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...
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Dermot Moynihan
dermoyn2001
Sep 25, 2006 7:45 pm
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...
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Mike O'Connor
mikeoconwarp
Sep 26, 2006 8:58 am
... 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...
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Dan Goodell
nobody1261
Sep 27, 2006 9:45 am
... Take a look at my mbrsaver.com, bundled with dsrfix.zip from www.goodells.net/dellrestore/fixes.htm. Considering that hard disk technology requires...
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Dan Goodell
nobody1261
Sep 27, 2006 9:57 am
... 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...
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doc_chiron
Sep 29, 2006 9:52 pm
... Doc Chiron here: Long time... Free tools: MBRtool, MBRwork Possibly easier solution: [Assumes that you are NOT using Ranish with the TEXT80x25 boot ...
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Mike O'Connor
mikeoconwarp
Oct 1, 2006 4:16 pm
... <SNIPPED> ... Followup: The DFSee commands to use are PSAVE and PRESTORE or the corresponding menu-items: Mode=FDISK -> BACKUP partition info -> ... select...
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junja
john_negus
Oct 3, 2006 3:50 pm
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...
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Dermot Moynihan
dermoyn2001
Oct 11, 2006 7:29 am
Thanks everybody for your suggestions. regards Dermot...
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rbrt_horwood
Oct 23, 2006 12:51 pm
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...
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Dermot Moynihan
dermoyn2001
Oct 23, 2006 6:28 pm
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...
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larry_rhythm
Oct 24, 2006 5:20 pm
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...
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Dermot Moynihan
dermoyn2001
Oct 24, 2006 6:18 pm
Ranish is not for resizing partitions that contain data. Read the Ranish FAQS. Partition Magic is the recommended option but there are alternatives. Google. ...
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Antoine W. Campagna
antoinewc
Oct 24, 2006 7:20 pm
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. ...
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nicko68
Oct 24, 2006 10:40 pm
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....
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rbrt_horwood
Oct 25, 2006 12:18 pm
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...
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Dermot Moynihan
dermoyn2001
Oct 25, 2006 1:10 pm
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...
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rbrt_horwood
Oct 26, 2006 12:10 pm
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...
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Dermot Moynihan
dermoyn2001
Oct 26, 2006 3:17 pm
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...
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rbrt_horwood
Nov 1, 2006 1:33 pm
... 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...
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Antoine Wells Campagna
antoinewc
Nov 1, 2006 2:27 pm
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...
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zed_2k6
Nov 6, 2006 2:58 am
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...
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oxbowarcher
Nov 6, 2006 1:39 pm
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...
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rbrt_horwood
Nov 8, 2006 1:38 pm
... 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 ...
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vincekivits
Nov 9, 2006 1:13 pm
Help please Multi Boot Partition Table Partition Count # Cylinder File Sys Type Size KB Description 1 0 MBR 0 2HDD1_VOL1ID: MSWIN4.1 1-50 06: Fat 16 401,624...
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Antoine Wells Campagna
antoinewc
Nov 14, 2006 4:38 pm
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...
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Vincent Kivits
vincekivits
Nov 17, 2006 10:17 pm
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. ...
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junja
john_negus
Nov 21, 2006 4:56 pm
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...
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dknapp11
Nov 22, 2006 7:40 pm
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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Dan Goodell
nobody1261
Nov 22, 2006 9:04 pm
... That means you had a Microsoft-style dualboot. For details of why this is incompatible with a true dualboot, see my webpage at ...
