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From: lbruck@eng.umd.edu (Lewis Bruck)
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Subject: Re: Is it possible to define a VDISK for DOS Box DOS to use?
Summary: It is possible
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Date: 16 Mar 90 13:34:53 GMT
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In article <32811@brunix.UUCP> dkb@cs.brown.edu (Dilip Barman) writes:
>The title basically says it all.  I suspect the answer is no.  It would
>be great if the DOS compatability box DOS could use extended or expanded
>memory, but if I put my thinking hat on for a moment, I guess that would
>architecturally be a problem since OS/2 manages memory above 1 Meg
>(and above 640 K? probably not because that's where memory-mapped I/O
>is done so DOS needs to manage that).  So, am I right in assuming that
>my DOS Box can't have a virtual disk?

The DOS Box cannot have it's own virtual disk, but you can install a VDISK
for OS/2 and the DOS box can use it.  With a piece of software like Novell
Requester it is also possible to access a network file server from the DOS
box.

>Dilip Barman     dkb@cs.brown.edu
>U.S. mail: Brown University                       Home: 19 Elton Street 
>           Dept. of Computer Science, Box 1910          Providence, RI 02906
>           Providence, RI 02912 (401)863-7666           (401)521-9731

Lewis Bruck
lbruck@eng.umd.edu