Le 2012-02-05 09:58, Maurice Batey a écrit :
On Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:04:55 -0500, Michel Catudal wrote:
I have xosl residing on a small primary partition about 16k,
I did look at XOSL before settling with Extipl, but found several
things that put me off:
(1) It appears to need to occupy a FAT32 (or similar)
partition. (As an extension to what goes in the MBR?)
(2) One component in the download package is SBM - another Boot
Manager (which I had also tried separately but could not get to execute
on a floppy, for trial purposes). Why is that there?
It also encourages one to install the XOSL partition manager.
(3) Although I signed up for the IOSL forum, it seems I would have to
then register with Yahoo to do anything useful (e.g. ask questions).
All I wanted to do is install XSOL in the MBR and try it, but the doc
keeps talking about 'DOS', and 'FAT32', and LILO! (I use GRUB as
bootloader), so I abandoned it in favour of Extipl - though GAG has a
nice user interface.
It started as a dos application but you should be able to install it from Linux. I install mine from PC Dos or Freedos depending on which dos I have on the computer. On my computers I always install it on a separate partition, but you can also install it
on the MBR. The size of my xosl partition is around 16k because that is the smallest size I can create a partition under Linux.
The OS/2 bootloader was around 7k. Who care if it is FAT!
On my son's computer I installed it on the MBR. I installed it using a boot
floppy but you should be able to install either from Linux or a freedos live
CD. You could create a USB freedos installation.
If you have a floppy drive, create a freedos boot disk and put the files you
need and boot on it. If not do the same thing on a USB jump drive.
The beauty with xosl , it is small and works nicely. Being able to put it on a
separate partition is a huge advantage over any other bootloader.
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