Mail Archives: djgpp/1997/01/18/15:44:13
In article <5bqhnt$q87 AT lyra DOT csx DOT cam DOT ac DOT uk>, gpt20 AT thor DOT cam DOT ac DOT uk (G.P. Tootell) writes:
>|> Problem 1: The boot sector loads the kernel so to boot from the opendos
>|> kernel, it would have to be called something else instead of MSDOS.SYS and
>|> IO.SYS. I assume it will be DRDOS.SYS and DRIO.SYS or OPENDOS.SYS,
>|> OPENIO.SYS. However this still leaves the problem of the bootsector
>|> loading the kernel. Looks like we're going to be installing LILO or some
>|> other boot manager.
>|>
>|> 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.
>
>nik
>
How about System Commander by by V Communications? Well, it costs a bit, but
it's a fine tool. http://www.v-com.com/
--
Mario Koeppen
mk2 AT irz DOT inf DOT tu-dresden DOT de http://www.inf.tu-dresden.de/~mk2
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