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- OSINBMOS - BOOT MANAGER WITH ONE OR TWO OPERATING SYSTEMS
- 10/21/94
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- BOOT MANAGER WITH ONE OR TWO OPERATING SYSTEMS
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- Please Read Entire Document for Full Explanation of Procedures
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- BOOT MANAGER WITH ONE OPERATING SYSTEM
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- Installing Boot Manager, OS/2 2.1 and One Additional
- Operating System
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- In this example, an existing primary partition of 60MB (that
- takes up the entire hard disk space) is deleted and replaced by:
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- 1MB Boot Manager partition
- 4MB primary partition, in which DOS will be installed.
- 55MB logical drive, in which OS/2 2.1 will be installed.
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- 1. Back up any data you want to save from the existing partition.
- Use the BACKUP command from your existing operating system.
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- 2. Insert the Installation Diskette and restart your system.
- Follow the instructions on the screen until the Installation
- Drive Selection screen appears.
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- 3. From the Installation Drive Selection screen, start the FDISK
- program by selecting option 2, "Specify a different drive or
- partition".
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- 4. Delete the existing partition (which you have Backed Up):
- A. Press Enter to display the Options menu.
- B. Select DELETE Partition and press Enter.
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- 5. Create Boot Manager partition and install Boot Manager:
- A. Press Enter to display the Options menu.
- B. Select INSTALL BOOT MANAGER and press Enter.
- C. Select Create at Start of Free Space and press Enter.
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- 6. Create the DOS (4.0 or later) partition:
- A. Highlight the FREE SPACE line.
- B. Press Enter to display the Options menu.
- C. Select CREATE Partition and press Enter.
- D. Type the size of the primary partition (in this example, 4)
- and press Enter.
- E. Select PRIMARY Partition and press Enter.
- F. Select Create at Start of Free Space and press Enter.
- G. Press Enter to display the Options menu.
- H. Select ADD to Boot Manager menu and press Enter.
- I. Type: DOS and press Enter.
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- 7. Create the OS/2 Version 2.1 logical drive:
- A. Highlight the Free Space line.
- B. Press Enter to display the Options menu.
- C. Select Create Partition and press Enter.
- D. Accept the size of the extended logical drive (55 in this
- example) by pressing Enter.
- E. Select Extended Logical Drive and press Enter.
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- NOTE: If you have entered a number smaller than 55 for the size
- of the logical drive, you also have to select from
- Create at Start of Free Space or Create at End Free Space.
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- F. Press Enter to display the Options menu.
- G. Select Add to Boot Manager menu and press Enter.
- H. Type: OS/2 2.1 and press Enter.
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- 8. Set up OS/2 Version 2.1 as the default:
- A. Highlight the OS/2 2.1 line.
- B. Press Enter to display the Options menu.
- C. Select Set Startup Values and press Enter.
- D. Select Default and press Enter.
- E. Press F3.
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- 9. Indicate which partition should be used for the OS/2 2.1
- installation:
- A. Highlight the OS/2 2.1 line.
- B. Press Enter to display the Options menu.
- C. Select Set Installable and press Enter.
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- 10. Exit FDISK:
- A. Press F3 to exit FDISK.
- B. Select Save and Exit and press Enter.
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- 11. Complete the installation of OS/2 2.1.
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- 12. Install DOS:
- A. Insert the DOS installation diskette.
- B. Press Ctrl+Alt+Del to restart the system.
- C. Follow the prompts on the screen to complete the DOS
- installation.
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- 13. Restart the system by pressing Ctrl+Alt+Del.
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- BOOT MANAGER WITH TWO OPERATING SYSTEMS
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- Installing Boot Manager, OS/2 2.1 and Two Additional
- Operating Systems
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- In this example, an existing primary partition of 80MB (that
- takes up the entire hard disk space) is deleted and replaced by:
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- 1MB Boot Manager partition
- 4MB primary partition, in which DOS will be installed
- 20MB primary partition, for OS/2 Version 1.3 installed
- 55MB logical drive, in which OS/2 2.1 will be installed.
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- NOTE: Only one of the primary partitions can be active at a
- time. The primary partition cannot share data.
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- 1. Back up any data you want to save from the existing partition.
- (Use the BACKUP command from your existing operating system.)
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- 2. Insert the Installation Diskette, restart your system, and
- follow the instructions on the screen until the Installation
- Drive Selection screen is displayed.
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- 3. From the Installation Drive Selection screen, start the FDISK
- program by selecting option 2, SPECIFY A DIFFERENT DRIVE OR
- PARTITION.
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- 4. Delete the existing partition (which you have BACKED UP):
- A. Press Enter to display the Options menu.
- B. Select DELETE PARTITION and press Enter.
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- 5. Create Boot Manager partition and install Boot Manager.
