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3694
Hi, I have an IDE hard drive which is connected to the IDE controller on the motherboard. I have installed several versions of Windows (i.e. 95, 98, ME, NT, 2K...
guzumper
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Jun 2, 2003
1:37 pm
3695
... DOC Chiron here: SInce you mention twice about NO PROBLEMS booting all those OS, did you mean that you can boot them with and without XOSL, or do you...
doc_chiron
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Jun 2, 2003
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3696
I want to say thanks for the replies to my questions last week. I have made progress, but I am still stumped. A) I have backed up critical data in the event...
curtis_see
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Jun 3, 2003
12:44 am
3697
... What do you mean by *installed*? You say you have installed RPM and plan to install XOSL. What do you want two boot managers for? I too have *installed*...
Dermot Moynihan
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Jun 3, 2003
7:33 am
3698
... This shouldn't be a problem. I've always installed XOSL onto a system that was already running but, as you already have 4 partitions in use, it might be...
John McCabe
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Jun 3, 2003
7:56 am
3699
... I prefer to install XOSL last. I create each partition, hiding any other partitions, and load the OS in each. (You could also load additional software at...
nobody1261
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Jun 3, 2003
10:29 am
3700
... I always use XOSL to boot these O/Ses. The only exception was when I initially installed each of them onto a primary partition prior to moving them onto to...
guzumper
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Jun 3, 2003
3:01 pm
3701
From: Dermot Moynihan <dermoyn@...> ... Dermot: What do you mean by *installed*? You say you have installed RPM and plan to install XOSL. What do you...
James M. DeLuca
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Jun 3, 2003
8:27 pm
3702
Getting somewhere now. I used PART.EXE to setup my partitions (2 for DOS, 2 for WIN98). I have PART.EXE residing in the root directory of each partition. I...
curtis_see
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Jun 4, 2003
1:13 am
3703
... Seems reasonable. ... Good. ... RPM is a useful thing to put in, even if you've got the latest version elsewhere. ... Ok - fine. ... Click on the Setup...
John McCabe
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Jun 4, 2003
8:13 am
3704
Here is my configuration 60gb hard-drive 3 primary partitions (2go each) for WIN95OSR2,WIN98GOLD,WIN98SE 1 extended partition with 1 logical partition for XOSL...
gpakosz
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Jun 4, 2003
9:16 am
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... for ... version ... the ... described ... XOSL ... are ... Thanks, but there is no setup button. The 4 options are STRICTLY text, no buttons, no arrows,...
curtis_see
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Jun 4, 2003
11:52 am
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... I see - so what you get is: Extended Operating System Loader 1.1.5 -- XOSL Bypass -- 1 - xxx 2 - xxx 3 - xxx 4 - xxx F - Boot from floppy Select partition...
John McCabe
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Jun 4, 2003
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3707
... What's WIN98GOLD? Are you sure you want it that badly? Primaries are, ahem, prime real estate and in short supply. Don't waste them. ... sounds okay. ... I...
Dermot Moynihan
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Jun 4, 2003
6:14 pm
3708
John, You are 100% correct. * Display text matched * Hidden file names matched your root directory * Hidden files matched byte size also I downloaded again the...
curtis_see
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Jun 5, 2003
2:12 am
3709
Curtis ... When you install XOSL, what display modes does it list (as show on: http://home.wanadoo.nl/geurt/manual/install/3_1.html And what video mode do you...
John McCabe
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Jun 5, 2003
9:11 am
3710
... to ... same ... monitor ... mode ... compatible ... little ... Manager ... to work ... often ... although you ... Obviously ... John, I have always...
curtis_see
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Jun 5, 2003
11:24 am
3711
... video ... are ... free. ... in ... NO LUCK WITH OTHER MODES. Big Sigh :( Oh Well My 17" Trinitron monitor from Dell probably is not the cause. Perhaps...
curtis_see
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Jun 5, 2003
11:39 am
3712
... Try updating your BIOS. Even a slightly corrupted BIOS will seem to function but have strange errors that defy reason. I have a computer that won't boot...
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Jun 5, 2003
4:17 pm
3713
... Your pc is a dell, right? If my memory serves me right, there were some posts here (around 2 years ago) about xosl118 being incompatible with some models...
Jojo BERAGO
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Jun 5, 2003
11:37 pm
3714
The culprit was the video card. The NVIDIA TNT2 has no drivers for DOS applications. Dell was not to blame. I have been installing XOSL in my #1 primary...
curtis_see
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Jun 6, 2003
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3715
... Glad to hear you were successful. Not sure I understand *why* though! Best Regards John McCabe...
John McCabe
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Jun 6, 2003
7:56 am
3716
... XOSL 1.1.8 doesn't (as far as I know) exist. The latest is 1.1.5. Best Regards John McCabe...
John McCabe
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Jun 6, 2003
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3717
... [...] ... DOS programs and DOS itself rely mainly on BIOS for all video operations. As long as the video BIOS implements standard and extended calls, it...
Rodríguez Vargas ...
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Jun 6, 2003
4:47 pm
3718
... for ... card. ... operations. As ... should ... mode, you ... Autocad, ... does) and all ... driver is in ... upgrading the ... Before this last install of...
curtis_see
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Jun 6, 2003
6:51 pm
3719
Hi, I'm new here and am thinking of downloading XOSL. My machine has Windows NT4.0 already installed and I want to install Windows XP or Windows 98 and LINUX...
Randeep Singh Bhatia
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Jun 7, 2003
11:46 am
3720
XOSL can do this for you safely, but installing new system-level software, including new operating systems, always carries the risk of complete data loss....
Philip Miller
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Jun 7, 2003
5:24 pm
3721
I have closely the same issue. I have a 60GB HD with Win XP Pro. (1 partition, NTFS) - Secondary Master I have a 30GB HD with nothing (unallocated, not...
Isaac Franco
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Jun 8, 2003
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3722
It worked It worked :) No need for anyone to give me the anser below, I got it to work just fine ... -- Contact Information DVP Enterprises, LLC. DVP...
Isaac Franco
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Jun 8, 2003
7:57 pm
3723
... XOSL does boot NTFS partitions. I'm, at this moment, running XP from an NTFS partition which was booted via XOSL. Bob Coleman rcoleman@......
Bob Coleman
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