DOCUMENT:Q98421 30-JUL-2001 [lanman] TITLE :Renaming a Bid for a Boot Drive PRODUCT :Microsoft LAN Manager PROD/VER: OPER/SYS: KEYWORDS: ====================================================================== 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. Copyright Microsoft Corporation 2001.