I've used it (but not this package : I compiled it myself). But be careful because if your chos.conf file is not correct, you won't be able to boot. When everything is OK, it lets you boot, you have a nice(?) colored-text-drawing on the boot loader, and you can choose your OS just with the keyboard arrows or with the number of the item, you don't have to type in the OS name. You have to be very very carefull when you use it, because it can leads you to a non-bootable machine ! Their graphical chooser is able to produce bad config file, so don't trust it at all, and have always in the hand the bootable Mandrake CD or bootable floppies, and be sure to have a kernel on it (CD, floppies) that recognizes your hardware (ie BE VERY CAREFUL WITH SCSI HARD DISKS because the default kernels supplied don't have the SCSI drivers included, so that if you loose your chos intallation, you'll have a lot of work to be able to correct it...) Mathieu > -----Original Message----- > From: Hoyt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 21 January 2000 05:55 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [expert] Have you used chos? > > > Has anyone used chos? > > What do you think? > > Hoyt > > Name : chos Distribution: Linux-Mandrake > Version : 0.84 Vendor: MandrakeSoft > Release : 4mdk Build Date: Thu > Jan 20 19:13:37 > 2000 > Install date: (not installed) Build Host: > alpha.mandrakesoft.com > Group : System Environment/Base Source RPM: (none) > Size : 339122 > Packager : Chmouel Boudjnah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > URL : ftp://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system/boot/loaders/ > Summary : chos is an alternative boot manager. > Description : > ChOS is an alternative boot manager - it lets you select > which operating > system to use at bootup. > >
