Simple User Guide for Smart Boot Manager 3.x
  Suzhe, suzhe@gnuchina.org
  V0.10, 10th Feb 2001

  This simple documentation briefly introduces the usage of Smart Boot
  Manager 3.x.
  ______________________________________________________________________

  Table of Contents

























































  1. Introduction

     1.1 Copyright
     1.2 What is Smart Boot Manager 3.x and what it's not?
     1.3 The features of Smart Boot Manager 3.x

  2. How to compile and customize Smart Boot Manager 3.x?

     2.1 How to compile Smart Boot Manager 3.x?
        2.1.1 What software is needed to compile SmartBtmgr?
        2.1.2 How to compile it?
     2.2 How to customize and install the theme file?

  3. How to install Smart Boot Manager 3.x?

     3.1 The usage of installation program.
     3.2 Installation notes for specific OSes.
        3.2.1 Notes for Linux
        3.2.2 Notes for Windows NT, Windows 2000, FreeBSD, OS/2 and Solaris
        3.2.3 Notes for DOS, Windows 9X

  4. How to use Smart Boot Manager 3.x?

     4.1 How to run it?
     4.2 The Smart Boot Manager 3.x interface
     4.3 The hot keys
     4.4 Command menus
        4.4.1 Main Menu
        4.4.2 Record Settings Menu
        4.4.3 System Settings Menu
     4.5 Advanced usage
        4.5.1 Password protection
        4.5.2 Delay time
        4.5.3 Boot Schedule
        4.5.4 Preload Keystrokes
        4.5.5 Swap drive ID
        4.5.6 Online installation and uninstallation
        4.5.7 Boot from CD-ROM
        4.5.8 How to install DOS, Windows 9x into a logical FAT partition?
        4.5.9 How to install DOS, Windows 9x/NT/2000 into the second (or later) HD?

  5. Compatibility

     5.1 Hardware compatibility
     5.2 Known bugs of Smart Boot Manager 3.0
     5.3 Compatible OSes

  6. TODO list

  7. Contacting the author

  8. Thanks

  9. Authors



  ______________________________________________________________________

  1.  Introduction

  This section is the brief introduction of Smart Boot Manager 3.x.




  1.1.  Copyright

  Smart Boot Manager is a free software; you can redistribute it and/or
  modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
  published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the
  License, or (at your option) any later version.

  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
  WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
  General Public License for more details.

  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
  along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
  Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.


  1.2.  What is Smart Boot Manager 3.x and what it's not?

  Smart Boot Manager or briefly SmartBtmgr (SBM), is an OS independent
  Boot Manager - a program that is loaded by the bios before any
  operating system and allows you to choose which operating system to
  boot.

  It's like OS/2 Boot Manager and many other similar programs, e.g.
  System Commander, Bootit, Bootstar, PQBoot etc.

  But it's NOT an OS Loader; it's not a replacement for LILO or other OS
  Loaders. In other words, you must use LILO (or other similar programs)
  to boot Linux while using SmartBtmgr to give you an easy to use
  interface to Boot Multiple OSes.


  1.3.  The features of Smart Boot Manager 3.x

  SmartBtmgr is intended to be easy to use, flexible and small. It has a
  nice windows-like user interface, online help and an easy-to-use
  command menu. It needs no configuration file or program. All actions
  can be done from within the program; for example, it can automatically
  search all drives and partitions when it first runs, or you can let it
  research them later. The name of each boot record can be modified in
  its interface.  The installation program is only used after once,
  unless the program is damaged. It can be installed not only onto a
  hard disk but also to a floppy.

  SmartBtmgr is small enough that it can be installed into the first
  track of a hard disk (the hidden sectors), no special partition is
  needed.  It is absolutely OS independent, unlike System Commander,
  OS/2 BootManager and PQBoot. Linux is of course not required.

  Although it is very small, it is very powerful. It has many other
  useful features, such as password protection, auto delay boot, direct
  boot (same as the "single-shot autoboot" of Choose-OS), multi-language
  user interface, boot schedule, preload keystrokes, swap drive id, etc.

  The style and language of its interface is easily customized. The
  interface datafile is independent from the program, so it can be
  changed, and the program does not need to be recompiled. There are two
  interface datafiles supplied with this version, one is Chinese and
  another is English.


