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4932 fabiosiciliano Send Email Mar 6, 2007
2:54 pm
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...
4933 Antoine Wells Campagna
antoinewc Send Email
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...
4936 fabiosiciliano Send Email 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...
4939 norman@...
vcspb2 Send Email
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...
4940 junja
john_negus Send Email
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...
4941 Mike O'Connor
mikeoconwarp Send Email
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...
4942 fabiosiciliano Send Email 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...
4943 Antoine Wells Campagna
antoinewc Send Email
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 : ...
4944 fabiosiciliano Send Email 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...
4945 Antoine Wells Campagna
antoinewc Send Email
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...
4946 obwielnls Send Email Mar 23, 2007
2:24 pm
I too have this problem on a Compaq nc8000 notebook.. Did you ever find a solution?...
4947 michaelamos75 Send Email 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...
4948 Antoine Wells Campagna
antoinewc Send Email
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...
4949 fabiosiciliano Send Email 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...
4950 Antoine Wells Campagna
antoinewc Send Email
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 ...
4951 britonusa Send Email 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...
4952 britonusa Send Email 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...
4953 fabiosiciliano Send Email 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...
4954 Antoine Wells Campagna
antoinewc Send Email
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...
4955 guillaume Baffoin
guillaume.baffoin@... Send Email
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...
4956 britonusa Send Email 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?...
4957 guillaume Baffoin
guillaume.baffoin@... Send Email
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...
4958 britonusa Send Email 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...
4959 Jim Puls
jhpuls Send Email
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...
4960 Antoine Wells Campagna
antoinewc Send Email
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...
4961 guillaume Baffoin
guillaume.baffoin@... Send Email
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 ...
4962 Mike O'Connor
mikeoconwarp Send Email
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"...
4963 britonusa Send Email 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....
4964 Jim Puls
jhpuls Send Email
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...
4965 Jim Puls
jhpuls Send Email
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...
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