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...
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Antoine Wells Campagna
antoinewc
Mar 6, 2007 3:27 pm
... HDDs ... dedicated ... dedicated ... Have you tested your install floppy with another computer ? The installer does freeze when there is not enough space...
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fabiosiciliano
Mar 8, 2007 1:06 pm
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...
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norman@...
vcspb2
Mar 8, 2007 4:15 pm
... 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...
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junja
john_negus
Mar 12, 2007 1:08 am
... 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...
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Mike O'Connor
mikeoconwarp
Mar 12, 2007 11:33 am
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...
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fabiosiciliano
Mar 14, 2007 5:08 pm
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...
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Antoine Wells Campagna
antoinewc
Mar 14, 2007 5:20 pm
... 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 : ...
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fabiosiciliano
Mar 17, 2007 9:56 pm
... 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...
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Antoine Wells Campagna
antoinewc
Mar 17, 2007 10:14 pm
... 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...
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obwielnls
Mar 23, 2007 2:24 pm
I too have this problem on a Compaq nc8000 notebook.. Did you ever find a solution?...
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michaelamos75
Apr 4, 2007 5:03 pm
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...
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Antoine Wells Campagna
antoinewc
Apr 4, 2007 5:41 pm
... different ... changing ... the ... unhide ... that ... is ... up ... begin. ... images ... Hi Michael, First, I have used XOSL with ATI video cards many...
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fabiosiciliano
Apr 12, 2007 12:46 pm
... didn't ... Hi Antoine. Sorry for the delay. I knew the website at http://www.weethet.nl/english/hardware_bootfromusbstick.php you suggested me in your last...
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Antoine Wells Campagna
antoinewc
Apr 19, 2007 1:35 am
... Sorry for the late answer, I can no longer access the yahoo groups site from work. I'm glad you managed to make your USB drive bootable. It seems to be a ...
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britonusa
Apr 19, 2007 10:07 pm
Fabio I have no problem installing XOSL in a partition which is past the 137GB barrier because with the disks operating in real (DOS) mode, only the BIOS needs...
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britonusa
Apr 19, 2007 10:10 pm
Oh sorry - I forgot to mention that you should stop the boot at the entry point for your RAID array setup and stop the XOSL partition from being RAID. Some...
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fabiosiciliano
Apr 20, 2007 12:27 pm
Hi Antoine. As usual, thank you very much for your reply. I hope our discussion will help to fix THE problem, not only MY problem, 'cause I love XOSL, it's a...
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Antoine Wells Campagna
antoinewc
Apr 20, 2007 1:02 pm
... size ... partSizes.ht ... I didn't know that. I thought FAT12 was old and not in use anymore. I was probably using FAT12 without knowing it then. I will...
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guillaume Baffoin
guillaume.baffoin@...
Apr 26, 2007 5:20 pm
Hello all, We've just encountered a annoying trouble with ATI video cards. The color are messed up look black and red, very dark, barely visible. It looks like...
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britonusa
Apr 30, 2007 1:46 am
Hi guillaume You might want to browse your BIOS settings. Did you change your video card? Do you have a multiple monitor card? Are you sure your monitor is OK?...
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guillaume Baffoin
guillaume.baffoin@...
May 3, 2007 12:18 pm
Hi britonusa, thanks for your answer. ... I have already browsed the BIOS settings : on the video side i can choose the bus-port of the primary graphic...
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britonusa
May 4, 2007 12:41 am
... perfectly on ... Intel one ... OK that question was because I thought you had this working and then it stopped working. As you say that it worked with the...
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Jim Puls
jhpuls
May 7, 2007 10:27 pm
This partition management business is new to me. I'm working in a lab environment with fairly modern equipment, typically 72GB disks, and am trying to get...
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Antoine Wells Campagna
antoinewc
May 8, 2007 1:17 pm
... lab ... set ... working ... it ... table? ... make ... Hi Jim, At the University where I studied, they were in a similar situation and they used XOSL...
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guillaume Baffoin
guillaume.baffoin@...
May 10, 2007 12:30 pm
Hi Britonusa ... with the card that doesn't work. And then study the differences between the two FireGL cards - one which displays XOSL properly and one which ...
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Mike O'Connor
mikeoconwarp
May 12, 2007 10:58 am
... Hi Jim, I've never used Ranish, but I'm wondering where you are getting those CHS values from. If you did as Antoine mentioned, and delete that "second"...
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britonusa
May 14, 2007 12:15 pm
ATI is getting a bad rep for driver support. I suppose it may be because we'll still buy their cards/chips! Good hunting....
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Jim Puls
jhpuls
May 14, 2007 9:07 pm
Mike, Thanks for your help. For this machine, I decided to stick with the four primary partitions. Now I'm trying to get the machine to boot from a CD for the...
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Jim Puls
jhpuls
May 14, 2007 9:09 pm
I'm trying to install a second O/S from CD, and I think I'm missing something obvious. I started with a machine with W2K Server running on it (Server One). I...
