Re: Linux and other OS's (HELP)

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From: Hamish Moffatt
Date: Tue, 21 Jan 1997 00:00

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Bernard Leach (leachbj@aba.net.au) wrote:
: On 16 Jan 1997, Graeme Woodward wrote:
: > I also use the OS/2 boot manager.   It is much more user friendly than
: > Lilo (you just select your OS from a menu using arrow keys, and it
: > can be set up to auto-boot a default after so many seconds).
: 
: However, OS/2 Boot manager requires (or at least it did in 2.1) its
: own 1mb partition!

Still does in 4.0. Your point being? On a disk of several Gb (the smallest
available these days is 1.2Gb), you're hardly going to notice it.

Also, I believe partitions must be at least one cylinder long,
which means on a big drive the BM partition may take 2-4mb. Still
no big deal, although there are ways around it (eg DocsBoot).


hamish
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