Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 6th Sep 2007 16:53 UTC, submitted by Maikeil Stein
OSNews, Generic OSes EasyBCD, the freeware tool used for dual-booting Windows Vista with Linux, BSD, OS X, and Unix (using Vista's own bootloader), has been updated to version 1.7. This new release of EasyBCD features a rewritten NeoGrub for installing and managing GRUB from within Windows and a new feature dubbed 'GRUB-less Linux' which searches the drive for Linux and boots into it, regardless of whether or not GRUB is installed. My take: A great tool for Vista users. I use it to manage various installations on my laptop, and it has never let me down.
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Site unaccessible
by wizzard on Thu 6th Sep 2007 18:20 UTC
wizzard
Member since:
2005-06-30

Can't get to the site.

RE: Site unaccessible
by Doc Pain on Thu 6th Sep 2007 18:40 UTC in reply to "Site unaccessible"
Doc Pain Member since:
2006-10-08

Same here, too. Seems to be a server error:

The FastCGI pool queue is full
HTTP Error 500 - Server Error.
Internet Information Services (IIS)


Out of gas, MICROS~1? :-)

The features mentioned above seem to be interesting, especially if users want to install and try out free OSes without abandoning their "Vista" stuff.

GAG
by ple_mono on Thu 6th Sep 2007 19:34 UTC
ple_mono
Member since:
2005-07-26

This looks like a fine application, but i still bow to the usefulness of gag.sourceforge.net
Just install grub to boot sector of your root/boot partition, and let GAG live in your MBR.
Still, you have to reinstall GAG every time XP/Vista rape your HD/MBR though...

Really easy
by sonic2000gr on Thu 6th Sep 2007 19:55 UTC
sonic2000gr
Member since:
2007-05-20

By far the easiest tool to use for dual booting Vista and FreeBSD. I am using it on my laptop, it is trivial to setup and works great. A big thanks to the developers!

Hello
by wizzard on Fri 7th Sep 2007 00:20 UTC
wizzard
Member since:
2005-06-30

Anyone have any further information on this site? It has been down for hours and inaccessible.

RE: Hello
by tpaws on Fri 7th Sep 2007 02:07 UTC in reply to "Hello"
tpaws Member since:
2006-06-02

Is this a sign of a new phenomenon - the 'OSNews Effect'? Look out Slashdot, OSNews is on the move.

RE[2]: Hello
by SReilly on Fri 7th Sep 2007 02:15 UTC in reply to "RE: Hello"
SReilly Member since:
2006-12-28

Lol! Although sites have been 'OSNewsed' before, I think this has more to do with the a module in IIS not functioning properly. Probably a miss configuration or a crashed engine.

Hmmmm
by wizzard on Fri 7th Sep 2007 11:12 UTC
wizzard
Member since:
2005-06-30

I guess whoever runs this site is not too attentive to it's status. It is still down this am. Kinda what if anyone is there? ;)
Hopefully, this is not a reflection on version 1.7. I have used 1.6 and previous versions before and they seemed fine.

Status of Site
by NeoSmart on Fri 7th Sep 2007 13:28 UTC in reply to "Hmmmm"
NeoSmart Member since:
2006-06-26

Hello All,

I'm CG and the Director of NeoSmart Technologies - we're really sorry about the downtime, IIS has been giving us hell. It's a shame it had to pick this very moment to go down, just when we had our new release of EasyBCD.

The site is back up (for now), we're working on a more permanent fix (such as leaving IIS).

Thanks for featuring our program on OSNews, it's an honor; and again, our sincerest apologies for the downtime.

-CG
Director,
NeoSmart Technologies

Thank You
by wizzard on Sat 8th Sep 2007 02:36 UTC
wizzard
Member since:
2005-06-30

Hey, it is nice that your site is back up again and I have been able to download 1.7. Please keep up the good work. Sorry about your troubles and hope that they get resolved one way or another. ;)

RE: Thank You
by NeoSmart on Sun 9th Sep 2007 08:33 UTC in reply to "Thank You"
NeoSmart Member since:
2006-06-26

Thanks. We've redone the entire server configuration from scratch, maybe IIS can hold its ground this time around ;)

RE[2]: Thank You
by DrillSgt on Mon 10th Sep 2007 20:05 UTC in reply to "RE: Thank You"
DrillSgt Member since:
2005-12-02

"Thanks. We've redone the entire server configuration from scratch, maybe IIS can hold its ground this time around ;) "

Sadly no. Now is a PHP violation.