Hello, I am using XOSL more than year without problem. Now I would like to use Linux residing on USB flash drive. My hardware allows to boot from USB. Please...
Anybody ever come across a program that enables one to copy a partition table from a hard drive such that it can then be "restored" onto 16 other hard drives...
... Hi Dermot, It's very simple with DFSee. ;-) [DFS == Display File Systems] See Jan van Wijk's site at www.dfsee.com - versions for OS/2 [original and...
... Take a look at my mbrsaver.com, bundled with dsrfix.zip from www.goodells.net/dellrestore/fixes.htm. Considering that hard disk technology requires...
... Oops, just noticed this part of your msg. That means you're talking about backing up all of the EPBRs too, not just the partition table. That's more...
... Doc Chiron here: Long time... Free tools: MBRtool, MBRwork Possibly easier solution: [Assumes that you are NOT using Ranish with the TEXT80x25 boot ...
... <SNIPPED> ... Followup: The DFSee commands to use are PSAVE and PRESTORE or the corresponding menu-items: Mode=FDISK -> BACKUP partition info -> ... select...
Not quite sure what you're aiming at. If you copy just the partition table to new (or old ?) drives, the partitions won't have their boot code - nor indeed...
Hello, I'm new to XOSL and to this newsgroup. When I built my PC I installed only a single, SATA, drive in it and have hitherto been running only a single o/s...
Some speculation and thinking out loud follows: It sounds like XOSL is in the MBR of your PATA but has it's files in the XOSL partition of your SATA. You could...
Hi I run Win 2000 pro. I used the systems Disk Manager on my 2 HDD and now have Maxtor 60GB with 2 partions and Seagate 80GB with 5 partitions. Initially I...
Ranish is not for resizing partitions that contain data. Read the Ranish FAQS. Partition Magic is the recommended option but there are alternatives. Google. ...
Hi Larry, Intallation of XOSL is simple. Just use a bootable DOS floppy or USB drive to run the installer. Or you can use the installer floppy image I made. ...
Get the Gparted (Gnu PARTion EDitor) live CD. It does a good job of resizing partitions, and it's free. Just download the iso, burn to a CD and boot off it....
Hello Dermot, and thanks for coming to my rescue. 2 steps forward and 1 step back! So that's some progress at least. It had never occcurred to me to use the...
Hi Robert, Glad to hear you're making progress. Fixboot would, I would imagine, write a W2k boot sector. Not what you want at all. Try booting with a Win98...
Hello Dermot I hardly dare to tell you this but, having messed up, I'm back at square 1. To copy Sys.com onto my Win98 floppy I needed to get back somehow into...
comments interspersed ... You cld probably just have googled for a copy. ... Just dealing with the latter - XOSL can be restored quite easily by using its...
... Hello Dermot, It turned out to be much more straightforward than I had been expecting (for a change!). I have Acronis DiskDirector and, therefore, a DD...
About this PATA taking priority over SATA. It isn't much an issue for me. What I do is I deactivate the PATA disk(s) completely in the BIOS. So it boots on...
Hi there, i have the following problem: My keyboard freezes every time i leave XOSL. For example when i start the ranish partition manager or when i come to...
I had problems with keyboard and mouse in XOSL. I didn't try any of the fixes they have. I am convinced the BIOS on the PC was not compatible with XOSL. Two...
... for me. ... Hello Antoine Yes, I too have frequently 'dis-enabled' the P-ATA disk in the BIOS. But I did so only as a temporary step whilst I worked on ...
Hi Vincent, I'm afraid the screenshots did not go through. But from what I understand you partitionned your drive using many primary partitions using RPM. The...
Greetings Antoine, Thanks for your response. It looks as though I'll have to take your advice for now until I learn how to do it with all Primary partitions. ...
Boot-It NG ($35) will allow creating up to 32 partitions (IIRC) but it's complex (& incompatible with normal tools like fdisk, xosl etc.). It too has to...
I had a dual boot system with WindowsME on C:, Windows XP on D:. Then, I installed SUSE 10.1. after giving it some space with Partition Magic. Now I have a...
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