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DynaBoot

Version 1.1 · Matthew J. Palcic

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Description

DynaBoot is a dynamic configuration utility to allow multiple AUTOEXEC.BAT and CONFIG.SYS combinations to be chosen from a menu, and edited from within DynaBoot (useful for viewing or modifying your configurations). DynaBoot can be most useful when a system requires a different boot-up for several people sharing the same system, or different required memory resident programs (TSRs) depending on the application to be run. Copyrighted freeware.

Technical details

File
dynaboot.zip
Size
31.6 KB
Format
.zip
Year
1998
Added to S.U.P.E.R.
1998-06-05
Files inside
11
Author
Matthew J. Palcic
Path
anonftp/pub/dynaboot.zip

How to install it

What to send to the palmtop saves 9.0 KB

These are the files you need. You can send them from the package contents below.

  • DEMPTY.SYS → A:\SOFT driver, necesita línea en CONFIG.SYS 71 B
  • DFAST.BAT → A:\SOFT programa de DOS 249 B
  • DFAST.SYS → A:\SOFT driver, necesita línea en CONFIG.SYS 71 B
  • DNORMAL.BAT → A:\SOFT programa de DOS 454 B
  • DNORMAL.SYS → A:\SOFT driver, necesita línea en CONFIG.SYS 92 B
  • DYNABOOT.CFG → A:\_DAT configuración 882 B
  • DYNABOOT.EXE → A:\SOFT programa de DOS 48.4 KB
  • DEMPTY.BAT → A:\SOFT programa de DOS 237 B

No need to put README.1ST, DYNABOOT.DOC, HPLXREAD.ME: they are manuals, source code or supporting material. Read them here and save 9.0 KB on a 1 MB disk.

Steps
  1. DEMPTY.SYS is a driver: add DEVICE=A:\SOFT\DEMPTY.SYS to C:\CONFIG.SYS and reboot with Ctrl+Alt+Del.
  2. DFAST.SYS is a driver: add DEVICE=A:\SOFT\DFAST.SYS to C:\CONFIG.SYS and reboot with Ctrl+Alt+Del.
  3. DNORMAL.SYS is a driver: add DEVICE=A:\SOFT\DNORMAL.SYS to C:\CONFIG.SYS and reboot with Ctrl+Alt+Del.
  4. Copy DFAST.BAT, DNORMAL.BAT, DYNABOOT.EXE, DEMPTY.BAT to A:\SOFT. They are DOS programs: run them from the DOS icon, or add A:\SOFT to the PATH in C:\AUTOEXEC.BAT to call them by name.
  5. Copy DYNABOOT.CFG to A:\_DAT, where the 200LX looks for configuration. Open it with Memo and adjust it before use.
  6. If you edit a configuration file on the palmtop, make sure you leave a newline at the end: some programs swallow the last line without saying a word.

Derived from the package contents and the 200LX conventions. It installs to A: on purpose: C: is a RAM disk and every byte there is memory taken from the system.

Send to my palmtop

The palmtop must be waiting before you press the button, or the transfer will fail. It is the palmtop that announces it is ready, not the other way round.

First time? How to connect the palmtop, step by step →

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