  Summarize:

  The Main Features of Smart Boot Manager are:

  o  Very Small Size

     The size of Smart Boot Manager is small enough that it can be
     installed into the first track of a hard disk(the hidden track).


  o  Absolutely OS Independent

     Smart Boot Manager does NOT need any partitions, and it has online
     installation and uninstallation functions, so it's absolutely OS
     independent.


  o  Easy to Use

     Smart Boot Manager has a window like interface, online help and
     easy-to-use command menu, it does NOT need any configuration file.


  o  Smart Search Drives and Partitions

     Smart Boot Manager can automatically search out all of the
     floppy/hard drives and partitions that could be booted.


  o  Powerful Password Protection

     Two types of password and three security modes can give you very
     flexible security configuration.


  o  Auto Delay Boot

     Boot particular drive or partition automatically if none of keys
     are pressed within a certain number of seconds.


  o  Boot Schedule

     Boot different drive or partition automatically at different times
     of a day and/or different days.


  o  Booting from CD-ROM

     Smart BootManager supports booting from all kinds of IDE ATAPI CD-
     ROM, including PCMCIA CD-ROM.


  o  Preload Keystrokes

     Send some keystrokes to the Operating System being booted.


  o  Swap drive id

     Can boot DOS/Windows, 9x/Windows, NT and some other OSes from the
     primary partition on ANY hard disk, not only the first HD.

  o  Easily Customized Theme file

     Anyone can customize the theme file easily, almost all of the
     screen elements can be changed, including the colors, strings etc.

     There are many other features not listed out, see following
     documentation for details.
  2.  How to compile and customize Smart Boot Manager 3.x?

  This section introduces the method of compiling and customizing Smart
  Boot Manager 3.x.


  2.1.  How to compile Smart Boot Manager 3.x?

  2.1.1.  What software is needed to compile SmartBtmgr?

  For Linux users, you need gcc, make and nasm (Netwide Assembler, URL:
  http://www.web-sites.co.uk/nasm/ <http://www.web-sites.co.uk/nasm/>).
  For DOS users, you must have DJGPP (a DOS porting of GCC, URL:
  http://www.delorie.com/djgpp/ <http://www.delorie.com/djgpp/>), and
  nasm.

  You also must have UCL compression library (URL:
  http://wildsau.idv.uni-linz.ac.at/mfx/ucl.html
  <http://wildsau.idv.uni-linz.ac.at/mfx/ucl.html>) to compile Smart
  BootManager.


  2.1.2.  How to compile it?

  Edit the Makefile, change the line that including 'TARGET_OS=xxx'.  If
  you are using Linux, change the line to TARGET_OS=linux, if you are
  using DOS, change it to TARGET_OS=dos.

  Then just type make to compile it.

  the executable file is placed in release/ directory.

  type make install to install it. For linux, the default binary
  installation dir is /usr/sbin/, themes will be stored into
  /usr/share/btmgr/ and documentation is placed in /usr/share/doc/btmgr/
  if you want to change them, edit the Makefile.


  2.2.  How to customize and install the theme file?

  You can start your own theme file from one of the two standard theme
  files provided with the program. These are placed in manager/themes/
  dir.

  In order to change it, please refer to the comments in the theme file.

  You must have nasm to compile the theme file.  The compile method is
  very simple, for example, assume that the new theme file is
  mytheme.asm, the following command will generate a binary version of
  mytheme.asm:



       % nasm -fbin -o mytheme.bin mytheme.asm




  If you want to compile the theme file with a non-standard keyboard
  map, use the command:



       % nasm -DKEYMAP_XXX -fbin -o mytheme.bin mytheme.asm


  Where KEYMAP_XXX can be one of the following four symbols:



       KEYMAP_AZERTY           (AZERTY Keyboard)
       KEYMAP_QWERTZ           (QWERTZ Keyboard)
       KEYMAP_DVORAK           (Dvorak Keyboard)
       KEYMAP_DVORAK_ANSI      (ANSI Dvorak Keyboard)




  Be sure that the keymap files (azerty.kbd ...) are in the current
  directory.

