NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #19/NN_1992_19.iso/spool/comp/os/os2/misc/29046

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From: [e-mail] (Erik van Linstee)
Subject: Boot manager trick. For those interested
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Date: Wed, 02 Sep 1992 19:11:27 GMT
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If you install the bootmanager to run OS/2 and some other OS, try
the following. Make a partition for boot OS's to fit in (like
35Mb for OS2 and 2Mb for DOS) and make them both as primary. Now
if you installed both you can choose either one, but neither will
see the other. Of course you will need a third (now logical) partition
to keep your programs and data in, but the fun is that DOS can
never corrupt your OS2 system files and OS2 can't touch those of DOS.
You will always start up with your system on C: and your files on
D: while the other system is invisible.
Might come in handy for those who want a little extra security of either
system. In fact you can easily extend both partitions to contain the
files you don't want the other system to know about.

Erik

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