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- From: np4@prism.gatech.EDU (Nick Pomponio)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
- Subject: Dual HD Setup Recommendations
- Message-ID: <79157@hydra.gatech.EDU>
- Date: 5 Jan 93 18:30:42 GMT
- Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology
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- I have recently acquired a 660 Mb ESDI hard drive for a machine at work.
- This machine currently has a 330 Mb ESDI drive that is about full, mostly
- with DOS applications. It runs OS/2 and DOS (dual boot), and the 330 HD
- is formatted for FAT (a single partition). I would like to have all the DOS
- programs and current/future data files accessible from DOS, yet give OS/2
- some HPFS space, if that will make it run more efficiently. Some questions:
-
- 1) How should I best set up the drives so that I can preserve the dual boot
- option (I need this for running some VCPI programs)?
-
- 2) Should I format the new drive under OS/2 or DOS? (FDISK?)
-
- 3) Would it be easier to wait for OS/2 2.1 to come out before connecting
- the new drive, and then install OS/2 from scratch?
-
- Any help/opinions/caveats are much appreciated.
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- POMPONIO,NICHOLAS A
- Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta Georgia, 30332
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