  Now you can use installation program to install Smart Boot Manager
  with the new theme(see section ``''):

  for linux:



       % sbminst -t mytheme.bin -d /dev/hda




  or for dos:



       > sbminst -t mytheme.bin -d 128






  3.  How to install Smart Boot Manager 3.x?

  3.1.  The usage of installation program.

  Now there is an installation program for Linux and DOS. The
  installation programs are placed in the installer/ dir. There is only
  one source file for DOS and Linux, and the usage is very similar:

  The usage of installation program is:



















     sbminst [-t theme] [-d drv] [-b backup_file] [-u backup_file]

     -t theme     select the theme to be used, in which the theme could be:
                     us = English theme       de = German theme
                     hu = Hungarian theme     zh = Chinese theme
                     ru = Russian theme       cz = Czech theme
                     es = Spanish theme       fr = French theme
                     pt = Portuguese theme

                     or a filename of user customized theme.

     -d drv       set the drive that you want to install Smart BootManager on;
                  for Linux:
                     /dev/fd0 is the first floppy driver,
                     /dev/hda is the first IDE harddisk driver.
                     /dev/sda is the first SCSI harddisk driver.
                  for DOS:
                     0   is the first floppy drive
                     128 is the first hard drive;

     -c             disable CD-ROM booting feature;

     -b backup_file backup the data that will be overwrited for
                    future uninstallation;

     -u backup_file uninstall Smart BootManager, should be used alone;

     -y             do not ask any question or warning.




  for example, use command 'sbminst -t zh -d /dev/hda -b sbm-bak.dat'
  under linux to install a Chinese version to the first hard disk and
  backup the original data to file sbm-bak.dat.

  Use command 'sbminst -u sbm-bak.dat' to uninstall it.



  3.2.  Installation notes for specific OSes.

  3.2.1.  Notes for Linux

  If you want to boot linux with Smart BootManager, you must install
  LILO into the Superblock of your linux partition, instead of into MBR!

  Edit /etc/lilo.conf file, change the line that include "boot=/dev/hda"
  to "boot=/dev/hda?", /dev/hda? is the partition where your linux
  kernel placed. Then run /sbin/lilo.


  3.2.2.  Notes for Windows NT, Windows 2000, FreeBSD, OS/2 and Solaris

  You should install these OSes into a primary partition of the first
  hard disk. Although the second (and later) hard disk and logical
  partitions may also be supported by SmartBtmgr (by using 'Swap drive
  ID' feature) I don't suggest doing so.

  You should turn on the Auto Active flag of these partitions. If not,
  errors might occur while booting the OS.

  If you installed these OSes into the second or later hard disk, you
  also should turn on the Swap drive ID flag (CTRL+X).


  3.2.3.  Notes for DOS, Windows 9X

  You should install these OSes into a primary partition of the first
  hard disk. Although it is possible to install DOS and Windows 9X into
  a logical partition or the second (or later) hard disk, it is not
  recommended. See section ``'' for more information.


  4.  How to use Smart Boot Manager 3.x?


  This section briefly introduces the usage of Smart Boot Manager 3.x.


  4.1.  How to run it?

  After installation, please reboot the computer. If it was installed
  onto a floppy disk, please insert the disk into the floppy drive and
  boot from this disk. The main interface of this program will appeared
  if everything is correct. Press F1 for online help.


  4.2.  The Smart Boot Manager 3.x interface

  There is a Boot Menu at the center of the screen containing a list of
  all partitions and floppy drives found by SmartBtmgr. I call each
  partition (or floppy drive) a "Boot Record", for example:



                 Flags    Number  Type     Name
            ---------------------------------------------
              ---------D  FD0  0  NONE     Floppy
              ---------D  HD0  0  NONE     Harddisk
              ---------D  HD1  0  NONE     Harddisk
              ---------D  CD0  0  NONE     CD-ROM
            * ----aAh---  HD1  1  FAT32    Primary 1
              p-k----Hl-  HD1  5  FAT32    Logical 5
              -S---A----  HD1  1  Linux    Primary 1
              ---X-A----  HD1  2  FAT32    Primary 2




  The first record in above sample is a floppy drive (A:). The second
  and third records are the two hard disks (the MBRs). The next is a IDE
  CD-ROM.  The next record is the first primary partition in the first
  hard disk, and so on.

