Jim.Gilliland@p3.f209.n141.z1.FIDONET.ORG (Jim Gilliland) (01/29/90)
JM> If you don't mind booting DOS from a floppy when you want to run DOS, JM> you could do what I did.... Yes, your way is the simplest, and it is the way I run my system - since I boot DOS very rarely. Some people, though, have wanted a "dual boot" option that would let them boot OS/2 from HPFS and DOS from FAT - both from a single hard drive. It's not supposed to be possible to put two "primary DOS" partitions on a single disk, but it turns out that it is - as long as the first one is HPFS and the second one FAT. That's what makes this new method possible. I'm not surprised to learn that several other echo participants have come upon this method independently - thanks for the confirmations. -- Jim Gilliland - via FidoNet node 1:140/22 UUCP: alberta!dvinci!weyr!141!209.3!Jim.Gilliland Internet: Jim.Gilliland@p3.f209.n141.z1.FIDONET.ORG Standard Disclaimers Apply...
Emmitt.Dove@f109.n141.z1.FIDONET.ORG (Emmitt Dove) (01/30/90)
" I'm not surprised to learn that several other echo participants have come " upon this method independently - thanks for the confirmations. What Vince didn't tell you is that he also has Xenix on the same drive ... or at least he did. -- Emmitt Dove - via FidoNet node 1:140/22 UUCP: alberta!dvinci!weyr!141!109!Emmitt.Dove Internet: Emmitt.Dove@f109.n141.z1.FIDONET.ORG Standard Disclaimers Apply...
Kenneth.Neal@p0.f69.n110.z1.FIDONET.ORG (Kenneth Neal) (01/30/90)
JK> I don't use DOS that much nowadays, which is the reason I made the HPFS volume 280M. However, I'm beginning to think that, I might have been going a little bit too far... I'm thinking of cutting the HPFS volume back to 200M or 250M and making D: bigger. Well,... Maybe it might be, all HPFS. <grin> -- Kenneth Neal - via FidoNet node 1:140/22 UUCP: alberta!dvinci!weyr!110!69.0!Kenneth.Neal Internet: Kenneth.Neal@p0.f69.n110.z1.FIDONET.ORG Standard Disclaimers Apply...
Vince.Perriello@p1.f491.n141.z1.FIDONET.ORG (Vince Perriello) (01/30/90)
> What Vince didn't tell you is that he also has Xenix on the same drive > ... or at least he did. Interactive UNIX. -- Vince Perriello - via FidoNet node 1:140/22 UUCP: alberta!dvinci!weyr!141!491.1!Vince.Perriello Internet: Vince.Perriello@p1.f491.n141.z1.FIDONET.ORG Standard Disclaimers Apply...