... 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...
When I selected the XP option, it would tell me it was missing the hda.dll file (not sure of exact name now). However, in SUSE I can see that file exists. I...
... Yeah, it wouldn't be uncommon for partition reordering to occur, and that could indeed generate a "missing hal.dll" error. On your ME partition you should...
I just had to post this. I've been using XOSL on my main computer for several years now and I continue to be amazed at just how capable and easy to use it is....
Is it possible to run XOSL entirely from a floppy drive? The install seems to allow that selection, but I cannot get it to work. Do we need to install an...
Well, I did all that and still get only ME. I also booted from the XP cd, went into recovery mode and, using the MAP arc command, got the proper string for...
You mean XOSL is not dual booting Win XP and Win ME? 1/ Norton Ghost your HDD1 to HDD2 (Make sure it copied to HDD2) 2/ Slate clean HDD1 3/ Make 4 Partitions...
Mention of Norton Ghost reminds me that you can now get Acronis True Image v7 for free. It's an old version which won't backup to DVD and requires two CD...
Dave, I suggest you go to Ranish Partition Manager site and Trombetworks. Read everything! There's plenty of reading to be done to experiment and experience to...
comments/ideas/reprimands interspersed ... FIXMBR is pretty much the same as FDISK /MBR run from a dos floppy. Mainly, it overwrites the code in the MBR and...
Thanks for your comments. I do plan to bone up more on the Ranish PM. Thanks for that site reference, but I could find anything by that name. "Trombettworks"...
Thanks for your comments. I agree fully. This is my second bite of Linux and so far I am batting .500. My main mistake was to not get a better backup prior...
When I got my copy, back in October, there were a few obstacles, but only small ones which were easily dealt with. By now, I would hope that Acronis have...
I'm not quite sure what you mean, but yes, it's possible to use a floppy disk with xosl on it to install xosl on the hard drive. For subsequent boots, one...
I'm having trouble installing XOSL to dual-boot between two XP systems, help appreciated. History & details: 1) Successfully used XOSL for years to dual boot...
... but ... drive) ... appreciated. ... I have a tri-boot system with Windows XP, Windows 98 and Linux all on the same harddrive. I installed XOSL on its own...
Hi, I have some trouble with my notebook. When I try to install - XOSL regognize die grafik Interface, HD,... -> but then the install exits with error (can't...
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