  The meaning of each column in Boot Menu is:
















   Flags   : Attribute flags of each boot record,
             the meaning of each flag is:

             * : indicates that it's the default boot record.
                 When the auto boot delay time is up, or the
                 ESC key is pressed, this boot record will be
                 automatically booted.

             p : indicates that it has password protection.
                 Press F9 to change the password of the boot
                 record. This password is noneffective unless
                 the root password is set. Press F10 to set the
                 root password. (The root password here has
                 nothing to do with the root password in Linux!)

             S : indicates that this boot record was added to
                 the schedule table, if the current time falls
                 into this record's schedule, SmartBtmgr will
                 set it as default boot record. Press Ctrl-S to
                 set/unset the schedule of current record.

             k : indicates that this boot record has some
                 keystrokes to be preloaded into the keyboard
                 buffer before booting it. Press Ctrl-K to
                 set/unset it.

             X : indicates that the swap drive id flag is set.
                 While booting this record, its drive will
                 be swapped with the bootable drive of the same
                 type. For example, if this flag is set for a
                 partition in the second hard disk (drv id=129),
                 the drive with id 128 (0x80) and 129 (0x81) will
                 be swapped while booting this partition.
                 This feature is very useful if you want to boot
                 DOS/Windows 9X/NT from the second or later hard disk.
                 Press Ctrl+X to toggle this flag.

             a : indicates that this boot record will be
                 automatically marked as active when booting it.
                 Usually, the primary partition that installed
                 DOS/Windows 9x/Windows NT should set this flag.
                 Press F6 to toggle this flag.

             A : indicates that this primary partition  was
                 marked as active. Press F4 to mark it.

             h : indicates that this boot record will be
                 automatically hidden when booting other records.
                 This flag only affects the FAT and NTFS partitions.
                 Press F7 to toggle this flag.

             H : indicates that this partition was already hidden.
                 Press F5 to hide/unhide a partition.

             l : indicates that this boot record is a logical
                 partition.

             D : indicates that this boot record is a disk drive,
                 it can be a floppy drive or hard disk (MBR) in the
                 current version.

   Number  : The Drive No. and Partition No. of this boot record.
             The left column is Drive No., the right one is
             Partition No. For a floppy drive, the Drive No.
             is FD0 or FD1 (A: or B:), the Partition No. is always 0.
             For partitions, the Drive No. of the first hard disk
             is HD0, the Partition No. is same as the Linux convention.
             The CD-ROM Drive Number starts from CD0.

   Type    : The partition type. For a disk drive, it's always NONE.

   Name    : The name of the boot record. Press F3 to change it.





  The global flags and information of Smart Boot Manager are displayed
  at the right bottom corner of the screen, it looks like:



        |HD0|PSALE| 28: 30




  The first area (HD0) is the BIOS ID of the current boot drive, the
  second area (PSALE) are the global flags, which mean:



       P  :  Administrator password is available.
       S  :  Smart Boot Manager is in Security Lock Mode.
       A  :  Smart Boot Manager is in Administration mode.
       L  :  "Remember the last boot record" feature is turned on.
       E  :  Extended Int 13H is turned on.




  The third area (28: 30) is the delay time counter.


  4.3.  The hot keys

  SmartBtmgr has following hot keys:

























         F1    Show Help window
    Ctrl+F1    Show About window
         F2    Save changes
         F3    Rename the boot record
         F4    Mark the primary partition active
         F5    Hide/unhide the partition
         F6    Toggle auto active (only for primary partitions)
         F7    Toggle auto hide (only for partitions)
         F8    Set default boot record
   Shift+F8    Unset default boot record
         F9    Change boot record password
        F10    Change root password
   Ctrl+F10    Enter/leave the administrator mode
    Alt+F10    Enter/leave the Security Lock mode

     Ctrl+D    Delete the boot record
     Ctrl+T    Set delay time (seconds)
     Ctrl+I    Rescan all boot records
     Ctrl+H    Rescan all partitions

     Ctrl+P    Duplicate the boot record
     Ctrl+U    Move the boot record up
     Ctrl+N    Move the boot record down

     Ctrl+S    Set / unset the record's boot schedule
     Ctrl+K    Set / unset the preload keystrokes

     Ctrl+X    Toggle swap drive id flag

     Ctrl+F    Change the style of Boot Menu

     Ctrl+L    Toggle "Remember the last booted record"
               (If this feature is turned on, there will
                be a Red 'L' at right bottom of the screen.)

