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To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: generic boot loader for dos
Message-ID: <19970105.143913.4863.3.Bruce_Locke@juno.com>
References: <32C83CB8 DOT 3FF0 AT dreamscape DOT com>
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From: bruce_locke AT juno DOT com (Bruce A. Locke)
Date: Sun, 05 Jan 1997 14:46:37 EST

On Sat, 04 Jan 1997 23:15:47 GMT glevand AT gol DOT com DOT com (Geoffrey Levand)
writes:
>
>>I'm looking for a boot manager. I want to have win95, win 31, and 
>>msdos
>>6.2 and boot whatever I want. I know LILO is used for linux but is 
>>there a port for regular MSDOS. As a beginning programer I can crash my
>>computer many times in a row as you all know this is easy. The 
>>problem is rebooting with win95.. it just takes way to long. Thats why 
>>sometimes I just wish to boot win 31  or dos 6.2 they boot very
quickly. I use
>>Borlandc ver 3.? so I only need dos 3.x tp use it. So, if any one 
>>knows
>>of a generic boot loader please post or mail me a reply.
>
>I saw a multi-boot utility on the recent MSDN CD's.  If you don't have
>'em you could check MS's ftp site.
>

There is also a commercial product available called "System Commander." 
I see it in the computer catalogs all the time (for around $15-$20) and
someone once told me that they had it on their system and it worked
good....  

Hope this helps....


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