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ZP BOOT MANAGER 1.01
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ZP BOOT MANAGER 1.01 (C) 1993 by Alejandro López
1 - Only for lawyers
This is a shareware program. If after a trial period you think it is usefull,
please send me a quantity of dollars that you think appropriate.
You CAN distribute it freely in any way, moreover, I encourage you to do so,
but keeping the files unmodified and copying the whole package.
I am responsible for NO DAMAGE or LOSS it could cause, whichever it is. So,
use it at your own risk. Although I have tested it (and worked) with diferent
computers, video boards, hard disks, monitors and operating systems, I wasn't
able to test every conbination.
2 - System requirements
ZPBM 1.01 should work in any machine with at least one hard disk.
3 - What is in the ZPBM101.ARJ package?
INSTALL.COM to install ZPBM 1.01 in your hard disk
REMOVE.COM to remove ZPBM 1.01 from your hard disk
BOOTM.BIN the ZPBM 1.01 itself
OVERLAP.BIN the new code for the master boot record
ZPBM.DOC documentation on ZPBM 1.01 (this file)
ZPBM.ESP documentation in spanish
4 - Installation
UnARJ all the files in a directory and run INSTALL.COM. It will do all the
work for you.
If you have any other boot manager installed, remove it before installing
ZPBM 1.01. To remove another boot manager, you must use its own removal
program.
Once it is installed, it's not necesary to keep the files. But you will need
REMOVE.COM if you ever want to uninstall ZPBM 1.01.
5 - Usage
When you boot, a menu will show all the partitions in your hard disk(s). Use
the arrow keys to move through them and press ENTER to choose one.
The partition chosen must be bootable, other way you will have to use the
reset button.
If no key is pressed during a 15 seconds period, the partition where the
cursor is positioned will be booted.
If you have 2 hard disks both of them will be shown. You can select a bootable
partition in any of the disks. Because the master boot record (code that is
with the partition table and loads the boot sector of the actibe partition)
of the HD1 some times is not prepared to boot from this disk, not always will
the ZPBM 1.01 be able to do its work from the second disk. The same idea is to
be applied to the boot sectors from any partition on the HD1.
Should you want to add a new operating system, you MUST remove ZPBM 1.01
before the OS installation, re-installing ZPBM 1.01 afterwards.
6 - Removal
Just tipe REMOVE at the DOS prompt, and your hard disk will be freed of the
ZPBM 1.01.
7 - Uncompatibilities
No program should use sectors 2-5, track 0, side 0 of your hard disk 0.
Usually they are free but some program (like this one) may keep information
in these sectors.
8 - Bugs and ideas
Any idea you have or bug that you find, please let me know about it. You can
find me:
By typical mail:
Alejandro López
Cordero 371 - (1826)
R. de Escalada - Bs As
Argentina
FidoNet:
Alejandro Lopez 4:901/211.14@fidonet.org.
If you don't receive my response, resend your netmail, till you have one,
because surely either your message or mine got lost in the way.
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