     Ctrl+Q    Exit to BIOS

    Up,Down    Move the focus bar
     / or ?    Show information box
      Enter    Boot it

   Keypad +    Change Video mode, available video modes are
               80x25 and 90x25.

       Home
     Delete    Move the Boot Menu Window.
        End
   PageDown

   Ctrl+F12    Power Off.

   Tab(Alt)    Open / Close the command menu.
      Alt-S    Open / Close the System Settings Menu.
      Alt-R    Open / Close the Record Settings Menu.





  When the command menu is opened, following hot keys can be used:






    Up,Down    Move the command menu's focus bar.
      Enter    Execute the focused command.

    Ctrl+Up    Move the boot menu's focus bar.
  Ctrl+Down

       Home
     Delete    Move the command menu.
        End
   PageDown

  Ctrl+Home
   Ctrl+Del    Move the Boot Menu Window.
   Ctrl+End
  Ctrl+PgDn





  4.4.  Command menus

  Use Tab key to open or close the command menu, there are three command
  menus available: Main Menu, Record Settings Menu and System Settings
  Menu.


  4.4.1.  Main Menu



       Help                Open the Help window
       About               Open the About window
       Save Changes        Save the changes
       Boot it             Boot the focused boot record
       Boot Previous MBR   Boot the original MBR (before Smart Btmgr was installed)

       Record Settings     Open the Record Settings Menu
       System Settings     Open the System Settings Menu

       Quit                Quit to BIOS (Try to boot the next bootable device)
       Power Off           Turn the computer off (Needs Mother Board with APM)





  4.4.2.  Record Settings Menu


















  Information           Show the boot record's information
  Name                  Change the boot record's name
  Password              Change the boot record's password
  Schedule              Set/unset the Schedule time
  Keystrokes            Set/unset the Keystrokes

  Mark Active           Mark the boot record as active
  Hide/unhide           Hide/unhide the boot record
  Auto Active           Set/unset the Auto Active flag
  Auto Hide             Set/unset the Auto Hide flag
  Swap Drive ID         Set/unset the Swap Drive ID flag

  Delete                Delete the boot record
  Duplicate             Duplicate the boot record
  Move Up               move the boot record up
  Move Down             move the boot record down





  4.4.3.  System Settings Menu



       Root Password                Set the Root(Administrator) Password
       Toggle Admin Mode            Enter/Leave the administration mode
       Toggle Security Mode         Enter/Leave the security mode

       Set Default Record           Set focused boot record as the default record
       Unset Default Record         Unset default boot record
       Set Delay Time               Set the delay time
       Change Boot Menu Style       Change the style of Boot Menu
                                    (Hide Flags, Number, Type from Boot Menu).

       Toggle Remember Last         Toggle "Remember the last boot record". There is a
                                    Red 'L' at the bottom of the screen to indicate
                                    this switch.

       Toggle Extended Int13H       Turn on/off BIOS Extended Int13H.

       Rescan All Boot Records      Rescan all boot records and rebuild the boot menu
       Rescan All Partitions        Rescan all partitions and rebuild the boot menu
       Set CD-ROM I/O Ports         Set the I/O ports of IDE CD-ROM by hand.
       Set year (fix Y2K BIOS bug)  Set the correct year for old buggy BIOS.

       Install Smart BootManager    Install Smart BootManager onto a selected drive
       Uninstall Smart BootManager  Uninstall current Smart BootManager





  4.5.  Advanced usage

  4.5.1.  Password protection

  The password scheme of SmartBtmgr is very flexible. One root password
  can be set for administrator. Different access passwords can be
  assigned to each boot record to restrict access to this record.

  If the root password was set, there will be a 'P' character displayed
  at the right bottom of the screen.

