Re: [Cooker] Extended Operating System Loader
Overbloat! But a bit cool. But why a whole windowing system??? S simple click-menu is enought IMHO... -- MandrakeSoft http://mini.dhs.org/PGP%20Public%20key.asc">PGP Public key Hi! I'm a .signature virus! Copy me into your ~/.signature to help me spread!
Re: [Cooker] Extended Operating System Loader
Guillaume Cottenceau wrote: > > Rikard Anglerud <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > This just has to be seen to be believed: http://www.xosl.org/ > > A boot manager like none other that I've seen. (gpl'd of course) > > XOSL is known to support > > [...] > > Linux (with Lilo) > > -> Needs Lilo? strange, anyway: I ran into trouble using xosl, finally traced to Mandrake 7.2 beta of last week, which at runtime removed the partition table's active partition flag, which xosl depends upon. Result: Unbootable system. This problem did not occur with Boot Magic. 7.2 beta download of this morning (12 hours ago) no longer does this and is usable with xosl. But, why on earth would 7.2 beta installed runtime ever be looking at anything outside its own partition? Very scary! -- Regards, Ron. [in AU, busy 625-line-PAL-TV-watching the Olympics]
Re: [Cooker] Extended Operating System Loader
On Fri, 22 Sep 2000, you wrote: > I wonder if this would be a good thing to include in the DOS Utils > directory of the CD... True the bootloader has its limitations but for the > average newbie just now installing linux on a dual boot system, this would > make their life much easier. Does anyone else agree with that or am I just > crazy from lack of sleep? =) > > Tim McKenzie > Appalachian State University > [EMAIL PROTECTED] I agree but I'm also crazy from lack of sleep...;o) -- - Franco Silvestro c/o CeSIA - Universita' degli Studi di Bologna
Re: [Cooker] Extended Operating System Loader
I wonder if this would be a good thing to include in the DOS Utils directory of the CD... True the bootloader has its limitations but for the average newbie just now installing linux on a dual boot system, this would make their life much easier. Does anyone else agree with that or am I just crazy from lack of sleep? =) Tim McKenzie Appalachian State University [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [Cooker] Extended Operating System Loader
Rikard Anglerud <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > This just has to be seen to be believed: http://www.xosl.org/ > A boot manager like none other that I've seen. (gpl'd of course) XOSL is known to support [...] Linux (with Lilo) -> Needs Lilo? strange, anyway: Description: Developer release 4. The install utility is only available for DOS/Windows 9x. When you do not have DOS or Windows 9x installed, you can use either FreeDOS or DR-DOS. For both a floppy image can be downloaded at the download area. When FreeDOS is used, you will only be able to install XOSL to a dedicated partition. DR-DOS will also allow you to install XOSL to a FAT16 DOS drive. -> Beurk. ? anyway. downloading the source and issuing "make" at root directory gives: makefile:16: *** missing separator. Stop. -> fun. (all the famous TAB Makefile characters are, well, not TAB's..) Anything more!? :-)) -- Guillaume Cottenceau -- Distribution Developer for MandrakeSoft http://www.mandrakesoft.com/~gc/
Re: [Cooker] Extended Operating System Loader
> This just has to be seen to be believed: http://www.xosl.org/ > A boot manager like none other that I've seen. (gpl'd of course) > I reallize that the packages are frozen for the most part But is there ANY chance of including this as an option for a boot loader in the near future? Just stopped by there today and I must say this is a VERY nice program to have. I've tested it on linux, freebsd, and windows with excellent results. Just a thought... Tim McKenzie Appalachian State University [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [Cooker] Extended Operating System Loader
Rikard Anglerud <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > This just has to be seen to be believed: http://www.xosl.org/ > A boot manager like none other that I've seen. (gpl'd of course) cons: - you still need a real bootloader (like system commander) - you need a fat partition
