Hi everyone, I'm very pleased to announce that XOSL 1.1.0 is finally officially released! It took way too long, which also pretty much means more features are...
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cborivant@xxx.xx
Dec 17, 1999 3:38 pm
Hello, Before starting anything, I'd like to know if I can install XOSL without reinstalling my OSes. Here is my Hardrive configuration (IBM 13,5 Go UDMA 66...
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David Llewellyn
lectronic_llewy@xxxxx...
Dec 17, 1999 5:38 pm
Geurt I have been successfully using your boot manager on several computers for some time now and I have been recommending it to all my friends and also on the...
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Geurt Vos
geurt.vos@xxxxxx.xxx
Dec 17, 1999 6:13 pm
Hi eveyone, Those lame creatures at free.prohosting.com have just terminated my account :( Some time ago they seemed to be the perfect web-space provider: * 15...
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Geurt Vos
geurt.vos@xxxxxx.xxx
Dec 17, 1999 11:24 pm
Certainly you can install XOSL. Just download the DOS/Win9x version and boot Win98/Command Prompt. Run install -> Install on FAT16/FAT32 partition, and specify...
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Geurt Vos
geurt.vos@xxxxxx.xxx
Dec 17, 1999 11:25 pm
Ok, it's all fixed now. ...back to XOOM... -Geurt-...
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wjjessen@xxxxxxx.xxx
Dec 24, 1999 6:41 am
Hello everyone, Let me begin by describing my setup. 15GB IBM Harddrive: primary part1-XOSL (7MB) primary part2-WinNT/FAT16(2000MB) primary...
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Geurt Vos
geurt.vos@xxxxxx.xxx
Dec 28, 1999 10:33 pm
... I don't know. Only thing fairly safe to say: XOSL did not bring you into this mess. If XOSL would have messed up your MBR, your last boot (Linux) would...
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Michael A. Forshaw
michael.forshaw@xxxxx...
Jan 3, 2000 1:19 pm
Hi Here is my partition setup, created using PartitionMagic 5: 34GB IBM Harddrive, using XOSL version 1.1.0 Primary Partition 1: FAT32: ~3004MB Primary...
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Christophe_BORIVANT@x...
Jan 3, 2000 1:51 pm
"Michael A. Forshaw" <michael.forshaw@...> le 03/01/2000 14:19:17 Veuillez répondre à xosl@onelist.com Pour xosl@onelist.com ... cc : (ccc :...
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Allan Mark Crooks
amc1@xxx.xxx.xx.xxx
Jan 3, 2000 7:05 pm
Hi, In reference to the previous message, XOSL has problems noticing all the logical drives on my disks. It's not really a problem for me, since I don't have...
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Geurt Vos
geurt.vos@xxxxxx.xxx
Jan 4, 2000 7:07 am
Michael, I am aware of the problem, and right now I do not have a solution. Though it seems it only happens with HD's > 8Gb, with the (logical) partitions...
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Geurt Vos
geurt.vos@xxxxxx.xxx
Jan 4, 2000 7:08 am
... What partitioning program did you use to create the logical partitions? ... XOSL can only control the NT loader (as you do with the keys). It can't bypass...
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Madshi
madshi@xxx.xxxx
Jan 4, 2000 7:16 am
Are there any plans to support more than 4 primary partitions on 1 harddisk, like the old ranish did? Thank you! :-) Grüße · Regards... Mathias Rauen ...
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Stefan Goerres
stefan.goerres@xxx.xxxx
Jan 4, 2000 9:31 am
... XOSL booting ... to select ... be some sort of ... load WinNT ... intend ... the ... There are pretty exact papers on the web describing NT boot process....
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Geurt Vos
geurt.vos@...
Jan 5, 2000 10:40 pm
... I will try to find some stuff. However, it raises one question: Why would you want to bypass the NT loader? -Geurt-...
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Geurt Vos
geurt.vos@xxxxxx.xxx
Jan 5, 2000 10:41 pm
... I don't know. In general I advise people not to use stuff like this, because no standards exist. Everyone will have its very own implementation. If then,...
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Stefan Goerres
stefan.goerres@xxx.xxxx
Jan 6, 2000 10:23 am
... well in my point of view this is the only way to get the problems solved that I have with queueing the keys through to the HW profile selection list. I...
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Madshi
madshi@xxx.xxxx
Jan 6, 2000 12:10 pm
... harddisk, like the old ranish did? ... because no standards exist. Everyone will have its very own implementation. If then, for whatever reason, you have a...
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Allan Mark Crooks
amc1@xxx.xxx.xx.xxx
Jan 6, 2000 9:56 pm
... Mainly because XOSL puts everything from Bootmagic to NT Loader to shame.. ... Allan....
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Allan Mark Crooks
amc1@xxx.xxx.xx.xxx
Jan 6, 2000 10:06 pm
Hi, Only a quick suggestion about a possible enhancement. I think it would be nice to have the list of partitions to also show the labels of each drive, ...
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Honermann Tom A.
TA.Honermann@xxxx.xxx...
Jan 6, 2000 11:28 pm
I would like to get my greedy little hands on the XOSL 1.1.0 source. Any idea when that will be available? ... Tom Honermann UW Health - UWHC...
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Geurt Vos
G.Vos@xxxxxx.xxx
Jan 7, 2000 8:28 am
Hello everyone, I've tried some stuff with logical partitions, and found the bug. XOSL 1.1.0 interprets extended partitions incorrect, through which it only...
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Dan Pianfetti
danpia@xxxxxxxxx.xxxx
Jan 10, 2000 4:52 am
I want to dual boot Solaris 7 and Win 95 b. I would like to set something like this up: 1. Primary Master - Win 95 (Fat 32) 2. Primary Slave - Fat 32 3....
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Geurt Vos
G.Vos@xxxxxx.xxx
Jan 10, 2000 8:25 am
... Well, yes. I did think of it. At the time there were several reasons for not implementing it, like: it will take more time to load XOSL (can be fixed,...
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Geurt Vos
G.Vos@xxxxxx.xxx
Jan 10, 2000 8:21 am
... It will be there this week, along with the update of XOSL. -Geurt-...
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Geurt Vos
G.Vos@xxxxxx.xxx
Jan 10, 2000 8:35 am
... This is the way to do it. Just use the addional keys feature to control the NT loader, but what exactly is the problem you have with that? -Geurt-...
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Geurt Vos
G.Vos@xxxxxx.xxx
Jan 12, 2000 8:15 am
... ...just do it I would say... For what I know, you can boot Solaris off any primary partition on any HD, and starting from XOSL 1.1.0, XOSL can also boot ...
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Geurt Vos
G.Vos@xxxxxx.xxx
Jan 12, 2000 8:17 am
The source code of the entire XOSL 1.1.0a project is now available for download at http://www.xosl.org -Geurt-...
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Geurt Vos
G.Vos@xxxxxx.xxx
Jan 12, 2000 8:17 am
I have uploaded a new version of XOSL. The only improvement is the fix for reading (more than 2) logical partitions. If you don't have any extended partitions,...