  There are three security modes available:

  o  Normal mode


     In this mode, following operations need the Boot Record Password:

  o  Change Name

  o  Change the Boot Record Password

  o  Toggle the Auto Active flag

  o  Toggle the Auto Hide flag

  o  Toggle the Swap drive ID flag

  o  Active the Boot Record

  o  Hide / unhide the Boot Record

  o  Boot the Record

     All other operations except "Save Changes" need the Root Password.


  o  Security Lock mode


     In this mode, all operations except "Boot the Record" need the Root
     Password. The Boot Record Password is needed to boot the record.
     This mode is the most secure mode, you should switch SmartBtmgr
     into this mode after you finish configuring it.  When SmartBtmgr is
     in this mode, there will be a 'S' char displayed at the right
     bottom of the screen.

     Use Alt-F10 key to Enter or Leave this mode.


  o  Administrator mode


     In this mode, all operations do not need any password! This mode is
     only used to configure SmartBtmgr!  When SmartBtmgr is in this
     mode, there will be a 'A' char displayed at the right bottom of the
     screen.

     Use Ctrl-F10 key to Enter or Leave this mode.


  4.5.2.  Delay time

  If no key is pressed within the delay time, the default boot record
  will be booted automatically.

  If the delay time is set to zero, the user interface will not be
  displayed and the default boot record will be booted automatically.
  Hold the Ctrl key while rebooting the computer to enter the user
  interface of SmartBtmgr again.

  If the delay time is set to 255, there is no time limit to boot the
  default boot record.


  4.5.3.  Boot Schedule

  A boot record can be assigned a scheduled time/days range.  When
  booting the computer each time, if the current time falls within the
  scheduled time range of a boot record, Smart Btmgr will set this boot
  record as the default record.

  If the delay time was set to zero, this boot record will be booted
  automatically.

  Use Ctrl-S key to set or unset a boot record's scheduled time range.

  The minimal unit of a scheduled time range is a minute, and the format
  must be:



           hh:mm-hh:mm;days




  The first hh:mm is the beginning time, the second hh:mm is the ending
  time. It uses 24 hour format. The days field is a set of number
  rangeing from 0 to 6, each number indicates a day (0-6, indicate
  Sunday-Saturday).  If the days field is missing, all of the days will
  be selected.  For example, if a boot record will be used between 8:00
  am to 2:30 pm every Monday to Friday, the time range must be entered
  as:



           08:00-14:30;12345





  4.5.4.  Preload Keystrokes

  Smart Btmgr can store some keystrokes into keyboard buffer before
  booting an OS. This feature may be used to control the boot
  configuration of the OS. For example, storing the Alt-F5 key
  combination into the keyboard buffer before booting Windows 9x, will
  have it go into command prompt mode directly.

  Using this feature together with the Ctrl-P (Duplicate Boot Record)
  hot key , you can create multiple boot records for an OS, each boot
  record boots the OS into a special environment.

  For example, you can create three boot records for your Windows 9x
  System, one is the normal boot record, another one is a safe mode boot
  record and the last one is the command prompt mode.

  Use Ctrl-K key to set or disable this feature of a boot record.

  While setting the keystrokes of a boot record, there will be an
  information box at the center of the screen, which indicates the key
  code of the last pressed key and how many keys been pressed. Smart
  Btmgr can only store a maximum of 13 keys for each boot record. Press
  <Scroll Lock> keys to finish the input.

  Note: By default LILO will discard all keys in keyboard buffer when it
  starts. So this feature might not work on your LILO. You should
  recompile LILO to enable this feature:

  * First edit the Makefile, add "-DNODRAIN" at the end of the line
  "CONFIG = ...":


         CONFIG = .... -DNODRAIN




  * Second recompile and install LILO:



         $ make; make install
         $ lilo




  You must be root to do this!


  4.5.5.  Swap drive ID

  If you want to boot DOS, Windows 9x/NT/2000 or some other OS from the
  second or later hard disk, you will find that this feature is very
  useful.

  If you turn on this flag for a partition on the second or later hard
  disk, this drive will be swapped with the bootable drive (ID = 0x80)
  while booting this partition. Then the OS will run as if it is on the
  first hard disk.


  4.5.6.  Online installation and uninstallation

  If you want to install Smart Boot Manager from the user interface,
  first select a disk drive's boot record, then use the command "Install
  Smart BootManager" (in System Settings Menu). A dialog will appear to
  let you confirm, press Y to continue the installation.

  You can only install Smart BootManager onto a disk drive, installation
  into a partition is not allowed.


