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Article #375Re: Is it possible to define a VDISK for DOS Box DOS to use?
From: kulokari
Date: Fri, 16 Mar 1990 20:32
Date: Fri, 16 Mar 1990 20:32
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In article <32811@brunix.UUCP>, dkb@cs.brown.edu (Dilip Barman) writes: > The title basically says it all. I suspect the answer is no. It would > be great if the DOS compatability box DOS could use extended or expanded > memory, but if I put my thinking hat on for a moment, I guess that would > architecturally be a problem since OS/2 manages memory above 1 Meg > (and above 640 K? probably not because that's where memory-mapped I/O > is done so DOS needs to manage that). So, am I right in assuming that > my DOS Box can't have a virtual disk? No, you are wrong. As a little test would have revealed, the OS/2 VDISK.SYS is a dual-mode driver. Hannu Kulokari CC, U of Helsinki kulokari@cc.helsinki.fi
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!uunet!mcsun!sunic!tut!hydra!hylka!kulokari From: kulokari@cc.helsinki.fi Newsgroups: comp.os.os2 Subject: Re: Is it possible to define a VDISK for DOS Box DOS to use? Message-ID: <2122.26014d4f@cc.helsinki.fi> Date: 16 Mar 90 20:32:15 GMT References: <32811@brunix.UUCP> Organization: University of Helsinki Lines: 16