--- In xosl@yahoogroups.com, "Bing Whiteway" <leobingw@...> wrote:
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> 2009/1/6 thomas.wawersig <thomas.wawersig@...>
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> > Hi there,
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> > I just got myself a new 500GB external USB hard drive which I
> > connected to my front USB.
> > Now XOSL is not booting anymore. Instead I see the XOSL splash screen
> > and a small message saying: malloc() out of memory. No changes in BIOS
> > have been made and the USB disk does not show up as bootable item
> > anyway. I did have a smaller USB disk with 160GB before with no
> > problem at all.
> > Strange enough I recently get a similar error when re-starting from
> > Windows XP. In this case just the splash screen shows, no
> > "out-of-memory" message.
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> > I got XOSL 1.1.5 installed on a dedicated partition.
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> > Any idea what to do about this strange feature?
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> > Thanks for any input,
> > Thomas
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> I am sure my problem was different from yours but here is what I had
happen.
> I have been using XOSL for several years with great results but since I
> bought a new computer with a larger drive I was unable to get XOSL
to boot.
> I was using a computer with a 200 gig drive before and now I have a
computer
> with a couple of 320 gig drives.
> I could not make it boot. I finally fixed it by reading the docs more
> carefully .
> I was selecting: DOS drive and now I have selected DOS partition.
Now I have
> XOSL working fine.
> I am still wondering what went on as XOSL with DOS drive selected
was ok for
> the 200 gig drive but not for the bigger drive.
> Like I said this is not the same problem as you have but maybe just
> something to think about.
> Good luck.
> By the way, after having this problem with XOSL, I looked high and
low for a
> boot manger that I could replace XOSL with and never came close. All
I found
> were too complicated for me.
> --
> A computer without Microsoft is like a chocolate cake without mustard.
>

Yes, you are right, I believe there is a limitation in size. My former
external HDD was 160 GB, no problems whatsoever. Since the error
message "malloc ()" points in the same direction, I wll probably use
my new disk elsewhere and stick with the stuff I already have........