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From: davidsen@sungod.crd.ge.com (William Davidsen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: 2 hard disks/2 floppies, dos and xenix
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Date: 16 Jun 89 14:15:49 GMT
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The setup you want to run works. I would suggest placing DOS on the
first hard disk with xenix, so that you can use the 'dos' boot option
in xenix (boot either without using a floppy). Xenix handles a 2nd hard
drive seemlessly, so you can easily use the rest of the space on the
first hard disk and all of the space on the 2nd.

All the usual caveats about 360 in a 1200k drive: format it in the 1200k
drive, write it in the 1200k drive. *don't* write/format it in a 360k
drive then modify it in a 1200k drive. Sometimes it works, maybe even
most of the time on some drives, but there are good technical reasons
why it can result in a disk which won't read on a 360k drive. 720 on a
1.44 doesn't have this problem, again good technical reasons, often
discussed here before.

Question you didn't ask: I have had very good luck using the Archive
tape drive with Xenix and DOS, for what it's worth. I have also used the
Wangtek, and it's satisfactory but not my first choice.
	bill davidsen		(davidsen@crdos1.crd.GE.COM)
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