  If you want to uninstall current Smart Boot Manager, just use command
  "Uninstall Smart BootManager" (in System Settings Menu).  But, be
  careful, this uninstallation command can only restore the MBR area,
  any other hidden sectors occupied by Smart BootManager will not be
  restored.


  4.5.7.  Boot from CD-ROM

  Smart BootManager supports booting from almost all kinds of IDE ATAPI
  CD-ROM, including PCMCIA CD-ROM. But some special IDE controllers may
  have different I/O ports, which prevent Smart BootManager from finding
  the CD-ROM.  In this case, you can set the I/O ports by hand. Run the
  command "Set CD-ROM I/O Ports" (in System Settings Menu). An input box
  will appear to let you input the I/O ports. Each IDE controller has
  two I/O ports, e.g. 0x1F0,0x3F6 (the master IDE controller). Input
  those I/O ports exactly in the following format:



        1F0,3F6                  (Uppercase hex numbers with a comma in the middle)




  After entering the I/O ports, you must use the command "Rescan All
  Drives" (Ctrl-I) to find the CD-ROM.

  When you boot a CD disc with multiple boot images, there will be a
  menu to let you choose an image to boot.



  4.5.8.  How to install DOS, Windows 9x into a logical FAT partition?

  SmartBtmgr allows you to boot DOS/Windows 9X from a logical FAT
  partition. But the setup program of DOS/Windows 9X is too poor to
  install it into a logical FAT partition.

  I have no any idea of how you install DOS/Windows 9X into a logical
  FAT partition directly, but you can transfer a working copy of
  DOS/Windows 9X from a primary FAT partition to a logical one, by using
  some other utility such as Norton Ghost.

  In order to boot a DOS/Windows 9X that is installed in a logical FAT
  partition, you must hide all FAT partitions before it.

  You can toggle on the Auto Hide switch of each FAT partition, if you
  tired of hiding partitions every time.

  If this partition is on the second or later hard disk, the Swap drive
  ID flag might be turned on as well.


  4.5.9.  How to install DOS, Windows 9x/NT/2000 into the second (or
  later) HD?

  One of common methods of installing DOS/Windows 9x into the second (or
  later) HD is to unplug all other HDs that are before this hard disk
  OSes, plug all the HDs back in, then you can use Smart BootManager to
  boot the OSes on the second or later HD by turning on the Swap drive
  ID flag of the partition.


  5.  Compatibility

  5.1.  Hardware compatibility

  Smart BootManager supports the Intel i386 platform only.  Extended Int
  13h (LBA standard) for Large disk (over 8G) is supported.  Old CHS
  standard is supported as well.


  5.2.  Known bugs of Smart Boot Manager 3.0

  There are following known bugs available in current version:

  o  I found that there are some kind of mother boards that have buggy
     BIOS's, which can cause Smart Boot Manager to fail to find all of
     the drives and partitions.


  5.3.  Compatible OSes

  The following OSes are tested to be able to boot via Smart
  BootManager:


  o  GNU/Linux x86


  o  FreeBSD

  o  BeOS

  o  OS/2

  o  QNX

  o  Solaris x86 (only Solaris 8 was tested)

  o  Novell Netware

  o  Microsoft DOS, Windows 9x, Windows NT and Windows 2000

  Other Operating Systems should be supported as well, but I have not
  had a chance to test them. If you can test them, please let me know
  the results.


  6.  TODO list

  The following features are sorted by priority:

  I. Features should be added to this major version:


  o  More Documentation.  Because of my poor English, the documents are
     far from complete.  I wish someone could help me write some
     documentation.

  o  Flexible and smart installation programs for multiple OSes, such as
     Windows 9X, Linux, FreeBSD and DOS.

  o  Makefiles and/or automake/autoconf scripts for multiple OSes.  I
     have not learned to write a Makefile. I hope someone could help me.

  o  Utilities for multiple OSes that realize the "Direct Boot" feature
     in SmartBtmgr.

  o  Bug fixes and optimization.

  o  More themes for different languages and looks.

