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User Manual Boot−US 3.5.2
3.4.2 Boot manager / Install / Password protection (page 2 of 6)
On the second page of the installation wizard (menu command Boot manager / Install...) you can specify the
password protection in the boot manager.
Partitions in boot manager:
Here you can specify the password for all partitions in the boot manager. When a password has been defined for a
partition then you need to enter the password when this partition is booted from the boot manager of Boot−US. Please
remember the password carefully. There is no way in the boot manager to escape the password entry.
Administrator password for boot manager:
Additionally you can specify an administrator password for the boot manager. This password protects the
configuration menu in the boot manager (F10 key).
In order to specify a password you must enter the password twice. The new password is only accepted when both
entries match. Please press the RETURN or TAB key after the password has been specified. You can abort the
password entry by the ESC key.
The maximum length of a password is 20 characters. Starting with Boot−US 3.0.1 almost all printable characters of
the 7 bit ASCII characters set are allowed. In order to avoid potential problems with the english keyboard driver in the
boot manager you should use only the numbers '0'−'9' and letters 'a'−'x' (upper and lower case). These
characters occupy the same position on an english and german keyboard. When using special characters like '!',
'#', '−', '_', ... on a non−english keyboard the boot manager maps the pressed key to the corresponding
special character.
Comment:
In the non−licensed version of Boot−US you can specify passwords only for an installation of the boot manager to
diskette. When you install the boot manager to hard disk and want to specify passwords you need a license.
Comment:
When you install the boot manager without password protection on a diskette you can boot the corresponding
partitions by this emergency diskette even if you forgot the passwords.
3.4.3 Boot manager / Install / Startup options (page 3a of 6)
Startup options for the boot manager are configured on the third page of the installation wizard (menu command Boot
manager / Install...). The startup options are distributed among two pages.
Start delay:
The start delay is set to zero seconds by default. The start of the boot manager can be delayed by up to a maximum of
10 seconds. This leaves the user more time to read the BIOS startup messages.
Available time:
The second time limit (max. 60 seconds) specifies the time available inside the boot manager to select a partition.
When this time limit expires the currently selected partition is booted automatically. Inside the boot manager you can
always stop this timer by pressing any key.
Unlimited:
You can also specify an unlimited second time limit. This would completely disable the second time limit.
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