In the past I have always loaded XOSL onto the first primary which it has shared with Windows 98 or Me, this has always worked very well. I have just bought a...
... Hi Martin, XOSL doesn't care where its own dedicated (unformatted) logical partition is located - as long as it's a complete cylinder (7.8MiB). Try ...
According to your partitions, when you boot to DOS you should see the FAT16 partition as C:\, unless the partition is hidden, try to run partition magic or...
I have a variation on my original situation. I am uninstalling XOSL without having a good copy of the MBR (cannot find the original saved floppy). The Win2K...
On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 8:38 AM, dknapp11 ... If XOSL can boot the partition, it means the boot sector and boot files are OK. A DOS-compatible MBR boot code...
... files are OK. ... problem. ... The XP was on another computer. I connected the problem disk to the XP box via a USB external tray just to see what was...
On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 11:50 AM, dknapp11 ... If I am not mistaken, the XOSL uninstaller only restores the original MBR boot code. So a "fdisk /mbr" would...
xosl always displays 2 first partitions. You have to scroll down (use +/- if I remember correctly) ... From: martin_emailme <martin_emailme@...> Subject:...
Everything is OK now. Although I am sure fdisk /mbr would have worked, I went the more complicated route by building myself an Ultimate BootCD for Windows, ...
On Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 3:01 PM, dknapp11 ... Ultimate BootCD is quite good. Although recently I have been using SystemRescueCd, which I also like. So what...
hello all. so i do all this crazy stuff and was wondering if it was possible to move an installation of xosl - without re-installing? what i want to know is...
... Well, this is a good question. I do not know the exact answer. Maybe there is some documentation about this somewhere in XOSL's installer source code or...
... Hi Guys, Don't any of you know how to use a direct disk editor - to actually look at the MBR? XOSL knows where it is installed to (when in its own ...
Group, I stumbled upon xOSL last year and was able to use it to build 8 XP installations on logical partitions. Each instance saw only itself on the C: drive,...
Thank you both for your replies. That sounds like an answer Mike - thank you. I'll run a few tests to see if I can "re-create" the install and move xosl around...
Hi there, I just got myself a new 500GB external USB hard drive which I connected to my front USB. Now XOSL is not booting anymore. Instead I see the XOSL...
Hello Thomas, ... I do not know what has caused this problem, but I would take a step backwards and try to boot without the external drive connected. If the...
Hello Robyn, thanks for your suggestion. Yes, this is what I tried already, and when I remove the external disk, everything is o.k. again. Since the external...
2009/1/6 thomas.wawersig <thomas.wawersig@...> ... I am sure my problem was different from yours but here is what I had happen. I have been using XOSL for...
... happen. ... to boot. ... computer ... Now I have ... was ok for ... low for a ... I found ... Yes, you are right, I believe there is a limitation in size....
... That message is not displayed by XOSL, it has been written before SATA was in use. It is probably displayed by your BIOS. I recall seeing a message like...
Hi there, this is a serious warning to NEVER try WinXP boot manager. Unfortunetaley I had to look for an alernative to my beloved XOSL, since I bought a 500GB...
Hi In my experience XOSL alread supports large drives. I'm currently using it successfully on a 1TB (1000GB) drive with multi boot XP, W2K & linux. Regards ...
On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 5:49 PM, thomas.wawersig ... This depends on how the drive is partitionned when you install Windows and it is not because of the boot...
... Hi Antoine, I avoided this using the extensive hiding functions in XOSL. Well, I read through the MS-support note, so this could be a solution for using...
Hi Thomas, I too use XOSL with a large drive and a mix of different partitions & O/Ss. I actually am currently using 3 large drives, all internal (500Gb, 1Tb &...
Hi Thomas Success with an external drive might depend on BIOS and connectivity used. I have used it successfully with a 1TB esata connected external drive. As...
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