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NEW RELEASE: DocsBoot+ version 0.32 multiboot program
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (msloboda@epas.utoronto.ca)
Thu Nov 23 20:37:27 1995
To: os2ann.DISCUSS@bloom-picayune.MIT.EDU
Date: Tue, 21 Nov 1995 08:58:11 GMT
From: msloboda@epas.utoronto.ca
Reply-To: msloboda@epas.utoronto.ca
Submitted by: Myron J. Sloboda (msloboda@epas.utoronto.ca)
Source: Zac Schroff (zschroff@buster.eng.ua.edu)
Date received: 1995 November 19
Date posted: 1995 November 20
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***DocsBoot+ v0.32=E1 [dbp032a.zip, size zipped: 81,571)***
REPLACES: dbp031.zip and all other previous versions of dbp0*.zip
UPLOADED: ftp hobbes.nmsu.edu /os2/incoming and ftp.cdrom.com /os2/incoming
SUGGESTED DIRECTORY PLACEMENT: os2/diskutil (preferred) or os2/sysutil
PROGRAM STATUS: Shareware (late beta version), registration $15 U.S. funds.
Author: Zac Schroff
E-mail: zschroff@buster.eng.ua.edu
Surface mail: 2906 Firethorn Drive
Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35405
USA
PROGRAM SYNOPSIS (Short): For users who wish to have multiple operating
systems (in multiple partitions) on their computer, DocsBoot+ is a boot
manager program that allows the user to select which operating system is
to be active during a particular session.
DocsBoot+ does not require repartitioning to install. DocsBoot+ can be
installed either on a floppy or a hard disk. Very little space is used on
a floppy, and no normally used space is required on a hard disk.
PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS (including many features not found in other boot
managers):
CMOS SECURITY--Saves system settings, and restores them if they are lost.
VIRUS PROTECTIONV--Removes several types of boot sector and MBR virii.
TIMED BOOT--Allows the option to either boot to a default system, or to
the last booted partition, after a user-settable period of time.
BOOT FLOPPIESB--Can Boot from a floppy disk from the menu selection.
RESTART--Allows a restarting of the system (cold or warm) from the menu.
EXTENSIONS--Allows loading of extensions which are run before the menu
comes up. (Extensions can be anything from password programs to drivers
which emulate ROMs for nonstandard hardware.)
DRIVESWAP--Swaps the A and B floppy drives so that many real-mode programs
and operating systems can boot from either floppy drive.
