Hi, I have been reading almost all the post in the partman and xosl group messages and some where I read that XOSL is only able to boot upto 4 primary...
... group ... 7 ... those ... Unfortunately the limit is not governend by XOSL. I was reading up the answer recently. The limit is set by the BIOS. You can...
... So you could have 4 hardrives each with one primary partition and several extended or logical partititions. Obviously you'd need a disk controller that...
Hi, It's me again, may be my question was not clear enough. What I meant to say was that if I create more than 4 primary partition (say 7 primary partition) on...
... No, this will not work. RPM's 'extra' primary partitions aren't actually recorded in the partition table in the first sectors of the drive, but kept track...
Hi, I'm hoping someone could give me some advice or suggestions. I've been trying with no luck to have XOSL boot win xp. I've got three different controllers...
I'm just adding this post to possibly help future users... I was having the same spontaneous rebooting problem that others have posted about (specifically some...
i have 1 harddisk that i make 1 fat 16 for xosl(primary), 1 fat 32 win98(primary),1 ntfs winXP(primary). 1st i install w98se then xp and the last i install...
I had this problem myself and in the end I decided I could live without windows 98. The problem I found lies in the fact that you would have windows 98 on a...
Why don't you just create a small (LOGICAL or PRIMARY) FAT partition just for XOSL!! ? Let it be visible only during startup, likewise the other OSs s/b hidden...
(To paraphrase Saturday Night Live) Mark you ignorant slut! Pay attention: The only PARTITION LIMITATION as far as the drive is concerned is how many cylinders...
DOC CHIRON here: Lets start off with a definition (stolen from a reputable technical webpage.) Partition Descriptor: The contents one of the four slots of a...
... Doc: That's 32 entries in its "Sector usage list" (my term). Line 0 is always consumed by the MBR while Line 1 is usually consumed by the UNUSED sectors on...
Philip Miller <millenix@...> responding to:Ravi Gobi wrote: No, this will not work. RPM's 'extra' primary partitions aren't actually recorded in the...
... Hey DOC... most of these quotes aren't mine. Not these ... This is my quote ... I don't think Fdisk will though. ... and this one ... Put in a controller...
In fact, XOSL can boot any OS in a primary or logical partition, as could any boot manager that just loads the startup code on the first sector of the ...
Faced with the following problems I was about to trow my notebook through the window: - I live and work in a remote region of Papua New Guinea. My notebook...
I have following the instruction of HOWTO to install xosl into 20GB hdd. I have separated the partition into: 16mb for xosl, 7GB for win me, 7GB for chinese...
Hello friends, I have win 2K and than i intall linux that time my bootloader change from NTLDR to GRUB ..now i want to get back NTLDR..how can i do this..mine...
... Well mister voyeur, this is one of two litlle errors in a really great and very instructive thread ;) Nevertheles they need correction: XOSL can "EXTENDED...
hi, ... the problem is: xp puts its boot-files on the first achievable partition, no matter if its hidden by xosl or other programs! you can't hide a...
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Sep 9, 2003 3:43 am
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... I find the safest way to hide a partition from XP and 2k is to use Ranish to delete it, having taken note of the partition's exact CHS figures and the...
Marco V. Rodríguez-Vargas writes: ...Take note, however, that some OS's (particularly MS) complain when they are not in the first disk. Can you point to any...
... Doc responds anew: Tis true and very usefull when using removeable drives and you don't wish to disturb the FINDING of PRIMARY VOLUMES during startup that...
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