MATTsoft Boot Manager - http://www.penguin.cz/~mhi/mbtmgr/ - documentation

2. Installation

Installation is simple and consists of few steps. Download MATTsoft Boot Manager from web ( http://www.penguin.cz/~mhi/mbtmgr/ ) and extract it using pkzip^TM or winzip^TM on your DOS hard drive (e.g. pkunzip c:\temp\mbt1_19.zip c:\ /d[enter], MBTMGR directory will be created automatically).

2.1 First step - backup your system files

This is very important if you are installing MATTsoft Boot Manager for the first time. If you will make any mistake you will be able to recover your system. MBTMGR is still in development but seems to be stable and works fine.

2.1.1 Backing up DOS / Win 9x

Insert BLANK floppy disk into A: drive and in DOS command line type FORMAT A: /u /s[enter]. Then copy necessary files to floppy:

MBTMGR installation program: copy c:\mbtmgr\mbtmgr.exe A:\
fdisk.com, format.com, sys.com from your DOS system directory (if you are using Windows 9x it's C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND directory). copy c:\dos\fdisk.com A:\, copy c:\dos\format.com A:\ and copy c:\dos\sys.com A:\.
System startup files - autoexec.bat, config.sys and msdos.sys (win9x). Do not copy this file to root directory else this files will be executed on boot. mkdir a:\sysfiles copy c:\autoexec.bat a:\sysfiles, copy c:\config.sys a:\sysfiles and if you have Windows 9x copy c:\msdos.sys a:\sysfiles.
Necessary disk drivers. If you have scsi disks or CD-ROM you should copy drivers to floppy and add them to a:\config.sys and a:\autoexec.bat.

Creating boot floppy on Windows 9x / DOS

2.1.2 Backing up OS/2

You should have "OS/2 system diskettes" created during installation or from "OS/2 system". If you haven't them create it now.

2.1.3 Backing up Unix

Under Unix create bootable floppy disk with kernel. For more information see documentation. Do not forget to use rdev(8) program to change root/swap device. For more information see rdev(8) man page (man 8 rdev).