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I like XOSL, but most of the time I just use the default boot managers.

Some times I use Os/2 boot manager from eighter Warp3 or Warp4.
Other times I use ExtendedFDISK found on one of those Hirens/UltimateBootDisk.

Never ever use Microsoft's boot managers, as I find them plain awefull to control.

I used Bootmgr quite a while ago as well as Plop for boards without native USB booting.

brostenen thanks for the hint, I didnt knew there was a bootmanager on hirenbootcd, I'll give it a try. My understanding is that, unlike dos, linux need to be showed a vmlinuz or something like that to boot.

I once used powerQuest bootMagic, anyone remember that ? a software name that make you remember Steve Jobs.

Outside of emulation my preference for a consolidated setup would be having a CPU /W V-IO running Linux + VM with dedicated &/or shared devices, as hardware passthrough now gets 95% the performance of native.

please can anyone bring back awgamer, I think he his completely out of this world!

I'm here, out of this world in a good or bad sense?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37D2bRsthfI

In the comments he says it's now up to 99.6% native speed.

I currently have a 3570k so no virtual io, I'll have to upgrade to get my hands on my preferred combo setup.

Loooooong time ago I used something called System Commander. It worked well. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/System_Commander
Now I just use defaults.

Master Booter. Using it for years. Simple, and it works.

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Plop Boot Manager

However, setup/configuration can be quite confusing. It works great once you get it sorted out.

what is default ? it wasnt even in the choice selection. is that a boot loader at all or are you all making fun of me?

KT7AGuy : I was the one being confused when asking that question, my interrogation really was "what is your favorite bootloader?"

ElBrunzy wrote:

what is default ? it wasnt even in the choice selection. is that a boot loader at all or are you all making fun of me?

"Default" is whatever boot loader/manager is included with your OS. Nobody is mocking you.

ElBrunzy wrote:

KT7AGuy : I was the one being confused when asking that question, my interrogation really was "what is your favorite bootloader?"

In that case, Plop is my favorite as it meets my needs perfectly and is free.

I've used XOSL when I had Windows and Linux on one HDD. After that I had a HDD for each OS so I've just used the BIOS boot menu to switch them during booting. As for exotics, I've used AlphaBIOS to dual boot (Windows NT/Debian 5) my Alpha.

Makes sense. AlphaBIOS was very powerful.

Gl1zda : I think that bios boot selection is called "BBS". maybe there is a way to emulate bios and have fun with them