Message-ID: <32D04FA8.68A2@gbrmpa.gov.au>
Date: Mon, 06 Jan 1997 09:04:40 +0800
From: Leath Muller <leathm AT gbrmpa DOT gov DOT au>
Reply-To: leathm AT gbrmpa DOT gov DOT au
Organization: Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority
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To: Geoffrey Levand <glevand AT gol DOT com DOT com>
CC: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: generic boot loader for dos
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Geoffrey Levand wrote:
> 
> >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.

Ouch, you don't need to do all this...

If you installed DOS 6.2 first, Win95 will have the option at boot-time
to boot to your old version of ms-dos. Usually F4 will do this (hit it
when the system says "Starting Windows 95..." and it should take you
to DOS 6.2. If this doesn't work, hit F8 and it will bring up a menu
with the option to boot to your old version of MS-DOS.

The only thing you will have to make sure of, is that you have set-up
your autoexec and config files to point to your 3.1 distribution when
you boot to DOS 6.22 (Win95 uses its own autoexec and config if they
are available)

Leathal.