Xref: utzoo comp.sys.ibm.pc:33839 alt.msdos.programmer:338 Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!gem.mps.ohio-state.edu!ginosko!uunet!microsoft!t-davidw From: t-davidw@microsoft.UUCP (David Weigant) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc,alt.msdos.programmer Subject: Re: Running OS/2 and MS-DOS on same computer Keywords: OS/2, booting, fdisk, partition Message-ID: <7540@microsoft.UUCP> Date: 28 Aug 89 16:13:56 GMT References: <55045@peregrine.peregrine.com> <3486@asylum.SF.CA.US> Reply-To: t-davidw@microsoft.UUCP (David Weigant) Organization: Microsoft Corp., Redmond WA Lines: 32 In article <3486@asylum.SF.CA.US> sharon@asylum.UUCP (Sharon Fisher) writes: >In article <55045@peregrine.peregrine.com> chris@peregrine.peregrine.com (Chris Cole) writes: >>Is it possible to install and run both MS-DOS and OS/2 on the same >>computer? > >As I recall, some versions of OS/2 allow you to have DOS, and some do >not. IBM's doesn't, for example, while some third parties' versions >do. I have been running both OS/2 and DOS on the same machine for some time now with no problems. I have used MS version(s) 1.00 1.05 1.10 and IBM version(s) 1.00 1.10, and they all seem to be compatible with DOS. Some versions support dual boot and some do not. As far as I know the latest version of IBM OS/2 supports dual boot, but I don't use it, I find it more convenient to stick a DOS disk in drive A when I want "straight" DOS. As far as I know, all versions of OS/2 support the compatibility box. I have used it with the versions above with no problems. Later releases of OS/2 may or may not support it. After using OS/2 for a while, I don't think I could go back to DOS. All of the programs that I used under DOS work fine for me in the compatibility box, and with the release of WORD 5.0, I rarely have any desire to run anything under DOS. I hope this information helps. All in all, I wouldn't worry about DOS compatibility with OS/2, because at worst case, you can always boot DOS from a floppy. David Weigant :disclaimer: I am organic, therefore I make mistakes.