How Well Does 'Smart BootManager' Work? 7
iie1195 asks: "Even though you can set up LiLO to dual-boot operating systems, in my opinion, there are better and easier ways to accomplish this, since LiLO isn't very newbie-friendly. There are several commercial boot-managers out there. Among the noteworthy are PQBoot from Powerquest and System Commander 2000 from V Communications (you can read a review on System Commander 2000 here.) Open Source boot-managers have not been plentiful, but there's hope. One of these is Smart BootManager. It has the look and feel of an early version of System Commander, and is fully Open Sourced. I have not tried it much myself, since I'm perfectly happy with System Commander. But since blowing $49 on a boot-manager might be a little steep, the free Smart BootManager seems like a good alternative." Any experiences or testimonials from users of this program? Does it serve your booting needs or are there areas that could use improvement?
Re:it works (Score:1)
have you tried grub? (Score:2)
grub> kernel (hd0,0)/usr/src/linux/arch/i386/boot/bzImage
grub> boot
i don't remember the exact URL, but i think it's something like this [gnu.org]. i should point out that the version in debian potato is sorta baked. build the latest one from source if possible.
GAG (Score:2)
Have you tried GAG? It is certainly the coolest looking boot manager I've ever seen and it's free (speach and beer).
http://raster.cibermil lennium.com/gageng.htm [cibermillennium.com]
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XOSL (Score:2)
Re:GAG (Score:2)
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Re:have you tried grub? (Score:1)
Re:XOSL - Another Recommendation (Score:1)