Introduction
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CBoot is a small Boot Selector program that lets you choose between
several different startup-sequences with the use of the mouse buttons
or the Amiga keys. CBoot is completely transparent and you wont notice
it until you try to boot a boot mode that hasn't been installed yet.
I made CBoot because I was tired of booting into Early Startup, boot
with no startup-sequence and then run my custom "demo startup" script
when I wanted to watch some demos. Also so it would be easy for my kids
to just hold down a mouse button when starting the computer to get
straight into TinyLauncher and start playing some games.
Boot modes
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Default - Normal boot, no mouse button or Amiga key is pressed at boot.
LMB - LMB boot, left mouse button is pressed at boot.
RMB - RMB boot, right mouse button is pressed at boot.
LAmiga - LAmiga boot, left Amiga key is pressed at boot.
RAmiga - RAmiga boot, right Amiga key is pressed at boot.
If both a mouse button and an Amiga key are held down at the same
time, the mouse button takes priority.
Command line modes
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CBoot can be started from Startup-sequence with an optional argument
to only check a subset of the boot modes above:
run >nil: c:cboot - No argument, checks all four boot modes
(LMB, RMB, LAmiga, RAmiga). This is default.
run >nil: c:cboot mouse - Only checks the mouse button boot modes
(LMB, RMB).
run >nil: c:cboot amiga - Only checks the Amiga key boot modes
(LAmiga, RAmiga).
This is useful if you want to reserve the mouse buttons or the Amiga
keys for something else, or if you just prefer to limit CBoot to one
input type.
Extra features
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If you try to boot a boot mode that has no installed bootscript
you will get to choose between booting "Default mode" or you can
choose a bootscript to install for that boot mode.
Control mode
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Press and hold down Ctrl to enter the CBoot control center
for the current boot mode. So Ctrl alone will let you control
Default boot mode, Ctrl and Left or Right mouse button will
enter LMB or RMB control center, and Ctrl and Left or Right Amiga
will enter LAmiga or RAmiga control center. This works exactly the
same whether CBoot was started with no argument, "mouse" or "amiga".
In the control center you can edit the active boot script, replace
it or just test a different boot script without installing it.
Source code
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You can find the Amiga E source code for this small program in the
source directory. This might be my last update on CBoot.
Installation
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1. Copy CBoot to C:
2. Create CBoot directory in S:
3. Copy S:Startup-sequence to S:CBoot/ and rename it to Default
4. Copy the included startup-sequence to S:
5. Copy your alternative bootscripts to S:CBoot/ and name them LMB,
RMB, LAmiga and/or RAmiga
6. Optionally edit the "run >nil: c:cboot" line in S:Startup-sequence
and add "mouse" or "amiga" if you only want to use one input type
Changelog
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v1.4 - Added LAmiga and RAmiga boot modes, selected by holding down
the left or right Amiga key at boot. CBoot can now also be
started with "mouse" or "amiga" to limit it to only the mouse
button or only the Amiga key boot modes. Ctrl still enters the
control center the same way regardless of which modes are
active. Fixed a bug where bootscript paths with spaces could
break the copy, protect and execute commands. Trimmed away
dead code and messages for an even smaller filesize than v1.3.
v1.3 - Added a control center for editing or replacing the current
boot script, or test a diffrent boot script without installing.
Some duplicated code has been converted into functions.
Amiga E source code included in the archive.
v1.2 - Fixed so CBoot now works properly on AmigaOS 3.2. CBoot now
makes sure that bootscript file flags is set before execution.
v1.1 - Small optimization update. Some functions has been rewritten
and easter egg / hidden part has been removed. Aiming for small size.
v1.0 - CBoot has been rewritten from scratch in AmigaE instead of
BlitzBasic, which has resulted in a much smaller filesize.
Of course it still has all the features of previous versions.
For now it's manual installation only, an installer might
be availible for later versions. First version on Aminet.
v0.9 - Rewrote the FileRequester code so it uses ASL instead of Intuition.
The CBoot Installer has been rewritten from scratch.
v0.8 - Added yet another failesafe to both CBoot and Installer.
If the user press "Cancel" in the FileRequester CBoot and Installer
now has routines to deal with that situation.
v0.7 - Expanded failsafe routine to not only let you know if a bootscript
is missing but also to install the bootscript that you select.
Created an installer that will copy the files to the proper places.
v0.6 - Removed a lot of duplicate subroutines to make the code smaller
and more efficient. Expanded failsafe routine to include LMB/RMB.
v0.5 - Added a failsafe if S:CBoot/Normal isn't found.
Added version information, fixed more spelling.
v0.4 - Fixed some spelling.
v0.3 - Added Easter Egg.
v0.2 - Added error handeling.
v0.1 - First try.
Thanks to
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Rebel - For guiding me in the right direction and checking my code.
luNix - For support, ideas, and trying out the first versions.
Steven - For informing me about AmigaOS 3.2 problems and help testing.
Tobias Karlsson
Creep / F4CG^LTX
2026-07-13
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