I would also like to request a text-mode interface - another reason could be: I manage hundreds of PCs - at least 70 of which need multiple boot, unfortunately...
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Allan Crooks
amc1@...
Feb 14, 2000 12:19 pm
... It would be useful if your monitor had broken down, and you had to resort to an old monitor to get it working.... Allan....
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Geurt Vos
G.Vos@...
Feb 14, 2000 12:20 pm
... First, is the message: "Extended Operating System 1.1.0" displayed on your screen? It's still in text-mode. If not, then the IPL in the master boot record...
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Jim Hanley
enorbet@...
Feb 14, 2000 6:07 pm
Hello Geurt .......As yet i have been unable to boot OS/2 directly from Xosl, but I love the level of control over reveal, hide and ignore. As IBM just...
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Bjorn.Simonsen@...
Feb 14, 2000 9:52 pm
... First, I was going to say what Allan Crooks replied: "It would be useful if your monitor had broken down, and you had to resort to an old monitor to get it...
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Geurt Vos
G.Vos@...
Feb 15, 2000 12:53 pm
Well, I did get convinced to extent. Here's what I will do: First I will create a nice XOSL bypass menu. It will only have the ability to boot one of the...
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Geurt Vos
G.Vos@...
Feb 15, 2000 12:52 pm
Jim, If you could give me some pointers (URL), I'd look into it and see what I can do... -Geurt-...
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Bjorn Simonsen
Bjorn.Simonsen@...
Feb 15, 2000 8:38 pm
... Great!! :) ... Ditto!!! Btw: I have informed a list of "DOS/survivor-PC users" about your program, and I'm sure they will be pleased to learn there ...
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Geurt Vos
geurt.vos@...
Feb 15, 2000 10:17 pm
... Well, XOSL should still work on a 386. Before I release new versions (tomorrow, Feb 16), I always thoroughly test them on an ancient 386DX40. It's slow,...
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Jim Hanley
enorbet@...
Feb 16, 2000 3:08 am
Hello again Geurt....I am pleased to see you have some interest. As yet I haven't found where to get LVM but have included the link to get JFS source....
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Raimund Buchholz
c9BuRa@...
Feb 16, 2000 7:36 am
Hi!! ... I think the only question is where to get OS/2 (for little money): e.g at e-bay, see mail at bottom. The other question would be if somebody should /...
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Raimund Buchholz
c9BuRa@...
Feb 16, 2000 7:41 am
Me again!!! Got a litte problem with instant boot: Dos not work At first I did not see the countdown timer, so i used "ignore mouse ...". Now I can see...
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Jim Hanley
enorbet@...
Feb 16, 2000 5:53 pm
Just wanted to thank you.....what a wonderful followup! In the early years, Team OS/2 sufferred from ovely zealous ( read "rabid" ) prpopnents. It is nice to...
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Geurt Vos
geurt.vos@...
Feb 16, 2000 10:14 pm
Everyone, The first developer version, XOSL 1.1.1, has been released. Find it at the download area of the XOSL web site (http://www.xosl.org) View the 'Future'...
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Allan Crooks
amc1@...
Feb 17, 2000 1:02 pm
Hi, Another thing I would like to see with XOSL is an enable / disable option, with the disabled options greyed out, but still visible... I'd also like to ask...
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Geurt Vos
G.Vos@...
Feb 17, 2000 12:47 pm
... I guess it does have something to do with your mouse. So one thing you may want to try (just to see if it's the problem) is to just disable the mouse...
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Raimund Buchholz
c9BuRa@...
Feb 17, 2000 1:21 pm
HI! ... got the same problem with OS/2 BM it takes e.g \D but \r is ignored Raimund...
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Richardson, Tony
ARichard@...
Feb 17, 2000 6:56 pm
You need to recompile lilo with an option or by default it will empty the keyboard buffer. I believe the option is NODRAIN. Tony...
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Geurt Vos
geurt.vos@...
Feb 18, 2000 9:23 pm
... Why? ... See the manual, section 6.2. It's explained there. In a nutshell: You have to recompile Lilo, so it doesn't drain the keyboard buffer anymore....
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neoscope@...
Feb 19, 2000 9:03 pm
I've found an intriguing new method for making money simply for being at your computer. I know a lot of sites like this have catches, but this one has worked...
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Allan Crooks
amc1@...
Feb 20, 2000 6:44 pm
Hi, Just a couple of quick questions: 1) XOSL 1.1.1, can you upgrade it from 1.1.0a or do I have to re-install and configure it all over again? 2) Why do you...
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Geurt Vos
geurt.vos@...
Feb 20, 2000 10:27 pm
... There isn't an upgrade option anymore in the XOSL 1.1.1 install, so yes, you'll have to do a complete reinstall. ... There isn't. If you download the DOS...
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Wesley Aman
wes_aman@...
Feb 21, 2000 6:15 pm
See Message 2, Digest 50. I have since installed version 1.1.1. The XOSL graphic comes up; at the lower right is the text "Extended Operating System Loader...
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Raimund Buchholz
c9bura@...
Feb 21, 2000 9:30 pm
... No, I'am still using OS/2-Bootmanager: XOSL loads OS/2 BM (this works!!), loads OS/2. I choose this because of the capability of xosl hiding partitions,...
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Jim Hanley
enorbet@...
Feb 21, 2000 9:55 pm
Wesley........ I cannot load OS/2 directly, but like Raimund, I load BootManager from Xosl. If I had but one OS/2 bootable I would set the delay time to "0"...
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Allan Crooks
amc1@...
Feb 22, 2000 1:33 pm
... Because I have lots of operating systems on my machine, and not all of them are sorted out, so I'd disable the unsorted ones.... It'd just be easier to...
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l j
geniuuss@...
Feb 22, 2000 2:56 pm
This is my first time using XOSL and I think it is pretty good. I have my systems on boot keys... f1 for floppy f2 for windows98 f3 for windows nt. I...
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Allan Crooks
amc1@...
Feb 22, 2000 3:37 pm
Hi John, ... At a guess, you're probably attempting to boot WinNT directly from the WinNT partition, which isn't possible. You need to get XOSL to boot into ...
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Richard Turner
richardturner@...
Feb 22, 2000 9:04 pm
I had an earlier version of XOSL that I want to uninstall prior to installing the latest version. Since installation I have overwritten the MBR with an IPL...
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Geurt Vos
geurt.vos@...
Feb 22, 2000 10:09 pm
... MS-DOS doesn't necessarily need to be installed on the *first* primary partition. It will boot off any. Although the partition (+io.sys) has to be before...
