KnowledgeBase Archive

An Archive of Early Microsoft KnowledgeBase Articles

View on GitHub

Q98421: Renaming a Bid for a Boot Drive

Article: Q98421
Product(s): Microsoft LAN Manager
Version(s): 
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): 
Last Modified: 30-JUL-2001

SUMMARY
=======

This article explains the significance of renaming a new bid for a boot drive to
spare001.sys or bootbid.bid.

MORE INFORMATION
================

When you are booting your system, your machine designates the first disk it
finds as boot disk. If you have two SCSI controllers, laddr boots from the one
it finds first by default. If you want to boot from the other one, rename it
boot.bid so that ddr will find it first from then on.

SPARE001.SYS was set up because any bid that is not registered in IOCFG01.SYS is
not tried as the laddr drivers are loaded. If you rename any new bid that comes
out to SPARE001.SYS, it will be tried as well. The other option is to include a
"device = " line in CONFIG.SYS.

Additional query words:

======================================================================
Keywords          :  

=============================================================================

THE INFORMATION PROVIDED IN THE MICROSOFT KNOWLEDGE BASE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. MICROSOFT DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. IN NO EVENT SHALL MICROSOFT CORPORATION OR ITS SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER INCLUDING DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, LOSS OF BUSINESS PROFITS OR SPECIAL DAMAGES, EVEN IF MICROSOFT CORPORATION OR ITS SUPPLIERS HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES SO THE FOREGOING LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY.