Version 0.82, Copyright (c) Tuomo Valkonen 1996-1998.
Choose-OS is a fully configurable boot loader for Linux/PC.
It is a program which, when you boot your computer, allows you to
select the operating system to boot.
Yes, it does the same stuff
that LILO or OS/2 boot manager do.
Choose-OS has, though, some nice features not found in many or none other
programs of this kind.
- Look 'n Coolness:
- You can choose the colors used for each image separately.
- You can position the menu and timer or even each image separately on screen.
- Hotkey can be specified for each image.
- And finally, you can have a background image (plain ascii text or screendump format) !
- Other stuff:
- Emergency bootsector - If there's been a failure loading Choose-OS mapfile or 2nd stage loader,
an emergency bootsector will be tried to load, if one specified.
- An easy-to-use configuration program for X, Visual Chos.
- MBR rewrite, hda/hdb and fd0/fd1 swapping, etc.
- "Single-shot autoboot" makes it possible to directly boot another OS from linux using rebooter, for example.
- dosmenukey -option makes it possible to choose dos multiconfig menu options from choose-os.
There may be typos, language-, spelling- and other mistakes in these documents. If you notice any,
please let me know about 'em.
Also mail me all bug reports, enhancements, enhancement ideas and good looking ansi backgrounds.
These documents are Netscape Communicator/Navigator 4.0 (and 1600x1200x16bpp =) optimized.
You can, though, browse these documents with almost any browser. You just wont get the frames and stuff may not look like what it should.
Do NOT try browsing with MSIE - You might just crash your system O:-)