- A. Press Enter to display the Options menu.
- B. Select INSTALL BOOT MANAGER and press Enter.
- C. Select CREATE AT START OF FREE SPACE and press Enter.
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- 6. Create the DOS partition:
- A. Highlight the FREE SPACE line.
- B. Press Enter to display the Options menu.
- C. Select CREATE PARTITION and press Enter.
- D. Type the size of the primary partition (in this example,
- 4) and press Enter.
- E. Select Primary Partition and press Enter.
- F. Select CREATE AT START OF FREE SPACE and press Enter.
- G. Press Enter to display the Options menu.
- H. Select ADD TO BOOT MANAGER MENU and press Enter.
- I. Type: DOS and press Enter.
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- 7. Create the OS/2 Version 1.3 partition:
- A. Highlight the FREE SPACE line.
- B. Press Enter to display the Options menu.
- C. Select CREATE PARTITION and press Enter.
- D. Type the size of primary partition (20) and press Enter.
- E. Select PRIMARY PARTITION and press Enter.
- F. Select CREATE AT START OF FREE SPACE and press Enter.
- G. Press Enter to display the Options menu.
- H. Select ADD TO BOOT MANAGER MENU and press Enter.
- I. Type: OS/2 1.3 and press Enter.
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- 8. Create the OS/2 2.1 logical drive.
- A. Highlight the FREE SPACE line.
- B. Press Enter to display the Options menu.
- C. Select CREATE PARTITION and press Enter.
- D. Accept the size of the extended logical drive (55) by
- pressing Enter.
- E. Select EXTENDED LOGICAL DRIVE and press Enter.
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- NOTE: If you had entered a number smaller than 55 for the
- size of the logical drive, you also have to select
- from CREATE AT START OF FREE SPACE or CREATE AT END
- OF FREE SPACE.
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- F. Press Enter to display the Options menu.
- G. Select ADD TO BOOT MANAGER MENU and press Enter.
- H. Type: OS/2 2.1 and press Enter.
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- 9. Set up OS/2 Version 2.1 as the default:
- A. Highlight the OS/2 2.1 line.
- B. Press Enter to display the Options menu.
- C. Select SET STARTUP VALUES and press Enter.
- D. Select DEFAULT and press Enter.
- E. Press F3.
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- 10.Indicate which partition should be used for the OS/2 2.1
- installation:
- A. Highlight the OS/2 2.1 line.
- B. Press Enter to display the Options menu.
- C. Select SET INSTALLABLE and press Enter.
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- 11.Exit FDISK:
- A. Press F3 to exit FDISK.
- B. Select SAVE AND EXIT and press Enter.
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- 12.Complete the installation of OS/2 2.1.
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- 13.With OS/2 2.1 running, make the DOS partition installable:
- A. Open OS/2 SYSTEM.
- B. Open COMMAND PROMPTS.
- C. Open OS/2 FULL SCREEN.
- D. Type: FDISK and press Enter.
- E. Highlight the DOS line.
- F. Press Enter to display the Options menu.
- G. Select SET INSTALLABLE and press Enter.
- H. Press F3 to exit FDISK.
- I. Select SAVE AND EXIT and press Enter.
- J. Perform a system SHUTDOWN.
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- 14.Install DOS:
- A. Insert the DOS Installation diskette.
- B. Press Ctrl+Alt+Del to restart the system.
- C. Follow the prompts on the screen to complete
- the DOS installation.
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- 15.Press Ctrl+Alt+Del to restart the system.
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- 16.Select OS/2 2.1 from the Boot Manager startup menu.
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- 17.Make the OS/2 1.3 partition installable:
- A. Open OS/2 SYSTEM.
- B. Open COMMAND PROMPTS.
- C. Open OS/2 FULL SCREEN.
- D. Type: FDISK and press Enter.
- E. Highlight the OS2 1.3 line.
- F. Press Enter to display the Options menu.
- G. Select SET INSTALLABLE and press Enter.
- H. Press F3 to exit FDISK.
- I. Select SAVE and EXIT and press Enter.
- J. Perform a system SHUTDOWN.
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- 18.Install OS/2 Version 1.3:
- A. Insert the OS/2 Version 1.3 Installation Diskette.
- B. Press Ctrl+Alt+Del to restart the system.
- C. Follow the prompts on the screen to complete the
- installation.
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- 19.Make the Boot Manager startable:
- A. With OS/2 1.3 running, select MANAGE PARTITIONS from the
- Utilities group.
- B. Highlight the line that represents the Boot Manager.
- (The Boot Manager entry is not identified as such,
- but you can recognize it by its 1MB size.)
- C. Select OPTIONS.
- D. Select STARTABLE.
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- 20.Restart the system to see the Boot Manager startup menu.
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