[comp.unix] Having DOS 4.01 and XENIX 2.3.2 on the same hard disk.

martin@hppcmart.HP.COM (Martin Croome) (07/04/90)

> spsisira@sdrc.uucp (Sisira Jayasinghe) /  1:36 am  May 15, 1990 /
> Hello:
>          I have installed Xenix 2.3.2 on my Northgate
> SL20-386 machine on a XENIX partition. First, I installed
> DOS 4.01 by making a primary DOS partition. Then, during the
  ^^^^^^^^
Both SCO UNIX and SCO XENIX support the coexistence of MS-DOS partitions
up to version 3.3 NOT 4.01. I think you will find this in your operating
system release notes.

> 
> Here is my partition stats:
> 
> partition 1   - DOS primary - 55mB   running MS-DOS 4.01
> partition 2   - XENIX       - 45mB   running XENIX 2.3.2

What you might try is limiting your MS-DOS partition to less than 32Mb. Xenix's
real problem is that its fdisk does not understand  MS-DOS 4.01 Extended
Partitions.

> Sisira Jayasinghe.
> Sr. Technical Developement Engineer
> 
> uunet!sdrc!cae19!spsisira    Structural Dynamics Research Coorporation
> spsisira@sdrc.UUCP           2000 Eastman Dr.
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