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From: "Art McClure" <artmcclure@...> Subject: Re: [xosl] Re: Stop Crap ... It is (or was) moderated, but for newly subscribing members only. I believe ...
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Jan 8, 2004
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... I can code, but the level of detailed knowledge required for that kind of utility would take me a while to learn and I, unfortunately, don't have the time...
John McCabe
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Jan 8, 2004
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Thanks for the info. I appreciate the time that you took to explain the situation. I guess that I'm starting to get tired of some of the messages that I see in...
Art McClure
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Jan 8, 2004
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Doc Chiron here to illuminate when I have light, prod when called for, help if possible, and humiliate only when absolutely necessary.> ... DOC:> Have you been...
James M. DeLuca
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Jan 10, 2004
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... To clarify, it was I that made the above comment and not John. Multiple replies have goofed the quote formatting. It's all good. :) ... I have. Although...
Craig Powell
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Jan 10, 2004
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Hello, folks - I am brand-spanking-new to xosl, and I am truly impressed with it. I work at a public library, and am planning on using it to facilitate the...
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markehle
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Jan 17, 2004
1:19 am
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... FWIW, and I don't want to put you off using XOSL, but something like Norton's Ghost product would probably be a better solution to your needs. Best Regards...
John McCabe
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Jan 17, 2004
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4171
John - You misunderstand. Symnatec (norton) ghost IS what I use to copy the partitions. I have 3 partitions on the drive, one that is the working partition,...
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markehle
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Jan 17, 2004
2:06 pm
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... I obviously misunderstood. I was under the impression you were trying to find a way to quickly restore the working partition from a saved copy. ... May I...
John McCabe
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Jan 17, 2004
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I need to remove some things from it - so that the library animals have less to mess with. Our library is in a very urban setting, and it is a daily struggle ...
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markehle
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Jan 17, 2004
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I have a laptop which has an on-board touchpad. I also have a mouse that goes haywire when the touchpad is enabled. I would like to automate the process of...
burndark00
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Jan 18, 2004
12:38 pm
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Would it not be better to set a power-on or reboot password on the PCs through the BIOS? This would discourage people most people from attempting to restart...
Mark
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Jan 19, 2004
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Hello, I re-compile Xosl to have a silent dos logicical install ("unattend"). It works well but now i would like to "force" the default boot options. My...
rodolf1973
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Jan 21, 2004
8:17 pm
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Doc Chiron here to illuminate when I have light.> ... I like "Ghost", and I got mine w/ Norton Systemworks Pro ($20 after mail-in rebates), but MANY public...
James M. DeLuca
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Jan 22, 2004
5:33 am
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Thanks, Doc - I AM using ghost. I don't know why that point hasn't come across. But you are right, Partition Manager does copy partitions, and I did that once....
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markehle
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Jan 22, 2004
11:14 am
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Hello, Folks - I am using XOSL to choose between windows 2k and a dos partition. It is working fine, but I cannot get the timeout autoboot to work. XOSL will...
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markehle
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Jan 22, 2004
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4182
Can XOSL be started from a boot CD? Also will XOSL allow my to boot Win 98 which is on a CD? Chris......
cwilkinsuk
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Jan 25, 2004
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4183
I'm trying to set up a multi-boot system, as simple as possible. Here's what I'd like to set up: Drive 1 (master): 1st bootable partition (32GB): Win2K 2nd...
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Jan 27, 2004
6:23 pm
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OK - I found that if I disable the USB on my computer, it autoboots fine. Is there a copy somewhere of XOSL that has this bug fixed in the code?...
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markehle
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Jan 27, 2004
8:49 pm
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Hi, You definitely will need a FAT/FAT32 or dedicated partition for XOSL. As for drive letter assignments you can hide the XOSL partition when you boot the...
Phillip Chee
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Jan 27, 2004
10:20 pm
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... Hi, Just to answer one of your concerns. If you install XOSL to its own partition - I had it in a single-cylinder [~7.8MB] *logical* partition, almost at...
Mike O'Connor
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Jan 27, 2004
10:28 pm
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Hi Philip, ... INCORRECT! See my post that preceded yours by 10 minutes! ... If XOSL is in its own dedicated type 0x78 partition it doesn't need to be hidden....
Mike O'Connor
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Jan 28, 2004
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4188
... Hi Mark, Sounds more like a hardware resource sharing [IRQ] conflict rather than a bug in XOSL! -- Regards, Mike Failed the exam for ... MCSE - Minesweeper...
Mike O'Connor
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Jan 28, 2004
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Dear friends, if I reinstall XOSL on my computer, all previous setting include passwords are demaded. Is possible to force XOSL to ask the password before...
pavel_marinic
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Jan 28, 2004
9:09 am
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Mike ... As far as I can see your post basically says the same thing, I think you've misread Phillip's comment. He did say "...FAT/FAT32 *or* dedicated...". ...
John McCabe
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Jan 28, 2004
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... Definietely not a good idea. Possibly the most important thing about creating a fully functioning multi-boot with XOSL is - taking your own situation as an...
Dermot Moynihan
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Jan 28, 2004
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Maybe, but after looking at the list archives, it seems that this has been a pretty common problem. The machine that I am using is a brand new right out of the...
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markehle
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Jan 28, 2004
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... I don't know - that's why I joined the list. ... Hi Mark, I've only just joined the list, and as I am on about 30+ others, mainly OS/2-eComStation related,...
Mike O'Connor
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Jan 28, 2004
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4194
... well, we don't know either :)...
Dave Howe
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Jan 28, 2004
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4195
... Hi John, Possibly misinterpreted the intent, It was the end of a 24-hour straight session when I wrote it, but as he went on to say : "As for drive letter...
Mike O'Connor
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