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- From: sasghw@pica.unx.sas.com (Greg Wust)
- Subject: Installing OS/2
- Originator: sasghw@pica.unx.sas.com
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- Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1992 19:04:02 GMT
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- Organization: SAS Institute Inc.
- Keywords: OS/2, install
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- I have a friend who wants to install OS/2 2.0 on his existing DOS 5.0
- system. He currently has the hard disk partitioned into a 32 Meg.
- drive C and a much larger drive D on which he had all his applications
- (and data was kept on drive C making for easy backups). He also has
- DOS on C.
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- Question he posed me which I do not know: In the OS/2 books it talks of
- using about 40 Meg with 30 or so for the system and the rest for a
- permanent swap file - can he split the OS/2 apps, system, and swap files
- onto different drives during install so he will not have to totally
- backup, repartition, install, and restore his files to make it all fit
- on C?
-
- Anyone out there who has done this? BTW, he needs to keep the DOS
- system for dual boot due to a couple of programs that OS/2 does not
- yet support. Oh, and another BTW, are there any known restrictions to
- the OS/2 DOS support if you chose dual boot?
-
- Thanks. You can reply to me directly but others on the net might want
- to know.
-
- Greg
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