GeekZilla
Vista Beta 2 is missing boot.ini
The latest build of Vista Beta 2 (Build 5456) does not use boot.ini to store details of boot sequence, display times etc.
If you dual boot with XP on the primary partition you can see that Vista install has modified the boot.ini header.
;Warning: Boot.ini is used on Windows XP and earlier operating systems. ;Warning: Use BCDEDIT.exe to modify Windows Vista boot options.
Vista uses a boot data store and BCDEDIT lets you view and edit this data store.
Available commands includes:
Commands that operate on a store
/createstore Creates a new and empty boot configuration data store. /export Exports the contents of the system store to a file. /import Restores the state of the system store using a backup file created with the /export command.
Commands that operate on entries in a store
/copy Makes copies of entries in the store. /create Creates new entries in the store. /delete Deletes entries from the store.
Commands that operate on entry options
/deletevalue Deletes entry options from the store. /set Sets entry option values in the store.
Commands that control output
/enum Lists entries in the store. /v Command-line option that displays entry identifiers in full, rather than using names for well-known identifiers. Use /v by itself as a command to display entry identifiers in full for the ACTIVE type.
Commands that control the boot manager
/bootsequence Sets the one-time boot sequence for the boot manager. /default Sets the default entry that the boot manager will use. /displayorder Sets the order in which the boot manager displays the multiboot menu. /timeout Sets the boot manager time-out value. /toolsdisplayorder Sets the order in which the boot manager displays the tools menu.
Commands that control Emergency Management Services for a boot application
/bootems Enables or disables Emergency Management Services for a boot application. /ems Enables or disables Emergency Management Services for an operating system entry. /emssettings Sets the global Emergency Management Services parameters.
Command that control debugging
/bootdebug Enables or disables boot debugging for a boot application. /dbgsettings Sets the global debugger parameters. /debug Enables or disables kernel debugging for an operating system entry.
I strongly suggest you backup your datastore before modifying any elements.
Mark is trying not to drink too much 'cool aid' at the moment. All the more for everyone else!
