freebsd-ports/sysutils/gag/pkg-descr
Pav Lucistnik 028410ca85 GAG (initials, in spanish, of Graphical Boot Manager) is a Boot Manager
program. It's loaded when the computer is turned on and allows you to choose
the operating system you want to use.

PR:		ports/83346
Submitted by:	Alejandro Pulver <alejandro@varnet.biz>
2005-07-13 19:54:13 +00:00

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GAG (initials, in spanish, of Graphical Boot Manager) is a Boot Manager
program. It's loaded when the computer is turned on and allows you to choose
the operating system you want to use. Its main features are:
* Allows boot of up to 9 different operating systems.
* It can boot operating systems installed in primary and extended partitions.
* Can be installed from nearly all operating systems.
* GAG doesn't need its own partition. It installs itself in the first track of
the hard disk, wich is reserved for these kinds of programs. It can also be
instaled on a floppy disk, without using the hard disk.
* It has a timer to boot a default operating system (selectable by the user).
* The configuration menu can be protected with a password.
* The program works in graphic mode, and has a lot of icons.
* Hides the primary partitions.
* Allows a password to be put on each operating system.
* Allows the boot manager text to be translated to all languages.
* Can exchange disk drives.
* Has the SafeBoot system, that allows to boot if GAG is overwrited.
* Supports a great variety of keyboards (QWERTY, AZERTY, QWERTZ and DVORAK).
* Fully support for hard disks up to 4 terabytes (4096 gigabytes).
* Full version and free software (distributed under GPL licence, with source).
- Alejandro Pulver
alejandro@varnet.biz