Once I have loaded an OS in a partition using Part243 is it posible to change the text in the File System Type field to reflect the real name of the OS...
. . . Doc Chiron here: (comments mixed in - longer than intended) [this is a copy of a msg I sent from Outlook. Now I'm here but that msg wasn't, so I copied...
How to partition a Compact Flash (CF) card into multiple drives: http://www.pscience5.net/CFPartition.htm Now that I have your rapt attention: Just in case any...
. . . Doc Chiron here: (comments mixed in - longer than intended) From: Billy [kenneyb_92116@...] To: partman@yahoogroups.com Subject: [partman] Can you...
If you have a Linux distro installed, and you want a boot manager that allows that flexibility, you can install GRUB. I'm not sure how (or if it's possible) to...
From: Hiran Watson Subject: Re: [partman] Can you change the text in the File System Type field? If you have a Linux distro installed, and you want a boot...
So Doc, does that mean the RPM partition has boot sector code to boot the partition? I always thought it just contained RPM internal data (read: the program...
Doc Chiron Here: (I comment right where it matters.) ... the partition? I always thought it just contained RPM internal data (read: the program executable,...
I have been using PART243 as a way to create multiple copies of the same OS. That for testing purposes. I am part of the Mandriva Cooker project and will have...
Hiran Watson wrote ... In fact, when RPM is booted "as if it were some OS", it just loads itself, nothing more. The "RPM partition" only contains the program...
I have been using RPM for many years now. I find it to be far better then any other partitioner. Even if I dont get a answer to my question, thanks for this...
Hi folks, I just started to learn about partitions, hard disk, multibooting, etc. In that way I found Ranish Partition Manager and this Yahoo Group. ...
... do things work, but also to learn how they work. Doc: That's the spirit! ... Faq, Trombett-works (the real Multiboot), Hard Disk Primer and other ...
Hello DOC, thanks a lot for posting a reply so soon. Of course it will help! I gave it a quick reading an saw that there are a lot of new information for me. I...
... Here is one more: http://www.ata-atapi.com/hiw.htm ... Last time I computed it, 6,704 × 15 were 100,560 (tracks on the physical disk, advertised by...
With one (1) HD: ( 98SE = Windows 98 SE, XPH = Windows XP Home, LNX = Linux ) - 98SE - XPH_OFF ( for office applications ) - XPH_DEV ( for Windows software...
Doc Chiron here: Yes (again, but not as abrupt this time). If it was me, and the OSes did NOT need to see each other, I'd use the TEXT 80x25 Boot Manager to...
... Works great in a number of places. I have a personnal configuration at least twice more complex than the one proposed here, and it still works flawlessly....
Thanks *a lot* for your prompt and detailed response Doc. Although I don't understand everything from it (yet), is there any benefit of using XOSL instead of,...
I am trying to install Ranish on a blank drive and its going fine until I get to step 11. where It tells me to: 11. Allocate a complete cylinder for this...
Dear List... since source code for RPM 2.43 is not readily available, and even if it were, it would be very nice to get some detailed tech documentation...
Doc Chiron here: Although I lurk on both PARTMAN & XOSL yahoogroups, I've never used XOSL myself as RPM does all I need. FWIR (from what I recall) XOSL's BM...
... long), and ... to 32 ... that it ... (remember, ... Antoine, your question meets what I have been wondering myself lately. as a test, did someone try to...
Doc Chiron here again: (comments at end) Subject: Re: [partman] Is this Windows-Linux configuration possible? It's sort of coming back to me now. The ...
Doc Chiron here: Testing - testing. Can you hear me now? I thought I answered this twice in the past month. When Ranish writes the Boot Manager Partition, it...
Not gonna happen. Mikhail Ranish has already mentioned his reluctance to release the code, and I'm sure that binds Muthukomar as well. I'd start worrying about...
Chaz: Lets start out by telling RPM a big lie! Use the WIZARD to create a single cylinder FAT16 or FAT32 partition by starting with the cursor highlight on the...
... Scheduled to happen around 2007-8, for general use. ... The almost certain replacement is the GPT (GUID Partition Table) scheme, originally designed at...