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.
Can’t get to the site.
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.
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…
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!
Anyone have any further information on this site? It has been down for hours and inaccessible.
Is this a sign of a new phenomenon – the ‘OSNews Effect’? Look out Slashdot, OSNews is on the move.
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.
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.
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
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.
Thanks. We’ve redone the entire server configuration from scratch, maybe IIS can hold its ground this time around
“Thanks. We’ve redone the entire server configuration from scratch, maybe IIS can hold its ground this time around
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Sadly no. Now is a PHP violation.