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dic5340@hertz.njit.edu (David Charlap) writes:

>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.

You can use the DBPREP (DualBoot Prep) utility to install DOS over an
existing OS/2 setup.  This is available from software.watson.ibm.com
under /pub/os2/misc.

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