Re: Can I partition a disk and make it bootable for windows from linux?

[Spongebob <NadaSpam@adelphia.net>]

Seeker5528 wrote:

> On Mon, 24 Jan 2005 18:48:44 -0500
> Spongebob <NadaSpam@adelphia.net> wrote:
> 
>> I'm using Win98. I don't seem to have boot.ini.
> 
> On Win98 there is a hidden file named msdos.sys that you should find in
> the root of your Windows partition, you can put some options in there.
> 
> BootMenu={Boolean}
> Default: 0
> Purpose: A setting of 1 enables the startup menu. If this setting is 0,
> then you must press the F8 key when "Starting Windows" appears to invoke
> the startup menu.
> 
> 
> BootMenuDefault={Number}
> Default: 1 if the system is running correctly, 4 if the system hung in the
> previous instance Purpose: Use this setting to set the default menu item
> for startup.
> 
> 
> BootMenuDelay={Number}
> Default: 30
> Purpose: This setting is used to set the number of seconds your system
> will pause on the startup menu. If the number of seconds counts down to 0
> without intervention, the BootMenuDefault is activated.
> 
> See http://www.annoyances.org/exec/show/article07-021 for more options.
> 
> Later, Seeker

Thanks. That does the trick.