= Welcome to AiR-BOOT =

AiR-BOOT is a '''boot-manager''' that is small and yet contains a load of interesting features.[[BR]]
It was developed by Martin Kiewitz and the first versions appeared around 2002.

With the introduction of newer Windows versions (Vista/7), that use their own ~100MB boot-partition,[[BR]]
problems occured when using IBM Boot Manager, the default boot-manager supplied with eComStation.[[BR]]
Also the introduction of huge harddisks (>502GiB) caused incompatibility issues.

While the v1.06 version of AiR-BOOT could almost be used as a replacement for the aging IBM-BM,[[BR]]
a couple of things needed to be fixed.

This was done upon the v1.06 code-base resulting in v1.07.[[BR]]
With the release of eComStation v2.1, AiR-BOOT replaces IBM Boot Manager.

AiR-BOOT is in active development to enhance it's functionality and user experience.[[BR]]
It's goal is to have all operating-systems, great-and-small, peacefully live together on your disks.

== Downloads ==
The last version by the hand of Martin Kiewitz:[[BR]]
[http://sourceforge.net/projects/air-boot/files/AiR-BOOT/v1.06/ AiR-BOOT v1.06 (2009/06/08)][[BR]][[BR]]
The eComStation adapted versions can be downloaded here:[[BR]]
[http://www.bensbits.nl AiR-BOOT versions for eComStation][[BR]]
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'''Please keep in mind that RC versions are not final releases so take the necessary precautions before using them.'''[[BR]]
(Like making a backup of your MBR)[[BR]] 

== License ==
Air-boot is open source software under the GNU GPL V2.1+ license.

== Original Author ==
* Martin Kiewitz

== Problems ==
If you encounter problems while using AiR-BOOT, please submit a ticket at the link below.[[BR]]
For questions and / or suggestions you can e-mail to: airboot-at-ecomstation.com[[BR]]

== Links ==
[http://svn.netlabs.org/air-boot/newticket]