[Mageia-dev] Grub and Grub2

Mon Feb 6 03:50:27 CET 2012

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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