Hi, I first want to thank the author of XOSL for making it freeware. It works great but I have having an issue that may not be doable. I bought a new harddrive...
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Phil Miller
millenixtech
Apr 1, 2002 11:24 pm
... Lucky for you, XOSL has a special option for situations just like this: "Swap Drives" This option, which is set per boot-item, makes the OS being loaded...
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Herman Klaassen
h.klaassen@...
Apr 2, 2002 7:40 am
Hi, I maybe have found the solution for the "looping problem" (constantly rebooting) when using XOSL on Dell Optiplex GX 150's. On my machines looping can be...
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jdgsfjkd
Apr 2, 2002 10:21 am
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jimkueneman
Apr 2, 2002 1:59 pm
... this: "Swap Drives" Thanks! All works as desired now. Jim...
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alexander_klein_98
alexander_kl...
Apr 2, 2002 2:12 pm
... That was exactly it. Thanks so much, the XOSL (and MBR) recovery went perfectly fine, everything works smoothly... Well, things can be so easy! ... I tried...
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Chris Wilkins...
cwilkinsuk
Apr 2, 2002 4:45 pm
I have two hard disks both on the Primmary channel. HD0 1st Prim partition has a old version of Win 98 which I need to leave as is (will be removed in future) ...
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Aldert Kuijn
a.kuijn@...
Apr 2, 2002 6:27 pm
Jeez! Anyone who sent this message: THIS IS NOT FOR ADVERTISING! ... From: jdgsfjkd <jdgsfjkd@...> To: <xosl@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Tuesday, April 02,...
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Jernej Simon€ ˘Ä’i€ ...
jernejsim
Apr 2, 2002 6:46 pm
Hello Aldert, ... Looks like my filter works :) (fyi: the same message was sent [so far] to all but one YG I'm subscribed) -- Jernej Simoncic,...
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armando barreiro
armandobarreiro@...
Apr 2, 2002 10:51 pm
... snipped<< If you ignore it we're all better off. We don't have to see it over& over & over again. If you have a yahoo e-mail acct., check your preferences....
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Phil Miller
millenixtech
Apr 2, 2002 11:27 pm
... First of all, check what partition you installed LILO to, and make sure that XOSL is pointing to that partition. Second, unless your computer is fairly...
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alexander_klein_98
alexander_kl...
Apr 3, 2002 1:17 am
... now, let's take it from the beginning. I already mentioned the problem I encounter after choosing the SuSE / LILO partition in the XOSL menu - nothing...
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T.E.M. Lockefeer
sky40912@...
Apr 3, 2002 5:55 am
Alexander : This is what i found in the manual : 6.2 Booting Linux Because XOSL cannot yet boot Linux directly, you need to have Lilo installed in either the...
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Marco De Vitis
starless72
Apr 3, 2002 11:31 am
Hello alexander_klein_98, on 03/04/02 at 3.16 you wrote: a> The boot item definitely points to the correct partition, I bought a> my computer less than half a...
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alexander_klein_98
alexander_kl...
Apr 4, 2002 8:28 pm
... Thanks for your help, so far I have not been successful, though. If anyone from this list has installed the newest SuSE Linux distribution with Yast2 and...
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David Howe
daverhowe
Apr 4, 2002 9:43 pm
... You can install LILO to its own partition as part of the setup (just as you can XOSL) - I don't know for sure, but I would suspect that you could then boot...
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Phil Miller
millenixtech
Apr 4, 2002 10:39 pm
... Yes, that is correct ... No, there isn't. Just about any file, including the kernel and other stuff, can go anywhere. The only condition is that that...
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Marco De Vitis
starless72
Apr 4, 2002 10:43 pm
Hello alexander_klein_98, on 04/04/02 at 22.28 you wrote: a> 1) I am right that XOSL only is able to boot HD partitions, am I not? Yes. a> That is, there is no...
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markchow@...
ButteredBread
Apr 5, 2002 4:11 am
Hi, Thank-you for your time. I am currently studying at Swinburne University in Australia. Here the computers boot normally, however if you press the <del>...
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Jiri Dalesicky
helibear13
Apr 5, 2002 2:38 pm
Hi, I am really interested whether there is any particular reason not to have multiple extended partitions on one disk. I am using the following configuration...
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kiamoris@...
kiamoris
Apr 5, 2002 3:41 pm
Hi, I'm calling from Italy. Since january 2002 I started to use XOSL 115 on some PCs I have in my office and I found it is a good bootmgr, even better than...
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Mark Chow
ButteredBread
Apr 5, 2002 3:52 pm
Sorry, this is probably some beginner answer but what happens when you try re-installing XOSL? Regards Mark ... From: kiamoris@... To:...
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Phil Miller
millenixtech
Apr 5, 2002 11:34 pm
... This sounds like your system administrators have done a good job customizing XOSL to fit a purpose. I'd like to ask them what they did, as I'm sure it...
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Phil Miller
millenixtech
Apr 5, 2002 11:35 pm
... This sounds like the behavior on Dell GX150's and 110's in 1.1.4 and 1.1.5, and maybe a few earlier. Look below for a possible solution used on the Dell's....
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Phil Miller
millenixtech
Apr 6, 2002 12:17 am
... This has never seemed to be a problem, but there really isn't a reason for them. A single extended partition can hold as many logicals as one wants, so...
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Jiri Dalesicky
helibear13
Apr 6, 2002 12:26 pm
... I just wanted to leave some unallocated space on the disk and still have the possibility to make a choice in the future: create true PRIMARY partition or ...
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alexander_klein_98
alexander_kl...
Apr 6, 2002 7:34 pm
... Thanks for your offer, Dave! It would be great if you had time doing that - LILO should be on a logical partition, though, I am out of primaries right...
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matew-inmail
matew@...
Apr 6, 2002 8:04 pm
Hi folks, has anybody got an idea, how can I solve my problem? My problem is: I have two HDD. On primary master I have installed on the first partition XOSL...
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Phil Miller
millenixtech
Apr 7, 2002 6:34 am
... Have you made sure that all other partitions are hidden when you boot NT4? Specifically, if the XOSL partition is FAT instead of dedicated, do you have it...
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kiamoris@...
kiamoris
Apr 8, 2002 7:20 am
I've lost the number of re-installs: after ver 1.1.1 it happens always the same thing. May it be a problem with video card (nVidia ecc.)? bye, moris ... try...
