Re: locating boot.ini

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From: Remy Lebeau (TeamB)
Date: Tue, 09 May 2006 16:52

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"Mike Collins" <its@TheBottomOfThePost.com> wrote in message
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> What I was primarily wondering was if there was an api like
> GetSystemDirectory() that I could use to locate the ware abouts
> of boot.ini.

There is nothing specific for that.  However, since bootini is located at
"%homedrive%\boot.ini", you can try using GetEnvironmentVariable() to
resolve "%homedrive%" into a physical path.

> As has been pointed out here, boot.ini does not always exists and it
> is a hidden file, but it also does not HAVE to exist on c: either.
Depending
> on how this system was set up, it may appear in other drives and I believe
> that it is possible to have more than one boot.ini on the system.  I need
> to check this file for just that reason i.e. to see if there are any
other,
> working OS's installed.

Typically, boot.ini would reside at the root C:\ folder so that the machine
can find it before loading any OS, and then the contents of boot.ini tells
bootloader which OSes are installed so that bootloader can display a
dual-boot menu to the user.


Gambit

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