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- From: rmk@frog.CRDS.COM (Rick Kelly)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.advocacy
- Subject: Re: OS/2 bigot meets NT....
- Message-ID: <1992Dec28.053808.14975@frog.CRDS.COM>
- Date: 28 Dec 92 05:38:08 GMT
- References: <1992Dec24.035348.26595@actrix.gen.nz> <1992Dec24.033418.28702@wam.umd.edu>
- Organization: Charles River Data Systems
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- In article <1992Dec24.033418.28702@wam.umd.edu> rsrodger@wam.umd.edu (Yamanari) writes:
- >In article <1992Dec24.035348.26595@actrix.gen.nz> Steve.Withers@bbs.actrix.gen.nz writes:
- >>the 125 meg drive. I have 8 megs of 70ns RAM and the system runs very much
- >>like OS/2 on 4 megs with no HPFS.
- >
- >
- > As it should. 8 megs is the NT minimum.
- >
- > Plus, you *should expect crashes*. Installing any OS,
- > NT or OS/2, is not the same as just plugging in an HD
- > with the os installed. It must be configured for your hardware
- > and your motherboard.
- >
- > I should tell you some of what you get when moving
- > OS/2 by backing up to tape.
- >
- >
- >>I don't hink I am in any danger whatever of becoming an NT bigot based on what
- >>I have seen so far. Having gone from the OS/2 2.1 beta to the NT
- >>beta.....there is no real comparison.
- >
- >
- > Add 8 more megs and reinstall the system from scratch, then
- > repost. As it stands, you're FUDding.
-
-
- This is an interesting observation. I commonly move hard drives loaded with
- UNIX between Intel based systems with differing hardware. I have never had a
- problem that could be attributed to this evil practice and I have been doing
- it for years.
-
-
- I haven't tried the same thing with OS/2, but I wouldn't expect any problem.
-
-
- If you have a PC clone, and the motherboard dies leaving all the other bits
- of hardware intact, then you should be able to drop another motherboard
- into the machine, and boot it up again.
-
- There are about three problems that I can think of, but they would keep the
- machine from booting rather than causing a crash.
-