Changeset 29 for trunk/DOCS/EN


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Timestamp:
May 5, 2011, 2:00:00 PM (14 years ago)
Author:
Ben Rietbroek
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AiR-BOOT v1.06 -- Complete sourceforge mirror. (r56) [2010-02-19]
Signature-date: 2006-03-13.
Also contains binairy releases from v1.01 to v1.06, cd-rom images, etc.
If you want the whole pre v1.07 shebang, checkout this revision's trunk.
The v1.06 reference version is in 'tags/v1.06r'.
Note that this reference version uses 'NL' for 'Dutch'.

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trunk/DOCS/EN
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  • trunk/DOCS/EN/FEATURES.TXT

    r23 r29  
    2525 º     resetting the configuration                                            º
    2626 º  - MBR-Protection under Real-Mode                                          º
    27  º  - Linux Kernel Support (from FAT-16 partitions), Kernel-Commandline and   º
    28  º     automagically, but configurable root-partition                         º
     27 º  - IBM OS/2 / eCS LVM Support                                              º
    2928 º                                                                            º
    3029 ºÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄĺ
    … …  
    4241 º                                                                            º
    4342 º AiR-BOOT is compatible to LVM, the Logical Volume Manager available for    º
    44  º  OS/2, eComStation and Linux-variants.                                     º
     43 º  OS/2 and eComStation.                                                     º
    4544 º                                                                            º
    4645 º AiR-BOOT is able to get booted from CD-ROM. Simply generate a floppy disc, º

  • trunk/DOCS/EN/INSTALL.TXT

    r8 r29  
    77 º                                                                            º
    88 º 1. Get a blank, formatted disc. Insert this disc into drive A: and start   º
    9  º     the file AIRBS_xx.EXE from the AiR-BOOT archive (where xx is your      º
    10  º     language code).                                                        º
     9 º     the file MAKEDISK.COM from the AiR-BOOT archive.                       º
    1110 º                                                                            º
    1211 º 2. Check your CMOS-Setup. Deselect 'Virus Warning', if this option is      º

  • trunk/DOCS/EN/Q_AND_A.TXT

    r8 r29  
    4848 º    This had to be done JUST because of Microsoft. I can't stand this any   º
    4949 º     longer. There is no need for such checking. It's not documented        º
    50  º     anywhere and the CLI is bullshit anyway, because one does not need to  º
    51  º     disable interrupts to change stack or something. Any skilled assembly  º
    52  º     programmer knows this.                                                 º
    53  º                                                                            º
    54  º Q: Hey, why did you code this ? 'NT BOOT'/'OS/2 BOOTMAN'/'LILO' are great. º
    55  º A: Yeah, sure. Let me say something about those things.                    º
    56  º     NT BOOT is crap. 100 KBytes for a BOOTMANAGER ? Are you nuts ? And it  º
    57  º     definitly needs Windows NT installed. (or a FAT partition?!)           º
    58  º     OS/2 BOOTMAN needs a primary partition, so just 3 are left.            º
    59  º     LILO is stupid. First it can not boot Linux, if Linux resides not on   º
    60  º     the first harddisk (at least the last time, I tried). It's loading the º
    61  º     Linux Kernel via HackIn, that I can't stand as well. And it's not that º
    62  º     easy to install and setup. It has to get adjusted, when you add new    º
    63  º     partitions to your harddrive. etc. etc. etc.                           º
    64  º                                                                            º
    65  º     Most bootmanagers need a specific OS installed, so this isn't good as  º
    66  º     well. btw.: If you add a new partition to a drive containing Linux,    º
    67  º           LILO will not find the root partition anymore (haha, nice try).  º
    68  º           That's your "premier" boot-manager. phew. AiR-BOOT will find it  º
    69  º           (normally) automatically on-the-fly and boot it like normal.     º
     50 º     anywhere and the CLI was needed on some of the earliest x86 computers  º
     51 º     when changing stack. Anyway it's not needed in the MBR at least not    º
     52 º     at offset 0.                                                           º
    7053 º                                                                            º
    7154 º Q: Ohhh man, what do you got against LILO. It's soooo good.                º
    … …  
    7356 º     partition. It was FAT and this nice little bugger overwrote some       º
    7457 º     internals *as documented* without even giving me any warning message.  º
    75  º     I see LILO as on the same level as Mickeysoft products. Just believing º
     58 º     I see LILO as on the same level as Microsoft products. Just believing º
    7659 º     they would rule the whole computer and could do anything.              º
    77  º     During AiR-BOOT alpha testing, it NEVER corrupted any partition table. º
    78  º     The only problems were crashs, so I had to restore the old MBR.        º
     60 º     Even all AiR-BOOT alphas never corrupted any partition table.          º
     61 º     The only problems were crashs, so I had to restore to an older MBR.    º
    7962 º     During late beta testing, it never got any problems. And if there were º
    80  º     any, I just inserted the AiR-BOOT disc and wups, the problem was gone. º
     63 º     any, I just inserted the AiR-BOOT disc and the problem was gone.      º
    8164 º     (btw: that's the way I noticed that Partition Magic 3.x overwrites     º
    82  º      some sectors in the MBR).                                             º
    83  º                                                                            º
    84  º Q: So many options, no one will ever need this. Guess you wasted your time º
    85  º A: Okay, well, perhaps there are too much options, and perhaps it's crap.  º
    86  º     I believe many users will use different options, so they are good as   º
    87  º     they are. Too much options would be, if the program is too slow or     º
    88  º     handling is too difficult, but not in AiR-BOOT. It's tiny in size,     º
    89  º     easy to setup...just like your BIOS. I have included REAL on-line      º
    90  º     help, too. Not the way in most BIOSes. I included fancy things, like   º
    91  º     color menus...look at BIOSes from 1989. They were really ugly. Colored º
    92  º     menus are somewhat cool. But I know, you are the one with WindowsNT,   º
    93  º     which thinks it's the best OS in the world. You never tried OS/2, nor  º
    94  º     Unix/Linux. You want a GUI, but you hate those silly colored-windows.  º
     65 º      quietly some sectors in track 0).                                     º
    9566 º                                                                            º
    9667 º Q: I believe you have copied the text of your boot-menu from DocsBoot.     º
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