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- From: xtifr@netcom.com (Chris Waters)
- Subject: Re: Losing the desktop with a Dual Boot Machine!
- Message-ID: <k#!nk7q.xtifr@netcom.com>
- Date: Wed, 19 Aug 92 01:56:08 GMT
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- In <Bt74qr.5Cv@news.udel.edu> turtle@brahms.udel.edu (Anthony J Collins) writes:
-
- >A friend has OS/2 2.0 installed with dual boot option - OS/2 &
- >DOS. He loses his desktop frequently (1 out of 5 time. Any
- >ideas? Is anyone running the dual boot option successfully?
- >Thanks in advance!
-
- This should probably be in the FAQ list. The trick is that you have to
- do a shutdown to save the state of the desktop. And typing "BOOT /DOS"
- does not do a shutdown. So, if (and only if) you've made changes to the
- desktop, you should shutdown, reboot, and when OS/2 comes back up,
- *then* run BOOT!
-
- I do think that IBM should have made BOOT do a shutdown automagically,
- but such is life...
-
- (Not that I really care--I'm not running the desktop at this point.) :-)
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