From: mk2 AT irz DOT inf DOT tu-dresden DOT de (Mario Koeppen)
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Subject: Re: OpenDOS to be released next week!
Date: 18 Jan 1997 18:17:07 +0100
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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/

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Mario Koeppen
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