Re: [Freedos-user] boot manager for dOs?
Reviving this thread to post an update: I am trying to stay in FreeDOS on one of my PC's. I installed GRUB4DOS and am pleased with configuration options, I can boot CDROM's of various emulationn, I can boot PLOP Boot Manager to Boot USB flash drives (no more searching for PLOP floppies around the house - yay!) Stumbled on this link: http://diddy.boot-land.net/grub4dos/files/menu.htm Check it out. On Wed, Nov 25, 2015 at 5:25 PM, Rugxulo wrote: > Hi, > > On Wed, Nov 25, 2015 at 11:59 AM, Karen Lewellen > wrote: > > > > does anyone know of a boot management comparative to say grub, that runs > > in pure DOS? > > as in a tool that would let me, if I choose, load another edition of an > > operating system that has been installed on a different partition? > > The Software List has a "BOOT" category: > > http://freedos.sourceforge.net/software/?cat=boot > > It's not everything and the kitchen sink, but it's perhaps a few that > are worth keeping around (including some already mentioned here). > > > -- > Go from Idea to Many App Stores Faster with Intel(R) XDK > Give your users amazing mobile app experiences with Intel(R) XDK. > Use one codebase in this all-in-one HTML5 development environment. > Design, debug & build mobile apps & 2D/3D high-impact games for multiple > OSs. > http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=254741551&iu=/4140 > ___ > Freedos-user mailing list > Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user > -- Site24x7 APM Insight: Get Deep Visibility into Application Performance APM + Mobile APM + RUM: Monitor 3 App instances at just $35/Month Monitor end-to-end web transactions and take corrective actions now Troubleshoot faster and improve end-user experience. Signup Now! http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=272487151&iu=/4140___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] boot manager for dOs?
Hi, On Wed, Nov 25, 2015 at 11:59 AM, Karen Lewellen wrote: > > does anyone know of a boot management comparative to say grub, that runs > in pure DOS? > as in a tool that would let me, if I choose, load another edition of an > operating system that has been installed on a different partition? The Software List has a "BOOT" category: http://freedos.sourceforge.net/software/?cat=boot It's not everything and the kitchen sink, but it's perhaps a few that are worth keeping around (including some already mentioned here). -- Go from Idea to Many App Stores Faster with Intel(R) XDK Give your users amazing mobile app experiences with Intel(R) XDK. Use one codebase in this all-in-one HTML5 development environment. Design, debug & build mobile apps & 2D/3D high-impact games for multiple OSs. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=254741551&iu=/4140 ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] boot manager for dOs?
I am currently testing Terabyte BootIT baremetal which is the successor to BING. That said I have had sucess with Smart Boot Manager (it is configurable with the asm package so you can adjust colors and even change the title to correspond to your business). My favorite of the open source BM,s is XOSL, once setup it is quite elegant and if you install grub in the root or boot directory of your linux partition, it will load grub as well. Since installing Windows 10 however, XOSL and W10 are not on good terms. I have also tested OSL2000 but IMHO it is not worth the $25 price. If you don't mind the generic partition titles in your menu the Ranish Partition Manager has a perfectly adequate boot manager. On Wed, Nov 25, 2015 at 1:37 PM, Mateusz Viste wrote: > On 25/11/2015 18:59, Karen Lewellen wrote: > > does anyone know of a boot management comparative to say grub, that > > runs in pure DOS? > > as in a tool that would let me, if I choose, load another edition of > > an operating system that has been installed on a different partition? > > The boot manager itself runs without an OS. Hence Grub is > platform-agnostic. The configuration tool for such boot manager however > does need an operating system. A DOS version of the grub configurator > exists. I haven't ever tried it, but heard it works. > > http://sourceforge.net/projects/grub4dos > > Myself, I only ever used a custom boot manager a few times, and it was > one called 'BootIt NG'. I recall it worked pretty well, but it was > somewhere 15 years ago, when I played with multi-booting FreeDOS, > Windows 98 and some Linux flavors. Apparently BootIt NG is still out there: > > http://www.terabyteunlimited.com/bootit-next-generation.htm > > Mateusz > > > > -- > Go from Idea to Many App Stores Faster with Intel(R) XDK > Give your users amazing mobile app experiences with Intel(R) XDK. > Use one codebase in this all-in-one HTML5 development environment. > Design, debug & build mobile apps & 2D/3D high-impact games for multiple > OSs. > http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=254741551&iu=/4140 > ___ > Freedos-user mailing list > Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user > -- Go from Idea to Many App Stores Faster with Intel(R) XDK Give your users amazing mobile app experiences with Intel(R) XDK. Use one codebase in this all-in-one HTML5 development environment. Design, debug & build mobile apps & 2D/3D high-impact games for multiple OSs. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=254741551&iu=/4140___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] boot manager for dOs?
On 25/11/2015 18:59, Karen Lewellen wrote: > does anyone know of a boot management comparative to say grub, that > runs in pure DOS? > as in a tool that would let me, if I choose, load another edition of > an operating system that has been installed on a different partition? The boot manager itself runs without an OS. Hence Grub is platform-agnostic. The configuration tool for such boot manager however does need an operating system. A DOS version of the grub configurator exists. I haven't ever tried it, but heard it works. http://sourceforge.net/projects/grub4dos Myself, I only ever used a custom boot manager a few times, and it was one called 'BootIt NG'. I recall it worked pretty well, but it was somewhere 15 years ago, when I played with multi-booting FreeDOS, Windows 98 and some Linux flavors. Apparently BootIt NG is still out there: http://www.terabyteunlimited.com/bootit-next-generation.htm Mateusz -- Go from Idea to Many App Stores Faster with Intel(R) XDK Give your users amazing mobile app experiences with Intel(R) XDK. Use one codebase in this all-in-one HTML5 development environment. Design, debug & build mobile apps & 2D/3D high-impact games for multiple OSs. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=254741551&iu=/4140 ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
[Freedos-user] boot manager for dOs?
Hi all, being very focused with my question to avoid off topic chatter. does anyone know of a boot management comparative to say grub, that runs in pure DOS? as in a tool that would let me, if I choose, load another edition of an operating system that has been installed on a different partition? Thanks, Karen -- Go from Idea to Many App Stores Faster with Intel(R) XDK Give your users amazing mobile app experiences with Intel(R) XDK. Use one codebase in this all-in-one HTML5 development environment. Design, debug & build mobile apps & 2D/3D high-impact games for multiple OSs. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=254741551&iu=/4140 ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
