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Article #16234Re: IBM Value Point and OS2
From: David Charlap
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 14:31
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 14:31
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In article <19829@mindlink.bc.ca> Dan_Smith@mindlink.bc.ca (Dan Smith) writes: >I just setup my new IBM Value Point 486SX which came preloaded with OS2. OS2 >has an 80 Meg partition, Boot Manager has a1 Meg partition and there is a >mystery 1Meg partition at the end of the disk. I want to install both DOS >and OS2 on the same partition and have read that they can be installed using >the Dual Boot method. However the manuals all seem to indicate that the only >way to install using Dual Boot is to install OS2 on an system that has DOS >existing. Yep. This is the nature of how DualBoot works. All it does is back up the DOS system files on installation and install on top of it. Then, when you do a BOOT/DOS or BOOT/OS2 command, the program copies the proper system files (OS/2's or DOS's) onto the boot sector and related space and boots. -- |) David Charlap | .signature confiscated by FBI due to /|_ dic5340@hertz.njit.edu | an ongoing investigation into the ((|,) | source of these .signature virusses ~|~
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!sequent!gaia.ucs.orst.edu!flop.ENGR.ORST.EDU!rutgers!njitgw.njit.edu!hertz.njit.edu!dic5340 From: dic5340@hertz.njit.edu (David Charlap) Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc Subject: Re: IBM Value Point and OS2 Message-ID: <1993Jan26.143137.3608@njitgw.njit.edu> Date: 26 Jan 93 14:31:37 GMT References: <19829@mindlink.bc.ca> Sender: news@njit.edu Organization: New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, N.J. Lines: 20 Nntp-Posting-Host: hertz.njit.edu