Date: Sun, 19 Jan 1997 03:10:57 -0500 (EST) From: root To: "G.P. Tootell" cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com Subject: Re: OpenDOS to be released next week! In-Reply-To: <5bqhnt$q87@lyra.csx.cam.ac.uk> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII On 18 Jan 1997, G.P. Tootell wrote: > |> 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. Yah, it doesn't need to be a GUI or anything rediculous like that either. Just something like the DOS 6.22 startup menu would be fine. Preferably with an interactive program to configure the options instead of editing a file too. Shouldn't be too hard for someone to make one. I've heard of commercial programs that do this, however I cant justify spending $50 for code that fits on my bootsector. Silliness. Mike A. Harris http://www3.sympatico.ca/mharris My dynamic address: http://www3.sympatico.ca/mharris/ip-address.html mailto:mharris AT sympatico DOT ca mailto:mharris AT blackwidow DOT saultc DOT on DOT ca Linux: The ONLY bulletproof 32-bit operating system that has it all.