Windows Server 2003 in a Nutshell

Adds a specified string to a boot entry in the operating systems section of boot.ini .

Syntax

bootcfg /raw " OSLoadOptionsString" [/id OSEntryLineNum ] [/a]

Options

OSLoadOptionsString

Specifies load options to add to the OS entry specified by OSEntryLineNum (the string must be enclosed in quotes and no validation is performed)

/a

Indicates that the load options being added should be appended to existing load options (if /a switch is omitted, any existing load options associated with the entry are replaced )

Examples

Append the /crashdebug option to OS entry 2:

bootcfg /raw "/crashdebug" /id 2 /a SUCCESS: Added the switch to OS entry for line "2" in the BOOT.INI file.

Verify the result:

bootcfg Boot Loader Settings -------------------- timeout:30 default:multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS Boot Entries ------------ Boot entry ID: 1 OS Friendly Name: WS2003, Enterprise Path: multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS OS Load Options: /fastdetect /noguiboot Boot entry ID: 2 OS Friendly Name: WS2003 Enterprise Path: multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS OS Load Options: /fastdetect /noguiboot /crashdebug

Notes

Use bootcfg /raw to add additional switches to boot.ini OS entries. Examples of such switches are /fastdetect , /nodebug , /baudrate , /crashdebug , and /sos .

See Also

bootcfg , Recovery Console