MATTsoft Boot Manager

1. Introduction

• 1.1 History of this program
• 1.2 License
• 1.3 Getting this program
• 1.4 Tech support
• 1.5 Czech documentation

2. Installation

• 2.1 First step - backing up your system
• 2.1.1 Backing up DOS / Win 95
• 2.1.2 Backing up OS/2
• 2.1.3 Backing up Unixes
• 2.2 Second step - install mbtmgr
• 2.3 Third step - customize mbtmgr
• 2.4 Fourth step - FAT MultiLoader
• 2.5 Last step - Kernel Configurator
• 2.6 Solving a problems
• 2.7 Recover - if something went wrong
• 2.7.1 Recovering DOS
• 2.7.2 Recovering OS/2
• 2.7.2 Recovering Unix
• 2.7.3 Reporting a problem

3. Removing MATTsoft Boot manager

4. Installing new operating system

• 4.1 Installing MS-DOS, OpenDOS, PC-DOS
• 4.2 Installing Windows 95/98
• 4.3 Installing Windows NT
• 4.4 Installing OS/2
• 4.5 Installing Linux
• 4.6 Installing FreeBSD
• 4.7 Installing QNX
• 4.8 Installing SCO OpenServer (SCO Unix)
• 4.9 Installing UnixWare

5. For programmers

• 5.1 Technical details
• 5.2 Master boot record
• 5.3 List of partition IDs
• 5.4 DOS FAT 12/16 Boot sectors
• 5.5 FAT MultiLoader
• 5.6 Detecting MBTMGR
• 5.7 User kernels
• 5.8 Developing Boot-ROMs

6. Frequently asked questions

• 6.1 ATAPI CD-ROM BOOT problems
• 6.1.1 Can't add "Boot from CD-ROM" item to my menu
• 6.1.2 MBTMGR doesn't detect my CD-ROM
• 6.1.3 MBTMGR says that CD-ROM is not bootable
• 6.1.4 Which bootable CD formats does MBTMGR recognize?
• 6.1.5 Will you add also support for booting from ZIP/JAZ/TAPE?

7. Appendix

• 7.1 Windows 9x Winboot.Ini file
• 7.2 Windows NT BOOT.INI file
• 7.3 OpenDOS/DR-DOS boot menu
• 7.4 DOS FDISK arguments
• 7.5 Filesystems
• 7.6 Partitioning your disk
• 7.7 Other programs
• 7.7.1 Boot managers
• 7.7.2 Partition editors/fdisks
• 7.7.3 Misc programs
• 7.8 Operating systems
• 7.9 Glossary