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Specifying Drive A in BOOT.INI Causes Page Fault

Article ID: 100935

Article Last Modified on 10/31/2006

Microsoft Windows NT Advanced Server 3.1
Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 3.1
Microsoft Windows NT Advanced Server 3.1

This article was previously published under Q100935

SUMMARY

Installation of Windows NT on a single NTFS partition with MS-DOS present results in a multiboot choice although MS-DOS is not bootable. Attempt to boot from floppy by specifying A: drive in BOOT.INI may result in

0000000E =========== Page Fault =========== .......

To workaround this problem delete C:\="MS-DOS" from [operating systems] section of the BOOT.INI or set timeout=0 in [boot loader] section.

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Steps to Reproduce Problem

Edit the BOOT.INI file after making it write enabled. Change C:\="MS_DOS" to A:\="MS-DOS" in the [operating systems] section.
Reboot the system.
Select MS-DOS from the choice of operating systems, this will result in a page fault.

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