Date:	Sun, 19 Jan 1997 03:13:12 -0500 (EST)
From:	root <root AT capslock DOT com>
To:	Mario Koeppen <mk2 AT irz301 DOT inf DOT tu-dresden DOT de>
cc:	djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject:	Re: OpenDOS to be released next week!
In-Reply-To:	<5br0ij$fqa@irz401.inf.tu-dresden.de>
Message-ID:	<Pine.LNX.3.93.970119031127.1162G-100000@capslock.com>
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On 18 Jan 1997, Mario Koeppen wrote:

> >|> That brings me to a question I've been wanting to ask now for quite some
> >|> time.  What bootloaders are out there that are better than LILO?  I hate
> >|> LILO because it is too simple, plain and unfriendly.  I'd prefer a WHITE
> >|> on BLUE menu to pop up that lists all installed OS's.  Comments?
> >
> >it would be nice to replace that annoying win95 menu thing i get with all those
> >useless options for 'safe mode' and such with a nice menu that just said 'msdos,
> >linux or opendos' as you say, lilo is usable but not the nicest of options.
>
> How about System Commander by by V Communications? Well, it costs a bit, but
> it's a fine tool. http://www.v-com.com/

Like I just said in my previous post, anything that fits on a bootsector
shouldn't cost anything.  I think its rediculous to charge money for such
a thing.  Someone will write a good program to do it for free.


Mike A. Harris                           http://www3.sympatico.ca/mharris
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