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Setting up an Boot Menu


SoftICE needs like every program some KB of RAM. Now if your RAM is very limited and/or if you don't want SoftICE to automatically be loaded on system startup, you have to make a few changes to your AUTOEXEC.BAT and COFIG.SYS file.

A cracker should know everything needed to configure/create an Boot Menu for a computer. If not I would recommend learning how to use the OS and other things first ... anyway since knowledge is power I give you a example of an AUTOEXEC.BAT and CONFIG.SYS which already include a Boot Menu. Study them and learn how to do it yourself :P


Example of AUTOEXEC.BAT
@ECHO OFF
SET PATH=C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND
SET TEMP=C:\TEMP

goto %config%

:SICE
C:\PROGRA~1\SOFTICE\WINICE.EXE
goto common

:NORM
goto common

:DOS
C:\MOUSE\MOUSE.EXE
mode con codepage prepare=((850) C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND\ega.cpi)
mode con codepage select=850
keyb gr,,C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND\keyboard.sys

:common



Example of CONFIG.SYS

[MENU]
MENUITEM NORM,Windows 9x
MENUITEM SICE,Windows 9x with SoftICE
MENUITEM DOS,MS-DOS-Modus
MENUDEFAULT NORM,2


[NORM]

[SICE]

[common]
LASTDRIVE=Z
FILES=60
device=C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND\display.sys con=(ega,,1)

[DOS]
FILES=60
Country=049,850,C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND\country.sys




The cRACKER's n0tES are divided into 10 main parts:
 00. INDEX
 01. Assembly for Crackers (CoRN2)
 02. SoftICE (Boot Menu, Setup, Commands)
        1 Boot Menu
        2 Setup
        3 Commands
 03. Breakpoints & Win API Details
 04. Jump Instructions
 05. SET Instructions
 06. Tips & Tricks for Cracking
 07. Window Messages For Crackers
 08. Identifying Functions, Arguments, and Variables (Rhayader)
 09. Commerical Protection Systems
 10. Bitmanipulation (Cruehead)
 11. General Cracking Theory
 12. FAQ

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