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Article #1353Re: OS2 - What is it ?
From: Stephen Kelley
Date: Sat, 29 Aug 1992 23:04
Date: Sat, 29 Aug 1992 23:04
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In article <DNZ8PB1w165w@ersys.edmonton.ab.ca> chrisr@ersys.edmonton.ab.ca (Chris Ringe) writes: - - Actually, you can have only 3, since each OS is setup on a separate - PRIMARY PARTITION. You are only allowed 3 primaries and one extended per - hard drive. However, I haven't tried to setup a PRIMARY with a second No, this first sentence is not accurate. OS/2 can be installed on a logical drive in an extended partition. This logical drive can be formatted as HPFS. Boot Manager can see and start OS/2 from a logical drive. OS/2 on a logical drive can see and use space on a DOS (FAT) primary partition. This is not theory. This is fact. Steve
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!van-bc!rsoft!agate!ames!sun-barr!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!news.cs.indiana.edu!news.nd.edu!mentor.cc.purdue.edu!vet.vet.purdue.edu!kelley From: kelley@vet.vet.purdue.edu (Stephen Kelley) Subject: Re: OS2 - What is it ? Message-ID: <BtrpFE.92M@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> Sender: news@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (USENET News) Organization: Purdue University SVM References: <1992Aug29.095440.11188@actrix.gen.nz> <DNZ8PB1w165w@ersys.edmonton.ab.ca> Date: Sat, 29 Aug 1992 23:04:26 GMT Lines: 22