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XOSL HOWTOs and FAQs v1.00
by Filip Komar (filip.komar[AT]email.si)

 

VII. Glossary


 
1024 cylinder limitation!
many Operating Systems have it at least during loading; your BIOS must support INT 13 extension for overcoming that boundary limitation
BIOS
is checking and controlling your hardware at the most basic level
Boot item
please read the XOSL manual once again
EZ-Drive, Disk Manager
dynamic drive overlay (DDO) programs used when your BIOS or Operating System can't handle large hard drives; upgrade your BIOS or hardware if possible
FAT12
file system for partitions smaller than 32MB
FAT16
basic Windows file system
FAT32
file system for effective use of your Windows partitions
fdisk
very basic partition manager
file system
structure of written information on hard disk, floppy, Zip drive...
format
basic program for (re)creating of file system
HD
Hard Drive; contain Operating System and your data, vital part of you PC
IPL
Initial Program Loader - loads OS; located in MBR, executed by BIOS
LILO
LInux LOader; can load almost every PC based Operating System
MBR
Master Boot Record; very important part of your hard disk, contains partition table and IPL
multi-booting
using more than one Operating System and/or multiple versions of one Operating System
NTFS
file system for Windows NT or 2000; safer and more efficient than FAT
OS
Operating System
partition
container for file system
partition, activating
some Operating Systems loaders (IPL to be exact) need this in order to know which partition to boot
partition, extended
special type of primary partition which is intended for use as a container for logical partition
partition, hiding
Windows usually don't see hidden partitions, but data is still there
partition, logical
same as primary, except there is no 4 per hard disk limitation (logical partitions live inside the extended partition)
partition, primary
container for your Operating System and data; each hard disk can have a maximum of 4
partition table
contains information about the primary partitions on that hard disk
PC
Personal Computer
VESA
Video Electronics Standards Association - create standards for graphical cards
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