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Re: [xosl] Re: hexediting xosl, moving xosl dedicated partition

defonso wrote:
> Thank you both for your replies. That sounds like an answer Mike -
> thank you.
>
> I'll run a few tests to see if I can "re-create" the install and move
> xosl around on my disk. I'll come back only if there are problems.
>
> John
>
Hi John,

Your problem was the following (without knowing how to interpret all of
the bytes in the MBR):
> i clone everything to image (via "dd" command for small things like
> mbr and xosl) - including the mbr (and/or just the bootcode first 440
> blocks)
Regards,
Mike



Wed Nov 19, 2008 10:35 pm

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hello all. so i do all this crazy stuff and was wondering if it was possible to move an installation of xosl - without re-installing? what i want to know is...
defonso
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Nov 4, 2008
3:07 am

... Well, this is a good question. I do not know the exact answer. Maybe there is some documentation about this somewhere in XOSL's installer source code or...
Antoine W. Campagna
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Nov 4, 2008
3:56 am

... Hi Guys, Don't any of you know how to use a direct disk editor - to actually look at the MBR? XOSL knows where it is installed to (when in its own ...
Mike O'Connor
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Nov 4, 2008
4:15 am

Thank you both for your replies. That sounds like an answer Mike - thank you. I'll run a few tests to see if I can "re-create" the install and move xosl around...
defonso
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Nov 19, 2008
6:35 pm

... Hi John, Your problem was the following (without knowing how to interpret all of ... Regards, Mike...
Mike O'Connor
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