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[was_jaclaz]

OS-BS was an old boot manager (1992) that had gone Commercial.

I have still to fully test it, but I remember the old one as a magnificent piece of code....

mbldr on Sourceforge:
http://sourceforge.n...group_id=162108

Some snippets from the "changes" file:

- Project has been renamed to "mbldr" due to legal issues discussed with Thomas Wolfram (mbldr is Master Boot LoaDeR)

Boot loader:
- Boot support for primary partitions above 1024 cylinder boundary
- Primary partitions hiding (FAT/FAT32/NTFS) like it is done in PQ PartitionMagic/OS-2 Boot Manager
- It is now possible to load operating systems from logical disks of an extended partition

==============================================================================
The text below is a copy of HISTORY file which was a part of OS-BS 1.35 by
Thomas Wolfram. It is kept here just for the sake of commonality.
==============================================================================

OS Boot Select Version 1.35, December 1992
Copyright © 1991, 1992 Thomas wolfRAM
History
------------------------------------------------------------


Version 1.35, December 1992
fixes a minor bug
.....

....and it fits in the MBR (512 bytes)

The MBR installer needs cwsdpmi:
http://www.delorie.c...sc/csdpmi5b.zip
CWSDPMI.EXE is needed

The program won't run in Qemu, but it does in VMware.

jaclaz

[was_jaclaz]

Update:
on 11th january 2007 version 1.42 released, it now features a Windows version.

jaclaz

[was_jaclaz]

Update:
on 06th june 2007 version 1.43 released, it has now a Windows GUI MBR installer.
It needs mingw10m.dll, part of the mingw runtime:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw/
http://sourceforge.n...p?group_id=2435
http://sourceforge.n...ackage_id=11598

jaclaz

[morroman]

Rise from the dead topic, sorry all
Can mbldr boot virtualmachine images without the need to run XP then VM then the actual image???

[was_jaclaz]

Rise from the dead topic, sorry all
Can mbldr boot virtualmachine images without the need to run XP then VM then the actual image???

If only I could understand what you are asking...

Can you post an example of what you are trying to achieve, possibly after having re-read "common sense advice" in Rules:
http://www.boot-land...?act=boardrules
with particular attention to points #d., #f1., #f2.

BTW:
UPDATE:

May 30, 2008
mbldr 1.45 has been released. Boot-timer fix, French translation, partitions hiding/not hiding, few other improvements.

http://mbldr.sourceforge.net/
http://sourceforge.n...group_id=162108

jaclaz


P.S.:
Topic splitted to here:
http://www.boot-land...?showtopic=5968

[ptptptptptpt]

great！ I am just looking for the like of this !

thanks for recommending ~~