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From: smsmith@hpuxa.acs.ohio-state.edu (Stephen M. Smith)
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Subject: Re: menu driver to boot up the correct congif.sys ?
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Date: 16 Apr 91 21:30:40 GMT
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conslt01@zeus.unomaha.edu (The Oracle) writes:
>> I haven't looked at or used MBOOT.SYS, but I have used multiconfig 2.0
>> (multic20.zoo) and it works GREAT!  Lets you have up to three different
>> configurations within a single config.sys file...
>
>I am looking for a menu-driven utility that will, upon bootup, give me a menu
>that will ask me what config.sys I would like to use...
>I hate to have to make 10 different boot disks to run all
>my program, but that is about what I'm going to have to do unless I can come 
>across something like this.
>				John G. Schroeder
>				The Oracle
>				Conslt01@Zeus.UnOmaha.Edu
>				Conslt01@UnOma1

I am fairly familiar with 3 boot programs that you can get
at wuarchive.wustl.edu in /mirrors/msdos/sysutl.  The first
is recfg32.zip.  This program simply allows you to change your
config.sys and autoexec.bat files quickly BEFORE you boot
up; up to 20 configurations can be separately maintained.
But this is not what you want--You would like to be able
to choose a different configuration WHILE BOOTING, right?
The other two programs can do this:

The first is mentioned above, and it's calledi multic20.zip
(not multic20.zoo).  I downloaded it and looked through the
documentation and it looks good if you only have 3 config.sys
and 3 autoexec.bat configurations.  Also, as far as I can
tell it is not a menu-driven program; instead, you simply
choose between the 3 options you want by pressing either
SHFT, ALT, or CTRL upon bootup.  If no key is depressed,
a default (SHFT I think) is used.

Since you have more than 3 configurations, the program
you need is called boot127.zip.  This is really a remarkable
program, and the documentation is excellent.  It can have
menus within menus within menus...with over a dozen levels
of menus if you like!  You can either quickly use it if
you have 9 config.sys files or less, or you can read the
documentation to learn how to nest different options within
each of your config.sys sections.  The documentation deals
with all kinds of situations, including Windows, QEMM,
lans, etc.  It also allows you to set screen colors for
each of the menus and submenus, allows timeout features,
and allows for automatic autoexec.bat choices for each
of the possible variations you might have for your config.sys
file (it does this by returning fairly sophisticated
errorlevel codes, such as "2a3c1d" etc.).  In other words, 
it is extremely sophisticated.  The documentation gives you
lots of practical examples to illustrate different scenarios.

Note: I am still reading through the documentation and have
not tried it yet.  But if it works as great as I hope, I
will be sending my registration in!  ($39 + $4 S/H).

Hope that helps.

P.S. Again, all 3 of the programs are available at
wuarchive.wustl.edu in /mirrors/msdos/sysutl.

Steve Smith
smsmith@hpuxa.ircc.ohio-state.edu