  II. Features for later versions:


  o  Online installation and uninstallation. ( DONE )

  o  More powerful weekly boot schedule. ( DONE )

  o  Support for non-standard keyboards (azerty, dvorak etc.). ( DONE )

  o  Easy-to-use Command Menu. ( DONE )

  o  Swap drive ID. ( DONE )

  o  Preload keystrokes (Send keystrokes to OS). ( DONE )

  o  Boot Schedule (Auto boot different OS at different time). ( DONE )

  o  Support Booting from CD-ROM. ( DONE )

  o  Use compression technology to reduce program size. ( DONE )

  o  Filesystem driver (ext2, FAT, etc.).

  o  Linux kernel loader.

  o  Build-in fdisk utility.

  If you have any new ideas and suggestions please let me know, or help
  me implementing them.


  7.  Contacting the author

  If you have any great ideas or suggestions, don't hesitate to tell me!
  If you made some improvement for this program or some wonderful
  themes, send them along, and I will add them to the next release
  version.

  My address is: su_zhe@sina.com <mailto:su_zhe@sina.com> Alternative :
  suzhe@gnuchina.org <mailto:suzhe@gnuchina.org>


  See section ``'' for other authors' address.


  8.  Thanks

  I would like to thank everyone that helped and supported me to develop
  this program. Special thanks to:


  Chris Li (chrisl@gnuchina.org <mailto:chrisl@gnuchina.org>)

  Linuxrat (linuxrat@263.net <mailto:linuxrat@263.net>)

  Frdric Bonnaud (tux.le.pengouin@free.fr
  <mailto:tux.le.pengouin@free.fr>)

  Zak Meekins (zmeekins@email.sjsu.edu <mailto:zmeekins@email.sjsu.edu>)

  Gnagno (gnagno@tiscalinet.it <mailto:gnagno@tiscalinet.it>)

  Patrick van Brakel (patrickb@wfw.wtb.tue.nl
  <mailto:patrickb@wfw.wtb.tue.nl>)

  njh (njh@hawthorn.csse.monash.edu.au
  <mailto:njh@hawthorn.csse.monash.edu.au>)

  Lukas Kumpera (xkumpera@poli.feld.cvut.cz
  <mailto:xkumpera@poli.feld.cvut.cz>)

  Risko Gergely (risko@njszki.hu <mailto:risko@njszki.hu>)

  Bill Hults (ehults@itofvt.net <mailto:ehults@itofvt.net>)

  Sam Varghese (sam@gnubies.com <mailto:sam@gnubies.com>)

  Udo Jocher (udo@udoj.org <mailto:udo@udoj.org>)

  Benoit Mortier (opensides@caramail.com
  <mailto:opensides@caramail.com>)

  and all other fellows in TurboLinux and Linux Board of SMTH BBS of
  Tsinghua University.





  9.  Authors

  * Kernel programs and some utilities:

  Suzhe (email: suzhe@gnuchina.org <mailto:suzhe@gnuchina.org>)

  * Installation program and Makefile:

  Lonius (email: november@video.mdc.tsinghua.edu.cn
  <mailto:november@video.mdc.tsinghua.edu.cn>)

  * French theme:

  Benoit Mortier. (benoit.mortier@hitention.com
  <mailto:benoit.mortier@hitention.com>)

  Frdric Bonnaud (tux.le.pengouin@free.fr
  <mailto:tux.le.pengouin@free.fr>)

  * German theme:

  Dirk Knop (dknop@gwdg.de <mailto:dknop@gwdg.de>)

  * Hungarian theme:

  Lenart Janos (lenart@njszki.hu <mailto:lenart@njszki.hu>)

  * Russian theme:

  Victor O`Muerte (vomuerte@mail.ru <mailto:vomuerte@mail.ru>)

  * Czech theme

  brz (brz@post.cz <mailto:brz@post.cz>)

  * Spanish theme

  Manuel Clos (llanero@jazzfree.com <mailto:llanero@jazzfree.com>)

  * Portuguese theme

  Andre Maldonado (agm@clix.pt <mailto:agm@clix.pt>)

  * Smart Boot Manager UNIX Configurator:

  Risko Gergely (risko@njszki.hu <mailto:risko@njszki.hu>)

  * ATAPI Drive and debug/helptool for NASM: Christopher Li
  (chrisl@gnuchina.org <mailto:chrisl@gnuchina.org>)

  * Y2k workaround patch Santiago Garcia Mantinan (manty@i.am
  <mailto:manty@i.am>)