Reading Langa's List this morning I decided to see if there was a freeware
version of OSL2000 Boot manager.

This one I found at SourceForge

http://gag.sourceforge.net/index.html
GAG (initials, in spanish, of Graphical Boot Manager) is a Boot Manager
program. It's loaded when the computer is turned on and allows you to
choose the operating system you want to use.

Its main features are:

* Allows boot of up to 9 different operating systems.
* It can boot operating systems installed in primary and extended
partitions on any available hard disk. * Can be installed from nearly
all operating systems. * GAG doesn't need its own partition. It
installs itself in the first track of the hard disk, wich is reserved
for these kinds of programs. It can also be instaled on a floppy disk,
without using the hard disk. * It has a timer to boot a default
operating system (selectable by the user). * The configuration menu
can be protected with a password. * The program works in graphic mode
(needs a VGA or better graphic card), and has a lot of icons. * Hides
the primary partitions which allows the user to have instaled more
than one DOS and/or Windows in the same hard disk. * Allows a password
to be put on each operating system, denying access to non-authorized
people. * Allows the boot manager text to be translated to all
languages. * Can exchange disk drives, allowing to boot from the
second, third... hard disk operating systems such as MS-DOS. * Has the
SafeBoot system, that allows to boot your hard disk even if GAG is
accidentally overwrited. * Supports a great variety of keyboards
(QWERTY, AZERTY and QWERTZ keyboards). * Fully support for hard disks
up to 4 terabytes (4096 gigabytes). * Full version and free software
(distributed under GPL licence, with source code)


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In article <(E-Mail Removed)>, (E-Mail Removed)
says...
> Reading Langa's List this morning I decided to see if there was a freeware
> version of OSL2000 Boot manager.
>
> This one I found at SourceForge
>
> http://gag.sourceforge.net/index.html
> GAG (initials, in spanish, of Graphical Boot Manager) is a Boot Manager
> program. It's loaded when the computer is turned on and allows you to
> choose the operating system you want to use.
>
> Its main features are:
>
> * Allows boot of up to 9 different operating systems.
> * It can boot operating systems installed in primary and extended
> partitions on any available hard disk. * Can be installed from nearly
> all operating systems. * GAG doesn't need its own partition. It
> installs itself in the first track of the hard disk, wich is reserved
> for these kinds of programs. It can also be instaled on a floppy disk,
> without using the hard disk. * It has a timer to boot a default
> operating system (selectable by the user). * The configuration menu
> can be protected with a password. * The program works in graphic mode
> (needs a VGA or better graphic card), and has a lot of icons. * Hides
> the primary partitions which allows the user to have instaled more
> than one DOS and/or Windows in the same hard disk. * Allows a password
> to be put on each operating system, denying access to non-authorized
> people. * Allows the boot manager text to be translated to all
> languages. * Can exchange disk drives, allowing to boot from the
> second, third... hard disk operating systems such as MS-DOS. * Has the
> SafeBoot system, that allows to boot your hard disk even if GAG is
> accidentally overwrited. * Supports a great variety of keyboards
> (QWERTY, AZERTY and QWERTZ keyboards). * Fully support for hard disks
> up to 4 terabytes (4096 gigabytes). * Full version and free software
> (distributed under GPL licence, with source code)
>
>
>
A little old news but a very, very, very nice boot manager program.
Have used it for over a year on multiple computers. Works like a charm.

Regards

Wayne D

On 04-22-2004, in alt.comp.freeware,
Wayne D <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> In article <(E-Mail Removed)>, (E-Mail Removed)
> says...
>> Reading Langa's List this morning I decided to see if there was a
>> freeware version of OSL2000 Boot manager.
>>
>> This one I found at SourceForge
>>
>> http://gag.sourceforge.net/index.html GAG (initials, in spanish,
>> of Graphical Boot Manager) is a Boot Manager program. It's loaded
>> when the computer is turned on and allows you to choose the
>> operating system you want to use.
>>
>> Its main features are:
>>
>> * Allows boot of up to 9 different operating systems. * It
>> can boot operating systems installed in primary and extended
>> partitions on any available hard disk. * Can be installed
>> from nearly all operating systems. * GAG doesn't need its own
>> partition. It installs itself in the first track of the hard
>> disk, wich is reserved for these kinds of programs. It can
>> also be instaled on a floppy disk,

> A little old news but a very, very, very nice boot manager
> program. Have used it for over a year on multiple computers. Works
> like a charm.

News to me. So exactly what do you mean?. That you've used GAG under
windows with multiple computers or that you've tried GAG with
multiple OS's on multiple computers?

I noticed the words "nearly all operating systems"... Anyone tried
it with success on linux? (Yes/no)?

Max

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Max wrote:
[SNIP]
> I noticed the words "nearly all operating systems"... Anyone tried
> it with success on linux? (Yes/no)?
Yes: Win95, RedHat, OpenBSD, FreeBSD, Win2K Pro, Mandrake, Solaris...

Cheers,
Gary B-)

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On 04-24-2004, in alt.comp.freeware,
Gary R. Schmidt <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> Max wrote:
> [SNIP]
>> I noticed the words "nearly all operating systems"... Anyone
>> tried it with success on linux? (Yes/no)?
> Yes: Win95, RedHat, OpenBSD, FreeBSD, Win2K Pro, Mandrake,
> Solaris...

Yep. That answers my question. Thank you.

Max

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On Fri, 23 Apr 2004 02:01:44 GMT, Wayne D <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:


>> * Allows boot of up to 9 different operating systems.
>> * It can boot operating systems installed in primary and extended
>> partitions on any available hard disk. * Can be installed from nearly
>> all operating systems.

Hi to all,

I would like to install it on my Windows XP home edition, but I don't
know if it works on win XP.

Can anybody here spread some light?

Thanks in advance for any support

Alberto