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From: s902114@minyos.xx.rmit.oz.au (Zen [Stuart Bishop]=)
Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d
Subject: Re: AUTOEXEC.BAT/CONFIG.SYS swappers
Keywords: AUTOEXEC.BAT CONFIG.SYS boot
Message-ID: <1991May21.074533.23664@minyos.xx.rmit.oz.au>
Date: 21 May 91 07:45:33 GMT
References: <1991May15.151517.22723@aero.org> <10744@ifi.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de> <1991May21.055507.6635@massey.ac.nz>
Organization: RMIT Computer Centre, Melbourne Australia.
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B.C.Phillips@massey.ac.nz (B.C.M. Phillips) writes:

:-)Hi,
:-)I had a need for a similar product, and I am now using Boot.sys,
:-)which is a shareware? product ( that I must get around to
:-)registering, 'cause it has a persistant message that keeps on telling
:-)me that it isn't registered :). It is a step better than the - copy a
:-)new config and autoexec to the root and reboot - type of program in
:-)that it runs from 1 config.sys and autoexec.bat file. The config.sys
:-)starts off with the common stuff for all the boot sequences you want,
:-)then calls the BOOT.SYS driver which reads the rest of the config.sys
:-)and creates a menu to allow you to run thru different versions of the
:-)config.sys depending on what you choose. This can then be followed by
:-)other stuff that is common to all the config.sys'. Then in the
:-)autoexec.bat you make a call to BOOT.COM which returns an errorlevel
:-)depending on the choice you made in the config.sys menu.

:-)I got it out of the sysutl directory in Simtel20.

:-)I find it really handy as we use PC-NFS and the drivers take up 94K
:-)that I feel could be better spent when I am not using the net. I have
:-)had no problems with the product so far ( touch wood :).

:-)Cheers Brenden

There is a program called dynaboot which simply copies .bat and .sys
files to the root directory and renames them. Accessable either through
a menu of command line. It is a simple system, but requires that you
boot up and THEN choose what system to use if you want to chance.

I am not sure if it is shareware or public domain, but something
that simple should not be paid for IMHO.
 
a few simple batch files would do exactly the same trick
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