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In article <1992Aug28.022052.27664@nmt.edu> ehobbs@nmt.edu (Eric Hobbs) writes:
> 
> Someone said that programs that have their own memory manager will
> not run in OS/2.  Is there an option at bootup that will allow the
> user to boot into DOS rather than OS/2 so that you _can_ run 
> those programs that use their own memory management?

OS/2 V2.0 has three possible configurations with repect to booting the system.

1. OS/2 Only - you turn on the power and you get OS/2's WorkPlace Shell desktop.

2. Dual boot - You can boot either OS/2 or DOS. They share the boot sector
location.....sort of. You must retain the FAT file structure - no HPFS - as
both systems have to be able to see the disk. DOS under OS/2 can see HPFS, but
DOS booted "native" can't.
 
3. Boot manager - you can have multiple OSes sharing the same disk (or disks).
UNIX(s), OS/2(s), DOS(s)....please yourself. I think the limit is 5 different
systems. They can't see each other's partitions - especially UNIX's which are
formatted differently - boot you can boot which ever one you feel like at the
time from the boot menu (which you only see if you install this option). Boot
Manager takes about 2megs of disk space.

Steve
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