... 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 ...
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dknapp11
Nov 23, 2006 7:30 pm
That link was an excellent description of what my problem is. I am a little befuddled on what to do to fix it though. Will XOSL allow me to fix the...
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dknapp11
Nov 23, 2006 7:33 pm
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...
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Dan Goodell
nobody1261
Nov 24, 2006 12:30 pm
... 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...
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Philip Schetrompf
pschetrompf
Dec 1, 2006 6:17 pm
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....
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dknapp11
Dec 12, 2006 3:00 pm
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...
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dknapp11
Dec 12, 2006 3:02 pm
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...
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dknapp11
Dec 13, 2006 9:45 pm
That is good to hear. How long does it typically take to get answers or see your posting appear? Do you know of any good utilities that can take a...
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Vincent Kivits
vincekivits
Dec 15, 2006 1:02 pm
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...
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Chris Date
mystiqueltd
Dec 15, 2006 3:09 pm
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...
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Vincent Kivits
vincekivits
Dec 15, 2006 6:54 pm
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...
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Dermot Moynihan
dermoyn2001
Dec 15, 2006 6:56 pm
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...
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JF
lewishmorgan
Dec 15, 2006 8:31 pm
... Some people at least some of the time found that the route to getting the download was a bit tricky. Read all the posts on this at ...
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dknapp11
Dec 15, 2006 8:32 pm
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"...
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dknapp11
Dec 15, 2006 8:33 pm
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...
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Chris Date
mystiqueltd
Dec 16, 2006 12:01 am
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...
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junja
john_negus
Dec 16, 2006 6:18 pm
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...
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matthewdearden
Jan 1, 2007 6:55 pm
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...
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smsmobile89
Jan 3, 2007 7:29 pm
... 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...
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Fürst Peter
fpe@...
Jan 3, 2007 7:34 pm
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...
