SEE SPECIAL BOOTPART 2.60 INFO AT THE END OF THIS DOCUMENT


This zipfile contain:
32bits\bootpart.exe: 32 bits executable, for 32 bits Windows x86
ia64\bootpart.exe: 64 bits executable, for 64 bits Windows for Intel Itanium
x64\bootpart.exe: 64 bits executable, for 64 bits Windows extended (for
       AMD64 and Intel EM64T : 64 bits Windows on AMD Athlon 64, Opteron,
       Intel Pentium 4, Xeon or Celeron with EM64T)


Boot Partition 2.60 for WinNT/2K/XP (c)1995-2002 G. Vollant (info@winimage.com)
WEB : http://www.winimage.com and http://www.winimage.com/bootpart.htm
Add partition in the Windows NT/2000/XP Multi-boot loader
Usage : When running under Windows NT/2000/XP or MS-Dos
       BOOTPART
          List all partition, with number
       BOOTPART <part_number> [LBA] <filename> [<name_of_system>]
          where : part_number : a number of a partition (or A: for floppy)
                  LBA : force LBA addressing for loading partition bootsector
                  filename : the file name of the bootfile to create
                  name_of_system : the name to be added in the BOOT.INI
              Create a boot file for the partition, and if name_of_system
                 is specified, register it in the BOOT.INI
          You can also replace <part_number> by DOS622 or WIN95 to them.
      BOOTPART LIST
         List entry in BOOT.INI (you can remove them after with BOOTPART)
Under MS-Dos (MS-Dos 6.22 or the "MS-Dos 7.0" from Windows 95) only:
      BOOTPART <part_type> BOOT:C:
         where <part_type> is DOS622, WIN95 or WINNT, rewrite the boot sector
             of C: for boot under MS-Dos 6.22, Win95 or the NT Boot loader
      BOOTPART REWRITEROOT:C:
         Put the IO.SYS and MSDOS.SYS file from MS-Dos 6.22 at the beginning
             of the boot sector

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BOOTPART lets you add partitions to the Windows NT Multiboot menu. Usually,
the only partitions on the Windows NT multiboot are the one or more installations of
Windows NT.

With BOOTPART, you can add any partition to the menu. You can add OS/2
Multiboot or Linux Partitions (with Lilo) to the menu.

It seems it's actually impossible to add an HPFS partition with OS/2 boot.
If you find a workaround, please let me know.

BOOTPART creates a 512 byte file that contains an image of a boot sector
that loads the boot sector of the partition. That is, it creates a small program
that loads and executes the specified partition's boot sector.  
Thereafter, this file is
declared in C:\BOOT.INI (a text file used by the Windows NT boot menu). The
boot sector comes from FDFormat and WinImage.

Note that under Windows NT, BOOTPART must be run from the Administrator account.

FDFormat can be downloaded from my web page http://www.winimage.com/othertl.htm
The FTP link is ftp://ftp.simtel.net/pub/simtelnet/msdos/diskutil/fdfrm18.zip 
This tool, written by C.H. Hochstatter, formats floppies under MSDOS in
normal (1.44 MB) or special (1.68 MB) capacity. It will also write a boot sector that
boots the harddisk.

WinImage, a Windows (Windows 3.1, 95/98/Me and NT/2000/XP) shareware I've written, can
read, write, and format floppies in any capacity (including 1.68 MB), and
build an image file of a floppy. It can extract from, or inject files into
an image, and change the image size. The WinImage web site is :

  http://www.winimage.com/winimage.htm



Example :
 You create and move to a directory for the boot file, and display the
 list of partitions :
C:\>MD BOOTFILE
C:\>CD BOOTFILE
C:\BOOTFILE>BOOTPART
Boot Partition 2.60 for WinNT/2K/XP (c)1995-2002 G. Vollant (info@winimage.com)
WEB : http://www.winimage.com and http://www.winimage.com/bootpart.htm
Add partition in the Windows NT/2000/XP Multi-boot loader
Run "bootpart /?" for more information

 0 : C:* type=6 (BIGDOS Fat16), size = 1044193 KB
 1 : C:  type=a (OS/2 Boot Manag.), size = 8032 KB
 2 : C:  type=5 (Extended), size = 8032 KB
 3 : C:  type=7  (HPFS/NTFS), size = 8001 KB
 4 : D:  type=6 (BIGDOS Fat16), size = 261104 KB
 5 : D:  type=5 (Extended), size = 769024 KB
 6 : D:  type=7  (HPFS/NTFS), size = 102384 KB
 7 : D:  type=5  (Extended), size = 369664 KB
 8 : D:  type=7   (HPFS/NTFS), size = 369648 KB
 9 : D:  type=83  (Linux native), size = 296944 KB

Note : Extended partitions (type 5) are the only partitions that can contain
other partitions. It's not useful to add extended partitions to the NT boot
menu !
The * after C: means that partition 0: is the active partition.

Now, you add some partitions :
C:\BOOTFILE>BOOTPART 9 BOOTLINX.BIN Linux
C:\BOOTFILE>BOOTPART 1 BOOTLINX.BIN Boot Manager OS/2
C:\BOOTFILE>BOOTPART a: BOOTLINX.BIN Boot floppy A:

The last line (A:) is special, and is designed for a BIOS configured for
booting from C: before reading from the floppy (A:) .

The next time you boot, the Windows NT menu will show Linux, OS/2 Boot
Manager, and the floppy !

BOOTPART is a Win32 console application written in C++ and compiled with Visual C++ 2.2
bootpa32.mak is the Visual C++ Makefile, bootpart.cpp is the source file,
bootpart.exe is the executable, and bootpart.txt is this documentation.

