Re: OS/2 2.0 and DOS query

Article View: comp.os.os2

Article #724

#724

From: Bob Eager
Date: Thu, 12 Jul 1990 12:30

19 lines
1566 bytes

In article <402@bohra.cpg.oz>, ejp@bohra.cpg.oz (Esmond Pitt) writes:
> I want to have MS.DOS 3.3 and OS/2 2.0(pre) both bootable on the same
> system for various reasons including NFS access. OS/2 2.0 lacks a
> dual-boot option.

There was an article in the now defunct PC Tech Journal, about 18 months ago,
that gave step by step instructions. Basically, you install OS/2, then patch
the boot block to boot a small standalone program that puts up a menu. The
program then copies either a copy of the (original) OS/2 boot block, or
a DOS boot block, into the normal boot area at 7C00H, then jumps to it.

Send me mail if you want more details, but expect a delay as I'm rather
busy for a while.
---------------------+-----------------------------------------------------
Bob Eager            | University of Kent at Canterbury
rde@ukc.ac.uk        | +44 227 764000 ext 7589
---------------------+-----------------------------------------------------
*** NB *** Do NOT use the return path in the article header ***************
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Technical Details

Message-ID: <20879.269c6d5d@zodiac.ukc.ac.uk>

Path:

arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!usc!snorkelwacker!bloom-beacon!eru!luth!sunic!mcsun!ukc!harrier.ukc.ac.uk!zodiac.ukc.ac.uk!cur022

References: <402@bohra.cpg.oz>

Show Full Headers

Complete Article Headers

Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!usc!snorkelwacker!bloom-beacon!eru!luth!sunic!mcsun!ukc!harrier.ukc.ac.uk!zodiac.ukc.ac.uk!cur022
From: cur022@zodiac.ukc.ac.uk (Bob Eager)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2
Subject: Re: OS/2 2.0 and DOS query
Message-ID: <20879.269c6d5d@zodiac.ukc.ac.uk>
Date: 12 Jul 90 12:30:21 GMT
References: <402@bohra.cpg.oz>
Organization: Computing Lab, University of Kent at Canterbury, UK.
Lines: 19

Reply to Parent Message