data (BCD) store contains boot configuration parameters and controls how the operating system is started in Microsoft® Windows Vista™ and Microsoft® Windows Server® Code Name "Longhorn" operating systems. These parameters were previously in the Boot.ini file (in BIOS-based operating systems) or in the nonvolatile RAM (NVRAM) entries (in Extensible Firmware Interface–based operating systems). You can use the Bcdedit.exe command-line tool to affect the Windows® code which runs in the pre-operating system environment by adding, deleting, editing, and appending entries in the BCD store. Bcdedit.exe is located in the \Windows\System32 directory of the Windows Vista partition.



5. Boot.ini Is History >>>>>FROM MICROSOFT SITE

That's right, the Boot.ini file is not used in Windows Vista or in the new Windows PE 2.0. Instead, a new boot loader, bootmgr, reads boot configuration data from a special file named BCD. A brand new tool called bcdedit.exe (or a separate Windows Management Instrumentation or WMI provider) is used to maintain the contents of the BCD. A Windows PE 2.0 boot image can be configured in BCD too, making it easy to boot into either Windows Vista or Windows PE without making any other changes to the machine. This flexibility can be useful in recovery or maintenance scenarios.


http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sys...n/bootini.mspx



thoughts --- help --- other ideas???

i mentioned in your earlier thread that Linux Boot Loaders has nothing to do with Windows Boot Loader's Sequence. procedure is same for GRUB install. there are a few problems with Linux/Vista dual boot and we have solution too. check this thread.

in case, you want to use Windows Boot Loader, procedure is different for Vista coz there is no boot.ini file in it. you can try VistaBootPro and BootPart.





Casper