
Chapter 7 Troubleshooting the System 159
When you first start a MetaFrame server, the system loader (NTLDR) reads the
Boot.ini file in the system partition. Boot.ini defines what items will be listed in
the boot menu and how NTLDR will start each item. Here is a sample Boot.ini
file:
[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\Winnt
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\Winnt="Microsoft Windows 2000
Advanced Server" /fastdetect
The line immediately following the [operating systems] section describes the path
NTLDR uses to boot this particular installation of Windows 2000. For the purpose
of this document, this line is referred to as the boot line. The boot line in this
example shows that the Windows 2000 server is installed in the \Winnt directory
on the first partition (partition 1) of the first disk (disk 0).
The target computer is placed in debug mode by setting one or more of the
following switches in the boot line in Boot.ini.
Boot.ini Debugger Switches
The following Boot.ini switches are used to enable the kernel debugger on the
target computer:
/Debug Causes the kernel debugger to be loaded during boot and kept in
memory at all times. This allows a support engineer to break into
the target computer at any time, even if the system is not
suspended at a kernel STOP (blue) screen.
/Crashdebug Causes the kernel debugger to be loaded during boot but swapped
out to the pagefile after boot. In this mode, a support engineer can
break into the debugger only if the target computer is suspended at
a kernel STOP (blue) screen.
/Baudrate=value Determines the speed at which the target computer communicates
with the host computer. The default value is 19200 bps. For a
remote debug configuration, set the value for 9600 bps. This
switch also forces /Debug mode.
/Debugport=COMx Specifies the serial port used for the kernel debugger on the target
computer, where x is the communications port to use. If no serial
port is specified, the kernel debugger defaults to COM2. Like
/Baudrate, this switch also forces /Debug mode.
Boot.ini Changes
Because the Boot.ini file usually has the Hidden, System, and Read-only file
attributes set, these attributes must be manually unset and then reset after editing.
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