Re: Partitions, Image for Dos
From: I'm Dan (dgREMOVE-THIS1261_at_cs.com)
Date: 07/12/04
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Date: Mon, 12 Jul 2004 12:53:23 -0700
"Ed H" <w.whatkey@comcast.net> wrote:
> Okay, I'm going to try XOSL, I didn't want to install Boot Magic
> again mostly because of having to put it at the beginning of the
> disk. One question though if I may, actually more than one, does
> it work okay that I remove the"folder" in regedit that says
> 'Mounteddevices' not just the keys? Is it okay to shut down, run
> IFD, after I delete? I figured the registry repairs itself during
> start up not shut down, I haven't had any luck with PHYlock in
> order to run IMW.
There you go, with one of those complexities I was talking about. When
Windows is dormant and not booted into, you never have to deal with
locked/unlocked or open files. Windows programs have to go through an extra
layer of complexity to get to the kind of low-level hardware access these
utitities need.
Yes, the MountedDevices scan is done at every bootup. If Windows discovers
devices not previously listed, it "installs" them, and you'll usually get
the "found new device" series of balloons above the system tray. If you
delete the entire key and it comes back at next boot, then there is nothing
to worry about. However, I've gotten into the habit of recognizing which
entries go with the hard disk partitions and only delete those, leaving the
entries to CD, floppy, Zip drive, etc. That way, I don't have to reset
their drive letters the way I want them after reboot. Anything deleted will
have its drive letter freshly assigned at next boot, and it's really only
the hard disk assignments we don't want "remembered" when we move a
partition. Regedit, shutdown, IFD is the proper sequence.
When you're ready to try XOSL, note there's an XOSL newsgroup -
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/xosl/ - if you need it. XOSL doesn't
automatically created its own partition, so you would use PM to create a
small FAT partition (primary or logical, doesn't matter) at the end of the
disk, then direct XOSL to install there. You will be given a choice of
installing to a "dedicated" partition or a "DOS" partition, but that just
means whether XOSL will reformat it or not with its own file system. I
believe a dedicated partition can be as small as 8MB, while leaving it
formatted FAT requires a minimum size of about 64MB or so.
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