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- From: KENKAHN@PKSMRVM.VNET.IBM.COM ("Kenneth A. Kahn")
- Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
- Subject: Re: DOS and HPFS
- Message-ID: <9208181119.AA23131@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU>
- Date: 18 Aug 92 11:47:59 GMT
- Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU
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- References: <1992Aug18.054401.25666@sarah.albany.edu>
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- In <1992Aug18.054401.25666@sarah.albany.edu> pv9955@albnyvms.bitnet writes:
- >If I format my hard drive as one large partition, and use HPFS, does that
- >mean that I cannot use a DOS prompt anymore, since DOS will only recognize
- >FAT? How about DOS in a Window?
- >Or is the OS2 prompt *completely* DOS compatible?
- >
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- If you're refering to the VDM Prompt under OS/2 V2, it can access either
- FAT or HPFS. The only 'catch' is HPFS files must be in 8.3 format.
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