kBootManager v0.35.12Beta - Documentation


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About The kBootManager

The kBootManager is an bootmanager which is meant to supplement or replace the IBM BootManager. When I say "or", that depends on which configuration you will have. If you plan to boot OS/2, or any other (unknown) OS which needs the IBM BootManager to install, it is an supplement. But if you are thinking about booting all OSes from primary partitions or "logical as primary", it is a replacement.

As Primary

The NEW thing about this bootmanager is that it may boot any logical partition as an primary (this requires a free entry in the primary partitiontable). It extends the IBM BootManager naming - names of extended partitions is stored in the logical MBR - to include primary partitions. So if you name an extended partition with the OS/2 fdisk or PQMagic you will have that partition bootable in this bootmanager too.

Features

Compatibility issues with the IBM BootManager.


The kBootManager

Keys


The Textmode Installer

The installer is has an fdisk (linux) styled interface, but is designed to be implemented as an GUI application later. The interface is poor. It is not userfrendly - but it works. During development I have used a physical diskeditor to do the installation an configuration - so this is a huge improvement - for me.

The installer is idetical on the different platforms - the difference is the class which provides me with phyical disk access.

I am now going to explain what the different menu options do. I will group them.


Operating Systems - how to boot... from...

OS/2
Footnotes:
  1. This OS can not be installed past 2GB because of it's loader. Realy it the problem is usualy that a problem when calculation sector index to Cylinder, Head and Sector. The reminder can't fit into a 16bit register. I am working on a fix to DOS >= v5.0.

Technical Information

Until I write this read the old documentation below.

OLD DOCUMENTATION

Documentation is non-existing right now but i will write on it when i have time.
But here is a short doc/summary:

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These pages are best view with WebExplorer and Netscape for OS/2 and the other platforms. Now also prepared for lynx.

I will welcome any suggestions and advice concerning these pages.
E-Mail: bird@solo.lhg.hib.no
Last Update: 7th December 1997


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