DOS ain't dead - Ranish Partition Manager revived

Ranish Partition Manager revived (Announce)

posted by boeckmann, Aachen, Germany, 11.11.2022, 15:11
(edited by boeckmann on 11.11.2022, 17:50)

Hi,

does anyone remember Ranish Partition Manager, a software from the end of the 90s?

The source up to version 2.37.11 is under public domain. I started maintaining the code and ported the C code from Borland Turbo C to Open Watcom C. I also ported the assebmler code, with the help of user ecm, to NASM.

At the moment two binary releases can be obtained from

https://codeberg.org/boeckmann/ranish/releases

Version 2.90.00 is the first development release of the port. Version 2.37.99 is basically a recompiled (Borland C++ 3.1) version of the last publically available public domain version from the original author.

Be aware that at the moment the software is lacking support of hard disks >8GB. But you may use the software with larger disks to create partitions within that limit. My goal is to eventually remove that restriction by implementing LBA support.

What this software sets apart from other software is its advanced boot manager capability. Especially in a multi OS environment you can effectively shield the different OS partitions from each other while letting the OSes share some common data partitions. So if you want to setup DOS / Windows / OS2 etc. on the same host its worth giving it a try. Be aware that it is not the simplest software to use and there is some learning curve.

I strongly recommend to not use the software on any production system but would be happy to get some feedback. When using this software use its save function to make a backup of your current partition layout before doing anything else with it!!! ;-)

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Complete thread:

Ranish Partition Manager revived - boeckmann, 11.11.2022, 15:11 (Announce)
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- Ranish Partition Manager revived - bretjohn, 11.11.2022, 19:42
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        Ranish Partition Manager revived - boeckmann, 19.11.2022, 21:03
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    - Ranish Partition Manager revived - rr, 12.11.2022, 21:08
- Ranish Partition Manager revived - roytam, 16.11.2022, 16:39
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