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...
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doc_chiron
Jun 2, 2003 11:50 pm
... 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...
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curtis_see
Jun 3, 2003 12:44 am
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...
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Dermot Moynihan
dermoyn2001
Jun 3, 2003 7:33 am
... 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*...
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John McCabe
john_g_mccabe
Jun 3, 2003 7:56 am
... 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...
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nobody1261
Jun 3, 2003 10:29 am
... 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...
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guzumper
Jun 3, 2003 3:01 pm
... 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...
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James M. DeLuca
doc_chiron
Jun 3, 2003 8:27 pm
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...
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curtis_see
Jun 4, 2003 1:13 am
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...
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John McCabe
john_g_mccabe
Jun 4, 2003 8:13 am
... 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...
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gpakosz
Jun 4, 2003 9:16 am
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...
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curtis_see
Jun 4, 2003 11:52 am
... for ... version ... the ... described ... XOSL ... are ... Thanks, but there is no setup button. The 4 options are STRICTLY text, no buttons, no arrows,...
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John McCabe
john_g_mccabe
Jun 4, 2003 1:16 pm
... 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...
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Dermot Moynihan
dermoyn2001
Jun 4, 2003 6:14 pm
... 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...
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curtis_see
Jun 5, 2003 2:12 am
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...
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John McCabe
john_g_mccabe
Jun 5, 2003 9:11 am
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...
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curtis_see
Jun 5, 2003 11:24 am
... to ... same ... monitor ... mode ... compatible ... little ... Manager ... to work ... often ... although you ... Obviously ... John, I have always...
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curtis_see
Jun 5, 2003 11:39 am
... 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...
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audioaficionado@...
audioaficionado
Jun 5, 2003 4:17 pm
... 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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Jojo BERAGO
jojo_berago@...
Jun 5, 2003 11:37 pm
... 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...
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curtis_see
Jun 6, 2003 2:14 am
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...
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John McCabe
john_g_mccabe
Jun 6, 2003 7:56 am
... Glad to hear you were successful. Not sure I understand *why* though! Best Regards John McCabe...
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John McCabe
john_g_mccabe
Jun 6, 2003 7:59 am
... XOSL 1.1.8 doesn't (as far as I know) exist. The latest is 1.1.5. Best Regards John McCabe...
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RodrÃguez Vargas ...
marcov_cr
Jun 6, 2003 4:47 pm
... [...] ... 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...
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curtis_see
Jun 6, 2003 6:51 pm
... for ... card. ... operations. As ... should ... mode, you ... Autocad, ... does) and all ... driver is in ... upgrading the ... Before this last install of...
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Randeep Singh Bhatia
randeep_s_b
Jun 7, 2003 11:46 am
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...
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Philip Miller
millenixtech
Jun 7, 2003 5:24 pm
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....
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Isaac Franco
ifranco94621
Jun 8, 2003 1:38 am
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...
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Isaac Franco
ifranco94621
Jun 8, 2003 7:57 pm
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...
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Bob Coleman
rcoleman1943
Jun 9, 2003 7:43 pm
... XOSL does boot NTFS partitions. I'm, at this moment, running XP from an NTFS partition which was booted via XOSL. Bob Coleman rcoleman@......
