Is OS/2 viable w/o Hard Disk?

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From: Eric A. Raymond
Date: Thu, 01 Jun 1989 20:47

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Is it possible to run OS/2 from a floppy?  I saw in a recent PC mag
directions for creating a bootable diskette, but me thinks you still
need a hard disk for all sorts of wonderful (?) support files.

Any of you OS/2 owners have an answer?

If so, are you forced to leave the disk in the unit (or swap the
system disk back in/out) if you want to run a program from another
disk?


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Eric A. Raymond  (raymond@ptolemy.arc.nasa.gov)
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Subject: Is OS/2 viable w/o Hard Disk?
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