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- From: kelley@vet.vet.purdue.edu (Stephen Kelley)
- Subject: Re: OS2 - What is it ?
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- References: <1992Aug29.095440.11188@actrix.gen.nz> <DNZ8PB1w165w@ersys.edmonton.ab.ca>
- Date: Sat, 29 Aug 1992 23:04:26 GMT
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- In article <DNZ8PB1w165w@ersys.edmonton.ab.ca> chrisr@ersys.edmonton.ab.ca (Chris Ringe) writes:
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- - Actually, you can have only 3, since each OS is setup on a separate
- - PRIMARY PARTITION. You are only allowed 3 primaries and one extended per
- - hard drive. However, I haven't tried to setup a PRIMARY with a second
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- No, this first sentence is not accurate.
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- OS/2 can be installed on a logical drive in an extended partition.
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- This logical drive can be formatted as HPFS.
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- Boot Manager can see and start OS/2 from a logical drive.
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- OS/2 on a logical drive can see and use space on a DOS (FAT) primary
- partition.
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- This is not theory. This is fact.
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- Steve
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