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Fast tips :

To repair the Windows NT boot sector
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Windows NT installs a boot sector that lauches NTLDR and displays the
Windows NT boot menu. If you lose this boot sector, Bootpart can restore
it.
Boot under MS-Dos (this can be MS-Dos 6.22 on your hard disk, on an MS-Dos
bootable floppy, or the "MS-Dos 7.0" included in Windows 95 (you can obtain it
by pressing Shift+F5 when Win95 loads). Then, enter the command :
BOOTPART WINNT BOOT:C:

If you want to remove the WinNT boot sector, you can replace it with the
command "BOOTPART DOS622 BOOT:C:" or "BOOTPART WIN95 BOOT:C:"

To have both MS-Dos 6.22 and Windows 95 in the NT menu (forgot F4 !)
=======================================================================
The standard situation for a computer that multiboots to Windows NT,
Windows 95, or MS-Dos 6.22 is : the user selects a "Windows 95" entry
in NT menu, and, then must press F4 if he wants to  boot MS-Dos 6.22.
If you don't have this situation (i.e. : you don't have both Win95 and
MS-Dos 6.22 on your system, but want to have both), see the next section.

Just enter these bootpart command :
BOOTPART DOS622 C:\BOOTSECT.622 "MS-Dos 6.22"
BOOTPART WIN95 C:\BOOTSECT.W95 "Windows 95"
BOOTPART REWRITEROOT:C:

The last line (REWRITEROOT:C:) MUST BE EXECUTED UNDER MSDOS, and moves the
MS-Dos IO.* and MSDOS.* files to the beginning of the root directory.

You can visit the page : http://www.bcpl.lib.md.us/~dbryan/directboot.html
for more information on booting WinNT/Win95/DOS.

If you have WinNT & Win95 and you only want to add MS-Dos
=========================================================
Take an MSDos 6.22 floppy, copy the files IO.SYS, MSDOS.SYS, and
COMMAND.COM to C:\ as IO.DOS, MSDOS.DOS, and COMMAND.DOS (warning :
these files can be hidden, but you can ask File Manager or Explorer to
display hidden files). Then go to the section "To have both MS-Dos
6.22 and Windows 95 in the NT menu"

If you have WinNT & MS-Dos and you only want to add Win95
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Install Win95 in a new directory (start the install under MS-Dos 6.22
or Windows 3.1) and go to the section "To have both MS-Dos 6.22 and
Windows 95 in the NT menu"

To add OS/2
===========
Unfortunatelly, I can't directly add an OS/2 partition by itself (if you
have a workaround or fix, I'd be happy to hear about it !).
Install the OS/2 Boot Manager (you need 1 MB free on your first hard disk),
add the OS/2 partition in the boot menu with automatic start (0 sec.
waiting), and then add the OS/2 Boot Manager partition on your NT menu with
BootPart.  Sometimes, when you install OS/2 Boot Manager, it becomes the active 
partition of your first hard disk.  You can use FDISK to set the
partition with NT boot manager as the active partition later.

To add Linux
============
For Linux, you must install Lilo at the beginning of the Linux partition
(as with OS/2 boot manager) and then add the Linux partition with Bootpart:

When you install Linux or run liloconfig, select "Superblock of the root
linux partition" as location of Lilo. In my sample, this adds the line
"boot=/dev/sdb4" on the file /etc/lilo.conf


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Bootpart is cardware.
If you like it, please send me a postcard from your city to:
Gilles Vollant
4, rue de Morsang
F-91600 Savigny
France

If Bootpart help you, please try my two shareware WinImage and SmartVersion


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WinImage is a powerful disk utility that enables users to create disk images
from flopp disks, extract files from image files, create empty image files,
write the image files on blank floppy disks, and more! WinImage also supports
many different standard and non-standard image formats, including the Microsoft
DMF format.
WinImage also open ISO CD Rom image file (in read-only mode)

Get more info and try if from :
  http://www.winimage.com/winimage.htm 

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SmartVersion is a multi-version incremental file archivist, it provides a powerful
and easy way to store unlimited file versions (or document versions: Word, Excel,
HTML, etc...) in a single location. By means of state-of-the-art compression,
SmartVersion  stores only file's differences between last version's file
(or document) and the previous one.

For some file's types (such as text file, HTML files, Word Processing files...),
it takes a significant smaller disk space than compressing each version individually.

SmartVersion also enables you to create "patch" files with only differences
concerning a particular or specific files' set. These "patch" files (smaller than the
equivalent classic archive of the new version) can be made available to anyone which
already has a version of the files' set and needs either to upgrade to a latest
version or downgrade to a previous one!!!.

Get more info and try if from :
 http://www.smartVersion

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This program comes without any warranty either implied or expressed. In no
case shall the author be liable for any damage or unwanted behavior of any
computer hardware and/or software.
You can send me question at info@winimage.com
If you ask help, please send your boot.ini and the result of BOOTPART without
parameters (the list of partition on the system).

I want thank a lot Matthew Gardiner and Dave Bryan for review of this
documentation.

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NEW IN VERSION 2.12 beta

This version is now :
- compatible with disk over 4 GB
- can restore Win95 OEMSR2 (or Win98) and WinNT BootLoader (for NTLDR of WinNT 5.0) 
    in FAT32 partition

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NEW IN VERSION 2.14 beta
- add "BOOTPART Win95SR2 xxx" and "BOOTPART Win98 xxx" option for Win95 OEMSR2 and
Win98 bootsector

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NEW IN VERSION 2.20
- Released version, not a beta
- fix bug in writting the WinNT and Win95/98 bootsector in FAT32 partition

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NEW IN VERSION 2.50
- Support using of LBA for large disk (>8 GB)
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NEW IN VERSION 2.60
- 64 bits executables
- option "bootpart vista boot:c:" to rebuild Windows Vista Bootmgr on FAT partition
