= Air-Boot = Air-Boot is a track0 Boot Manager. That means it is stored at the very start of the disk, just after the Master Boot Record. Air-Boot is also an interactive Boot Manager, which means it presents a list of Operating Systems in a menu from which the user can select one to boot. * [[Airboot News History]] * [[Airboot History]] == Some !AirBoot Highlights == === No Primary Partition Required === Because !AirBoot is written in (neat and compact) Assembler, it is small enough to fit in the track0 (nowhereland) space. So, unlike OS/2 Boot Manager, !AirBoot does not require a primary partition, resolving the problem that occurred with Windows 7 OEM installations. And since OS/2 has had long time capability of booting from logical partitions, it could completely leave the dogfight for primaries. === On The Fly Partition Scanning === When !AirBoot starts it scans all partitions on all disks and enumerates them in a list which is then presented. Whenever partitions are added or removed, at the next boot !AirBoot presents these changes immediately. === Built-in Setup === !AirBoot contains a Setup mode which allows configuration directly from within !AirBoot itself. No other tools required. === Support For Huge Harddisks === Under OS/2, huge hard drives are handled by using a special geometry. !AirBoot understands this special geometry, allowing OS/2 to boot from partitions located above the 512 GiB boundary.[[BR]] === Operating System Agnostic === While the major focus of !AirBoot is booting OS/2, it has always been capable of booting other operating-systems. It supports booting many versions of Windows and booting Linux is done by chainloading GRUB. == Before Using !AirBoot == Before installing !AirBoot, it would be a good idea to learn a little bit more about it. This is especially true with regard to partitioning hard disks the way OS/2 likes it (use its volume manager) and the coexistence with other operating-systems.[[BR]] See the section below where to download !AirBoot or view its manual.[[BR]] == Downloads == Releases: https://github.com/rousseaux/netlabs.air-boot/releases ||'''Component'''||'''Package'''||'''Version'''||'''Description'''|| ||Bootloader, installers & manual||[https://github.com/rousseaux/netlabs.air-boot/releases/download/v1.1.4-RELEASE/AirBoot-v1.1.4-bin.zip ZIP]||1.1.4||Binary Package|| ||Bootloader, installers & manual||[https://github.com/rousseaux/netlabs.air-boot/releases/download/v1.1.4-RELEASE/AirBoot-v1.1.4-src.zip ZIP]||1.1.4||Source Package|| ||Manual||[https://rousseaux.github.io/netlabs.air-boot/pdf/AirBoot-v1.1.4-manual.pdf PDF]||1.1.4||User Manual for v1.1.4|| ||Bootloader, installers & manual||[https://github.com/rousseaux/netlabs.air-boot/releases/download/v1.1.2-RELEASE/AirBoot-v1.1.2-bin.zip ZIP]||1.1.2||Binary Package|| ||Bootloader, installers & manual||[https://github.com/rousseaux/netlabs.air-boot/releases/download/v1.1.2-RELEASE/AirBoot-v1.1.2-src.zip ZIP]||1.1.2||Source Package|| ||Manual||[https://rousseaux.github.io/netlabs.air-boot/pdf/AirBoot-v1.1.2-manual.pdf PDF]||1.1.2||User Manual for v1.1.2|| ||Bootloader, installers & manual||[https://github.com/rousseaux/netlabs.air-boot/releases/download/v1.1.0-RELEASE/AirBoot-v1.1.0.zip ZIP]||1.1.0||(contact information is out-of-date)|| ||Manual||[https://rousseaux.github.io/netlabs.air-boot/pdf/AirBoot-v1.1.0-manual.pdf PDF]||1.1.0||(contact information is out-of-date)|| == Developer Notes == There exists a project clone at: [https://rousseaux.github.io/netlabs.air-boot] That project is *not* a fork of the original Netlabs project. It is a *clone* done with {{{git-svn}}} with the purpose to be able to use Git branching for testing and feature additions. The bi-directional mapping is: {{{github:project~master}}} <-> {{{netlabs:project~trunk}}}[[BR]] == Reporting Problems == The preferred way is through Netlabs Track, and you can create a new ticket using the following link:[[BR]] [http://trac.netlabs.org/air-boot/newticket][[BR]] (note: you need to be logged-in to netlabs to create a ticket)[[BR]] But, before you report a new problem, please check if the problem you are about to report was not already reported by somebody else:[[BR]] [http://trac.netlabs.org/air-boot/report][[BR]] == License == GNU General Public License v3.0 == Credits == * Martin Kiewitz * Ben Rietbroek (rousseau)