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- From: 003316g@dragon.acadiau.ca (Steve Gregory)
- Subject: Re: OS/2 and what version of DOS
- Message-ID: <1993Jan5.202409.9267@dragon.acadiau.ca>
- Organization: Acadia University
- References: <1993Jan5.145242.9092@piston.detroit.ingr.com> <1993Jan05.181455.18206@watson.ibm.com>
- Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 20:24:09 GMT
- Lines: 36
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- cnadler@vnet.ibm.com (Cliff Nadler) writes:
-
- >In <1993Jan5.145242.9092@piston.detroit.ingr.com> goeckefw@piston.detroit.ingr.com (Fred Goeckel) writes:
- >>What version of DOS dos OS/2 2.0 come with. I though I read that it was
- >>DOS 5.0 - is this true. Also, If you have a machine setup for dual boot
- >>with DOS and OS/2 - does OS/2 use the DOS on the machine or the DOS that
- >>comes with OS/2. Thanks - this info is very important to find out - I
- >>have a lunch riding on this. Thanks again !!!!!
-
- >OS/2 does not come with DOS. It includes an emulation of DOS at approximately
- >the DOS 5.0 level (some things are missing, I forget what) for OS/2 2.0.
-
- >Since the DOS is an emulation, only runnable under OS/2 2.0, it will only dual-
- >boot to the DOS originally on your drive.
-
- >Cliff Nadler
- >IBM Federal Systems Company
-
- >Note: This post represents the views of the poster, not those of IBM or the
- > IBM Federal Systems Company
-
- I have found that by tweaking the settings, namely path, for "dos from
- drive A" object that I could infact boot from my dos partition while
- inside OS/2. Only problem was that it tried to use the config.sys and
- autoexec.bat files from the same drive which caused problems due to
- various memory managers and diskcaches. I suppose however that if you
- wanted a specific version of dos you could creat a pertion, install dos
- and have it specifically for use with OS/2.
-
- If anyone wants the specifics, E-mail me and I will see what I can do.
-
- --
-
- steve.gregory@acadiau.ca
- Help my .sig file has left me and is seeking a divorce, what should I do ?
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