Le 2012-02-08 13:39, Johnny A. Solbu a écrit :
On Wednesday 08 February 2012 18:37, Maurice Batey wrote:
By the way, I had a problem reading your HTML posting, as my newsreader does
not format HTML.
Mine does format html, but I have explicitly disabled it.
I'm not alone in doing that.
The
On Wednesday 08 February 2012 18:37, Maurice Batey wrote:
> By the way, I had a problem reading your HTML posting, as my newsreader does
> not format HTML.
Mine does format html, but I have explicitly disabled it.
I'm not alone in doing that.
> The odd thing is that your earlier postings were
On Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:34:41 -0500, Michel Catudal wrote:
> Exactly that, formatted with PC Dos boot on it. I don't think that
> you can buy PC Dos anymore.
Many thanks for all the info, Michel, but it seems XOSL is not for me.
By the way, I had a problem reading your HTML posting, as my n
Le 2012-02-07 06:39, Maurice Batey a écrit :
On Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:39:24 -0500, Michel Catudal wrote:
You didn't understand what I said.
I know! :-(
The xosl install that I have runs off a floppy diskette which has been
form
On Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:39:24 -0500, Michel Catudal wrote:
> You didn't understand what I said.
I know! :-(
> The xosl install that I have runs off a floppy diskette which has been
> formatted to PC DOS. You should be able to find dos bootable image on the
> net. xosl has a nice graphic instal
Le 2012-02-06 13:57, andre999 a écrit :
Maurice Batey a écrit :
On Sun, 05 Feb 2012 21:50:27 -0500, Michel Catudal wrote:
On my son's computer I installed it on the MBR.
I couldn't figure out how to do that. It seemed to me that it had to
have a FAT32 partition, and that one would need to
Also the url for extipl is no longer valid. (It hasn't been developed
since 2002.)
Since extipl uses unallocated sectors on the disk, and not a separate
partition, it can't be used on disks with gpt partition tables. (The
usually unallocated 62 sectors at the beginning of a disk with an
ms-
On Mon, 06 Feb 2012 17:08:41 +, I wrote:
> On Mon, 06 Feb 2012 17:01:42 +0100, Pierre Jarillon wrote:
Apologies for double posting.
I thought I had lost the first one, so did it all over again...
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Maurice Batey a écrit :
On Sun, 05 Feb 2012 21:50:27 -0500, Michel Catudal wrote:
On my son's computer I installed it on the MBR.
I couldn't figure out how to do that. It seemed to me that it had to
have a FAT32 partition, and that one would need to be running Windows
to run the .
On Sun, 05 Feb 2012 21:50:27 -0500, Michel Catudal wrote:
> On my son's computer I installed it on the MBR.
I couldn't figure out how to do that. It seemed to me that it had to
have a FAT32 partition, and that one would need to be running Windows
to run the .exe file...
> You could create a U
On Mon, 06 Feb 2012 17:01:42 +0100, Pierre Jarillon wrote:
> Mageia and Ubuntu
> don't ask if you want a new MBR, they rebuilt it without any question.
> Formely, Mandriva asked where put the boot loader, but few people
> understand such a question which make the installation complicated for a
> b
On Mon, 06 Feb 2012 17:01:42 +0100, Pierre Jarillon wrote:
> Mageia and Ubuntu
> don't ask if you want a new MBR, they rebuilt it without any question.
> Formely, Mandriva asked where put the boot loader,
I haven't tried Ubuntu, but have installed Mageia, PCLinixOS, Mandriva
2010 and 2011, and O
Le lundi 6 février 2012 03:50:27, Michel Catudal a écrit :
> 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
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
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
Le 2012-02-04 15:40, andre999 a écrit :
I use gnome2 as well (in preference to kde for the same reasons), but I modify
it to have only 1 panel on top. (To give me more screen space.)
I put all the static icons under one drawer ("tiroir") icon, and group all
instances of the same application t
Le 2012-02-04 13:27, Maurice Batey a écrit :
On Sat, 04 Feb 2012 06:04:10 -0500, Michel Catudal wrote:
The bootloader installation should be entirely separate from the operating
system.
Michel, I think to avoid confusion, programs such as XOSL
(e.g. Extipl, GAG, SBM) are usually referred t
Michel Catudal a écrit :
Le 2012-02-04 04:32, andre999 a écrit :
[...]
I have been using xosl for years and it works like a charm. On my
computer I needed to install eComStation 2.1(OS/2) and it wants to be
on drive A: just like windows. I disconnected the other drives and
installed it. After
On Sat, 04 Feb 2012 06:04:10 -0500, Michel Catudal wrote:
> The bootloader installation should be entirely separate from the operating
> system.
Michel, I think to avoid confusion, programs such as XOSL
(e.g. Extipl, GAG, SBM) are usually referred to as 'boot managers' (and
usually reside in
Le 2012-02-04 04:32, andre999 a écrit :
Michel Catudal a écrit :
Le 03/02/2012 19:05, Pierre Jarillon a écrit :
I have installed Mageia on a disk after Ubuntu.
After the install, I reboot and Ubuntu was ignored in Grub.
The owner of the PC was not happy and tought that Mageia is bad.
I have no
Le 2012-02-04 03:42, zezinho a écrit :
Le samedi 4 février 2012 02:27:29, Michel Catudal a écrit :
default. One thing that pisses me off on all the Linux distribution,
including Mageia is that the fact that the bootloader is on the MBR is
sorta hidden and it is not obvious how to switch it to th
Michel Catudal a écrit :
Le 03/02/2012 19:05, Pierre Jarillon a écrit :
I have installed Mageia on a disk after Ubuntu.
After the install, I reboot and Ubuntu was ignored in Grub.
The owner of the PC was not happy and tought that Mageia is bad.
I have not found how to restore an access to Ubunt
Le samedi 4 février 2012 02:27:29, Michel Catudal a écrit :
> default. One thing that pisses me off on all the Linux distribution,
> including Mageia is that the fact that the bootloader is on the MBR is
> sorta hidden and it is not obvious how to switch it to the partition. It
How to boot if noth
Le 03/02/2012 19:05, Pierre Jarillon a écrit :
I have installed Mageia on a disk after Ubuntu.
After the install, I reboot and Ubuntu was ignored in Grub.
The owner of the PC was not happy and tought that Mageia is bad.
I have not found how to restore an access to Ubuntu and after an hour, I hav
Le samedi 04 février 2012 à 01:05 +0100, Pierre Jarillon a écrit :
> I have installed Mageia on a disk after Ubuntu.
> After the install, I reboot and Ubuntu was ignored in Grub.
> The owner of the PC was not happy and tought that Mageia is bad.
>
> I have not found how to restore an access to Ubu
I have installed Mageia on a disk after Ubuntu.
After the install, I reboot and Ubuntu was ignored in Grub.
The owner of the PC was not happy and tought that Mageia is bad.
I have not found how to restore an access to Ubuntu and after an hour, I have
reinstalled Ubuntu which install its grub2 all
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