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MULTI-OS BOOT MANAGERS
Other freeware boot managers I've not yet looked at: ftp://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/os2/util/startup/vpart.zip http://www.arrakis.es/~scostas/SOFTWARE/GAG/gageng.htm (many languages supported) http://bsl.comart.com.pl/ (Beret's System Loader) ftp://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/os2/util/startup/kbm36005a.zip
1. Partition Manager- Partition manager and advanced boot manager.
This popular partition manager package also includes a good boot manager. Please refer to description and links on Disk Utils page.
2. SyMon- Small boot manager for multiple OS's.
unrated [added 10-11-99]
Features:
Authors: Vladimir Dashevsky, Daniel Smelov. Russia. (1999) Home Page. Thanks to Dev Teelucksingh for the link.
download symon_en.zip (english, 45K)
3. OSLoader- Boot manager; boots up to 32 operating systems.
OSLoader is compatible with most operating systems, has user friendly menu, and can boot up to 32 operating systems.
Author: Vijai K. Amarnath, India (1999) Home Page.
download Osl.zip(78K)
4. MWRLOAD- Boot loader runs up to 4 OS's on 1 PC.
Notes: installs in the Master Boot Record of the first hard drive. Includes source. Author: Marty W. Rhodes. (1995, 1999). Thanks to Dev Teelucksingh for the link.
download mwrload.zip(51K)
DOS BOOT MANAGERS
Autocon- DOS boot manager.
* * * * * [added 10-5-98]
reviewed by H. Schwartz (10-3-98)
If you use DOS and Win3.x you may have up to 3 different boot managers to contend with:
Most DOS boot managers accomplish task #2. However, they should really be called ``reboot managers''. They do not provide a menu of choices during bootup. Instead, you must first boot DOS, using a default config.sys and autoexec.bat. Then you can use the boot manager to quickly REboot to alternate autoexec.bat and config.sys files.
Autocon is different: It provides its own menu system so that you can choose one of up to 50 different sets of config.sys and autoexec.bat files to read and execute, during the bootup process itself. Alternately, autocon will work with the boot menu system that comes with MSDOS 6 and above. However, autocon's own menu system can be used with earlier versions of DOS, or with other kinds of DOS (e.g., OpenDOS, Free DOS)
Autocon also comes with a user-friendly, mouse-menu interface that lets you manage your alternate sets of config.sys and autoexec.bat files. (These alternate sets of files are stored in a small data-base.) Some of its options include:
Like the other boot managers, the command: "autocon name2 <RETURN>" allows you, at any time, to quickly reboot DOS to a configuration you have named, ``name2''.
Author: Larry Weaver (1993)
download autoconx.zip (137K)
OTHER BOOT UTILS
ONBOOT- Run programs only during warm, cold, or daily boot.
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From the docs: "ONBOOT is a simple utility designed for your AUTOEXEC.BAT. It allows you to have AUTOEXEC run selected programs only during a warm boot (Ctl-Alt-Del), a cold boot (power on), or the first boot of the day. For example, placing the command "ONBOOT DAILY CHKDSK" into AUTOEXEC will cause AUTOEXEC to run CHKDSK only once a day, the first time the PC is turned on."
Released by Christopher J. Dunford (1989). Suggested by Marianna Van Erp.
While v1.0 is widely available on SimTel mirrors, the enhanced v1.10 is difficult to locate on the Net. Uploaded to my web space.
download onboot11.zip (6K)
Reboot- Warm or cold boot PC, with cache flushing.
unrated [added 10-10-99]
Reboot /C forces a Cold boot with RAM test. Reboot /W forces a Warm boot without RAM test. Plain Reboot defaults to a warm boot.
"It has special code to flush Norton NCACHE and PC Tools Cache quickly. It also handles any other cache, such as SuperPCKwik, and Smartdrv that correctly flush the cache on a disk reset. It is DESQview, QEMM stealth, OS/2 and Windows aware, mouse and cache friendly."
Author: Roedy Green, Canada (1996)
download reboot33.zip (15K)
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