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Hi all, I started using XOSL many moons ago on customer sites. It provides a nice user-friendly self-restore boot option powered by FreeDOS and "Partition...
2 Jul 26, 2012
3:52 pm

Antoine W. Campagna
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I have two copies of XP Pro on the same computer. One is on a SSD and the other in on a spinner. Can XOSL allow me to boot from either drive? tks...
4 Jul 23, 2012
7:12 pm

John McCabe
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I currently have WinXP 64 (1st primary partition 60G) installed on RAID 0 SSD. I plan to install Windows 7 (2nd primary partition 60G) on the same RAID 0 SSD....
2 Nov 13, 2011
9:04 pm

AntAgna
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I've troubleshot this thing to death and am fairly confident that the issue maybe hardware related though I can't justify why that would be the case. I have a...
1 Jun 1, 2011
2:07 pm

shawnluciano@...
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Hello. Is there any way of getting USB keyboards and mice working in XOSL? I've decided to use XOSL over GAG, but USB HID support is almost essential. Any...
4 May 1, 2011
10:45 pm

sciencenerd55@...
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Hi, I'm new to this forum and XOSL. I've prepped over the last couple of weeks for an installation I've just completed, but am noticing something that I hope...
3 Feb 7, 2011
9:13 pm

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A new XOSL release is available for download at: http://xosl-ow.sourceforge.net/ XOSL-OW116 Release Notes ======================== XOSL-OW116 is an Open Watcom...
1 Dec 5, 2010
10:53 pm

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Hi Members, I am a newbie trying to install 'XOSL'. My query is that when I go through the install process, when I get to the install section, the "dedicated...
3 Sep 29, 2010
6:10 pm

Sezor
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Hi All, A newbie to XOSL but I like it. I have it booting between partitions, one with DOS 6.22 and the other win98se. Very slick. I am running a CNC machine...
2 Jul 5, 2010
2:32 am

AntAgna
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i've asked a similar question like two years ago, but things happen and i haven't checked in since then... the question i think remains to be answered.. i'm...
1 Jun 16, 2010
3:12 am

defonso
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ok guys here is where i am...first i got here when my computer locked up and after trying everything i was forced to manually cut power to the laptop to shut...
6 May 13, 2010
10:30 pm

robyn_peel
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Hi. I managed to get XOSL to dualboot Vista and Windows 7. I've been making backups of both OS's using Acronis True Image Home v11.9053 I thought everything...
9 Feb 16, 2010
3:45 pm

man_o_media
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I could have sworn I downloaded and installed version 1.1.5, but when I first booted up XOSL, it shows the volume label in my dedicated XOSL partition as...
1 Feb 11, 2010
1:59 pm

alimarx
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Hi, After resizing the partitions, I am encountering exactly the same problem as discussed in message #3583: My first two primary partitions boot up ok, but...
6 Jan 17, 2010
5:07 am

jchliu001
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6 Jan 15, 2010
3:09 am

man_o_media
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I have used XOSL for many years including about 2 years on my present system. However recently I needed to restore XOSL on the DOS drive (C:) and since then I...
9 Dec 23, 2009
9:49 pm

man_o_media
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Hi I've installed a SATA hard disk into an old motherboard. The motherboard doesn't support SATA so doesn't offer the disk to boot. I also have a small slow...
5 Oct 8, 2009
1:58 pm

Bill McMurray
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did anyone install xosl in virtualbox to configure multiboot (windows xp & vista/7). The boot window is not stable and skips automatically to boot into OS....
1 Aug 4, 2009
6:12 pm

Karthick
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Hi Installation failed on SATA Raid 5 on a new mobo (msi790fx-gd70/amd@SB750). Installation gets stuck at "reading disk structure". When setting SATA mode in...
3 Jul 24, 2009
5:14 pm

Sezor
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I like XOSL and I want to use it with Vista. Web searches show that others have sucessfully done this, but there is an "issue" with the Disk Signature. Here is...
5 Jul 6, 2009
1:50 pm

Sezor
piprake
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This is off topic but only brief. Two of the early motherboards to have sata which I tried weren't very handy. With modern mobos, is there any problem using...
1 Jul 4, 2009
10:41 pm

Sezor
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I install the XOSL but when I reboot my computer it says Extended Operating System Loader 1.1.5 ant that's all :( Like, in the black screen. It doesn't load...
4 Jun 4, 2009
8:14 pm

philvergnes
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I am asking XOSL will this work with Windows Home Server?...
2 Apr 27, 2009
1:36 pm

Robyn
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Hello members, I have a problem with my XOSL installation. At present it is only letting me see three logical partions. I have no problem seeing my three...
2 Apr 23, 2009
8:59 pm

Antoine W. Campagna
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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...
11 Jan 27, 2009
6:26 pm

Robyn
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Can anyone help with dell GX288 win xp Cannot boot up & get message "SATA primary hard drive 0 disk failure"...
2 Jan 22, 2009
4:51 pm

Antoine W. Campagna
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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...
5 Jan 11, 2009
1:29 am

thomas.wawersig
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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...
5 Nov 19, 2008
10:35 pm

Mike O'Connor
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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,...
1 Nov 19, 2008
6:35 pm

Stephen Kent
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Hi, I tried uninstalling XOSL from my Dell desktop and ran into a couple of typical noobie problems: 1. Probably uninstalled it incorrectly, as the result was...
8 Oct 20, 2008
7:36 pm

Antoine W. Campagna
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