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Subject: Re: menu driver to boot up the correct congif.sys ?
Message-ID: <1991Apr22.204215.1@tesla.njit.edu>
Date: 23 Apr 91 00:42:15 GMT
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In article <1991Apr17.163857.13672@mrspoc.Transact.COM>, itkin@mrspoc.Transact.COM (Steven M. List) writes:
> conslt01@zeus.unomaha.edu (The Oracle) writes:
> 
>>Is this what the MBOOT.SYS or MULTICONFIG 2.0 does?  If so, where can I lay my
>>greedy little hand on it?  If not, then is there something that I can lay my
>>other greedy little hand on to do this, or am I SOL as far as this goes?
> 
> Yes, that's what MULTICONFIG does.  It allows you three optional configurations
> that you choose between using the SHIFT, ALT, and CTRL keys.  There's also
> a timeout you can specify that will allow it to default to the Normal (SHIFT)
> configuration.  Using the ERRORLEVEL, you can then do the same thing in
> autoexec.bat.
> 
on the other hand, mboot allows you to have not only multiple configuration 
files ( autoexec, config ) , but different boot sectors as well.  this 
effectively allows you to have different dos versions and even (yecch) os/2
installed on your hard drive at any given time.  it stores the boot sectors 
as separate files and then moves them into the actual boot sector when
you ask.  

if you're going to use mboot, though, take heed and back up your drive first,
because anything that futzes around with the boot sector is dangerous!

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