Syntax of arc paths.

nuglobe

Alright, I just dont get it. I thought I got it but I was thrown off by the diagram they have in the 70-270 mspress book. If someone could help me out with this a little bit I would be happy. <- me after I get it.

eurotrash

multi(x) | scsi(x)
Indicates the hardware adapter or disk controller. Use scsi only to
indicate a SCSI controller on which SCSI BIOS is not enabled. All
other hardware adapter or disk controllers use multi. (x) represents a
number that indicates the load order of the hardware adapter. The
hardware adapter first to load and initialize receives the value (0).
Disk(y)
The SCSI ID. For multi, this value is always (0).
Rdisk(z)
A number that identifies the disk and starts with (0).
Partition(a)
A number that identifies the partition. Partition numbers start with (1)

and http://support.microsoft.com/?id=102873

Danman32

I always get disk mixed up with rdisk and have to look it up or look at a boot.ini that specifies a disk other than 0.

Whenever you get a machine that boots, copy the boot.ini to a location (such as floppy) that is accessable if the machine fails to boot. This is especially true for RAID systems. Nothing worse than having a drive go bad, and trying to figure out what the arcpath should be to boot off the good drive through a floppy.
You'll thank yourself someday for doing that.