Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!beartrk!clp
From: clp@beartrk.beartrack.com (Charlie Pilzer)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix
Subject: Re: Having DOS 4.01 and XENIX2.3.2 on the same disk
Summary: how to fix this
Keywords: dos XENIX
Message-ID: <397@beartrk.beartrack.com>
Date: 6 Apr 90 22:57:31 GMT
References: <1262@sdrc.UUCP>
Organization: Bear Track Computer Co., Takoma Park, MD.
Lines: 17

In article <1262@sdrc.UUCP>, spsisira@sdrc.UUCP (Sisira Jayasinghe) writes:
> 
> 
>          I have installed Xenix 2.3.2 on my Northgate
> SL20-386 machine on a XENIX partition. First, I installed
> DOS 4.01 by making a primary DOS partition.
> 
>          But, I cannot get into DOS by typing DOS at the boot
> prompt. It issues an error message saying "No DOS partition fond".

The solution to this is to patch the "dos" program in the Xenix
root directory.  It currently looks for a DOS 2.x, 3.x type of
DOS partition.  It needs to be changed to look for a DOS 4.x
primary partition.

Charlie Pilzer
clp@beartrk.beartrack.com