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4914
The version of Ranish PM that installed with my XOSL is 2.39. I would like to update that to 2.43 or 2.44. How would I go about doing that?...
dknapp11
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Feb 1, 2007
10:29 pm
4915
... would ... that? ... I think this has been talked before in this list, there might be an answer there. If not, probably just updating the files would do. ...
Antoine Wells Campagna
antoinewc
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Feb 5, 2007
1:28 pm
4916
... Yep, here is a link to one of the mentioned messages: http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/xosl/message/4524 I also checked and found that the GeoCities...
craig@...
pow_2k
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Feb 5, 2007
1:54 pm
4917
Hi all I have 98se on c and d drives c drive is hidden every thing in the status box is grayed out except disabled and nothing in the status box is checked. ...
Bob
marcasp69
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Feb 5, 2007
9:03 pm
4918
Hi Bob, Depending on the way you installed Windows on your drives, you might need to do different steps. Do you have two seperate hard drives or did you split...
Antoine Wells Campagna
antoinewc
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Feb 6, 2007
4:10 pm
4919 Bob
marcasp69
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Feb 6, 2007
10:49 pm
4920
... wrote:>> Hi Bob,> > Depending on the way you installed Windows on your drives, you might > need to do different steps.> > Do you have two seperate hard...
Antoine Wells Campagna
antoinewc
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Feb 7, 2007
2:38 pm
4921
Hi Antoine, I tried what you said and it did the same thing. So then I put in a different d drive jumperd it as a master pulled the cbl off the c drive put it...
Bob
marcasp69
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Feb 8, 2007
2:21 pm
4922
Hi, I have installed xosl on many computers since few years without problem, and it's features are good. I recently installed it on HP dc5150 computer, with...
jean_dpnd
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Feb 16, 2007
5:09 pm
4923
... on ... 5150, ... computer ... choose ... I would try installing on a dedicated partition. If you suspect the video chip, maybe you can try putting a video...
Antoine Wells Campagna
antoinewc
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Feb 16, 2007
5:57 pm
4924
Smart Boot Manager (freeware) doesn't have these issues. XOSL, in my experience, chokes on certain machine elements. ... From: jean_dpnd <jean_dpnd@...> ...
Mark Brown
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Feb 19, 2007
3:03 pm
4925
Hello, XOSL boots WinXP (on disk 0, IDE cable select on a Dell 4550) just fine. I disconnected that disk and installed Linux as the only OS on a second disk,...
dknapp11
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Feb 20, 2007
6:54 pm
4926
Hi David, The problem you are having has to do with the configuration of LILO. The Swap Disk trick works only for a few OSes, notably DOS and (most) Windows....
Antoine Wells Campagna
antoinewc
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Feb 20, 2007
7:38 pm
4927
Hello, I just want to inform that I don't have any of that problem installing XOSL onto my lappy with SATA hard drive + ATI X1100. I installed it onto...
tuhery
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Feb 26, 2007
8:10 am
4928
I would suggest to reinstall linux with all Hard rives connected so it will detect properly all partition & give proper naming. Even if you now change yr lilo...
tuhery
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Feb 26, 2007
8:18 am
4929
... Hi, That's a waste of about 52MB, as XOSL only needs [only part of] one cylinder - the minimum one can use for a partition! It *was* an XOSL [type 0x78]...
Mike O'Connor
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Feb 26, 2007
10:38 am
4930
... I did try once as per yr suggestion but some partitioning tools complained about corrupted partition. So for me it is better to waste some 50MB & any...
tuhery
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Feb 27, 2007
9:22 am
4931
... Hi, I have never ever had that occur with any partitioning tools under any PC-OS. I could only imagine that happening if one attempted to _format_ that...
Mike O'Connor
mikeoconwarp
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Feb 27, 2007
5:13 pm
4932
Hi folks, I didn't have any trouble with XOSL before and I'm using it happily for many years BUT, nevertheless, now it's driving me crazy with my new PC. My...
fabiosiciliano
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Mar 6, 2007
2:54 pm
4933
... HDDs ... dedicated ... dedicated ... Have you tested your install floppy with another computer ? The installer does freeze when there is not enough space...
Antoine Wells Campagna
antoinewc
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Mar 6, 2007
3:27 pm
4936
Hi Antoine, ... I currently have two computers. The XOSL package is in the original ZIP file I downloaded from the Internet some years ago. When I setup XOSL...
fabiosiciliano
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Mar 8, 2007
1:06 pm
4939
... I've seen this may times. It occurs with large HDs. The issue is that the HD MBR backup will not fit on a 1.44Mb floppy. To fix this, take a USB memory...
norman@...
vcspb2
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Mar 8, 2007
4:15 pm
4940
... I agree. If people are prepared to supply the details of Xosl failures, I'm ready to collate them. What information do we need to make the collection...
junja
john_negus
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Mar 12, 2007
1:08 am
4941
Hi all, Just in case users aren't aware of it, since the recent changes at Yahoo Groups - XOSL Group's Files-area is now expanded from 20MB capacity to 100MB...
Mike O'Connor
mikeoconwarp
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Mar 12, 2007
11:33 am
4942
Hi Norman, sorry for the delay. I think you are really right. But now my problem is to boot from an USB Flash Drive with a size of 1Gb. I tried in many...
fabiosiciliano
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Mar 14, 2007
5:08 pm
4943
... of ... "You ... Hi Fabio, I think you can use the .img file I made with a USB device. I did not try it but it should work. Just go to : ...
Antoine Wells Campagna
antoinewc
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Mar 14, 2007
5:20 pm
4944
... not ... Hi Antoine, I followed your suggestions but: 1) when I try to open "XOSL.img" by "Floppy Image" (v1.5.2) it says "This image file was made with a...
fabiosiciliano
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Mar 17, 2007
9:56 pm
4945
... This utility does seem to be able to use the a: drive only, I didn't remember that. Here are the solutions I propose : Make the USB drive bootable and copy...
Antoine Wells Campagna
antoinewc
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Mar 17, 2007
10:14 pm
4946
I too have this problem on a Compaq nc8000 notebook.. Did you ever find a solution?...
obwielnls
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Mar 23, 2007
2:24 pm
4947
Ok, I have tried time and time again to install more than 4 different WinXP images on one drive. I have tried the ptedit trick of changing the hidden sector...
michaelamos75
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Apr 4, 2007
5:03 pm
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