rick@ut-emx.uucp (Rick Watson) (06/16/91)
I have a PS2 model 50/Z. Is there any way to partition the hard disk so that I can have OS/2 and a native DOS partition, rebooting to run OS/2 or DOS? The reason I (think I) need to do this is that I have some software that runs under DOS with DOS device drivers loaded from config.sys. This stuff does not appear to be runnable under the DOS compatibility box. Rick Watson The University of Texas Computation Center, 512/471-3241 internet: rick@akbar.cc.utexas.edu bitnet: watson@utadnx uucp: ...!cs.utexas.edu!ut-emx!rick span: utspan::utadnx::watson
REDELMAN@auvm.american.edu (06/18/91)
I solved this problem using a program called Multiboot which is from Bolt Systems (4340 East West Highway, Bethesda, Md. 20815, 301-656-7133). Multiboot allows you to install both DOS and OS/2 on the same drive and at start-up, select which system you would like to boot. (Multiboot doesn't care whose DOS you're using.) I have run Multiboot on a Model 70 using IBM-DOS 3.30 and OS/2 1.1. I currently run it on a Model 90 using MS-DOS 4.01 and OS/2 1.3. The installation is simple and the price is very reasonable...about $40 new and $15 for an upgrade. The disk is partitioned under DOS (I have a 320 partitioned as a DOS "C") and both systems run in the same partition. My main reason for doing this was some communications packages and to run Fastback which won't work in the OS/2 DOS box. Richard Edelman 202-885-1948
rubin@watson.ibm.com (Bill Rubin) (06/19/91)
In <50592@ut-emx.uucp> rick@ut-emx.uucp (Rick Watson) writes: > I have a PS2 model 50/Z. Is there any way to partition the > hard disk so that I can have OS/2 and a native DOS partition, > rebooting to run OS/2 or DOS? Yes, it's called OS/2 Dual Boot, and it's part of 1.3 (and 1.2). You install DOS on your hard disk, then install OS/2, and it recognizes that DOS is there already and preserves the boot files. Then when you want to go back to DOS, you BOOT /DOS, and to go to OS/2 from DOS, BOOT /OS2. You aren't given a menu at startup time, however. -- Bill rubin@watson.ibm.com IBM TJ Watson Research
<REDELMAN@auvm.american.edu> (06/20/91)
My 1.3 manual says that dual boot works with DOS up to 4.00. I've been told that what this means is that dual boot works only with IBM DOS. If you're running MS-DOS 4.01, for example, dual boot won't work. I haven't tried to verify this, but instead went directly to the Multiboot prog I described in an earlier msg to dual boot 1.3 and 4.01. That works fine. Richard Edelman The American University
feurer@brahms.udel.edu (Gary Alan Feurer) (06/20/91)
In article <91171.091907REDELMAN@auvm.american.edu> REDELMAN@auvm.american.edu writes:
=>My 1.3 manual says that dual boot works with DOS up to 4.00.
=>I've been told that what this means is that dual boot works only
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=>Richard Edelman
I have DOS 5.0 and OS/2 running fine in dual boot
BTW, the readme.txt file that came with 5.0 refers to a dualboot.exe
program located in c:\dualboot\. I supposedly lets you choose at
boot time which system you want to boot into, rather than the current
practice of always rebooting in the system you last exited.
Anybody know anything about dualboot.exe? I haven't seen it on any
of my disks and it is not listed in the packing list. --gary
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Newark, DE 19716 feurer@brahms.udel.eduyev_g@athena.mit.edu (Yevgeny Gurevich) (06/21/91)
In article <91171.091907REDELMAN@auvm.american.edu> <REDELMAN@auvm.american.edu> writes: >My 1.3 manual says that dual boot works with DOS up to 4.00. >I've been told that what this means is that dual boot works only >with IBM DOS. If you're running MS-DOS 4.01, for example, dual >boot won't work. > I have already verified that OS/2 v1.3 works with MS-DOS 5.0 well. Dual boot had absolutely no problems. I installed OS/2 on the machine which had operated under PC-DOS 3.3. Afterwords, I boot /DOS and installed 5.0 Boot /OS2 and everything is fine. Boot /DOS and I am in DOS 5.0 No problems. >Richard Edelman >The American University [===============================================================] [ Yevgeny Gurevich ___/~\____/~\_/~~~~\_/~\______/~\_ ] [ MIT EECS Educational |____/~\__/~\__/~\_____/~\____/~\__| ] [ Computing Facility |_____/~\/~\___/~~~\____/~\__/~\___| ] [ ________________________|______/~~\____/~\_______/~\/~\____| ] [ yev_g@athena.mit.edu |______/~~\____/~~~~\_____/~~\_____| ] [===============================================================] -- zctl set zwrite-signature "Yevmeister"
dperks@hobbit.gandalf.ca (Dave Perks) (06/21/91)
In <91171.091907REDELMAN@auvm.american.edu> <REDELMAN@auvm.american.edu> writes: >...dual boot works only >with IBM DOS. If you're running MS-DOS 4.01, for example, dual >boot won't work. 1.3 dual boot works on my machine with Digital Research's DR-DOS 5.0 and also with Microsoft's MS-DOS 5.0 (I changed last weekend.)
lum@dds4.uucp (Michael Lum) (06/21/91)
If you want to boot your machine with different configurations you can use the free program from PC Magazine called MBOOT. It works fine. I currently have 4 different configurations (maximum): 1: Plain DOS 5.0 2: MKS Kornshell 3: Windows 3.0 4: IBM OS/2 v1.3 Installing MBOOT takes about 5-15 minutes. If you are already using MBOOT and you're going to change to DOS 5.0 I would uninstall MBOOT first, do the upgrade and then reinstall MBOOT. Cheers! Michael.
klimas@iccgcc.decnet.ab.com (06/22/91)
In article <91171.091907REDELMAN@auvm.american.edu>, REDELMAN@auvm.american.edu writes: > My 1.3 manual says that dual boot works with DOS up to 4.00. > I've been told that what this means is that dual boot works only > with IBM DOS. If you're running MS-DOS 4.01, for example, dual > boot won't work. The IBM OS/2 rev 1.3 BOOT /DOS command works just fine with MS DOS rev 4.01 > > I haven't tried to verify this, but instead went directly to the > Multiboot prog I described in an earlier msg to dual boot 1.3 and > 4.01. That works fine. > > Richard Edelman > The American University
eblinder@dorsai.com (Eva Blinder) (06/24/91)
REDELMAN@auvm.american.edu writes: > My 1.3 manual says that dual boot works with DOS up to 4.00. > I've been told that what this means is that dual boot works only > with IBM DOS. If you're running MS-DOS 4.01, for example, dual > boot won't work. Just a follow-up note for those who may be interested: This weekend I installed MS-DOS 5.0 on my system, which is a Dell 386 running IBM OS/2 1.3. Dual boot works fine (somewhat to my amazement). N.B., this is IBM OS/2 and *MS*-DOS. Eva Blinder eblinder@dorsai.com