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From: horker@milton.u.washington.edu (Rand al'Thor)
Subject: Re: DOS dual boot & shutdown
Message-ID: <1991Apr19.043337.25190@milton.u.washington.edu>
Organization: University of Washington, Seattle
References: <9656@star.cs.vu.nl>
Date: Fri, 19 Apr 1991 04:33:37 GMT

In article <9656@star.cs.vu.nl> mabdoor@cs.vu.nl (Doorn van MAB) writes:
>I use IBM OS/2 EE 1.3 and DOS 4.01 with the Dual Boot facility.
>
>The OS/2 User's Guide volume 1: Base Operating System says:
>[page 4-6]
>"SHUTTING DOWN PROGRAMS
> WARNING: If you installed the HPFS during system installation (or if
> the LAZY statement in your CONFIG.SYS file is set ON), then use this
> method of ending programs before turning off the work-station or else
> you may lose data."
>
>Normally I select 'Shutdown' from the Desktop Manager before turning off
>my system.
>But when I want to boot DOS, I select 'Close All' from the Desktop Manager
>and type BOOT /DOS in an OS/2 window (or click the Boot DOS icon in the
>Utility group).
>You can't use Shutdown before booting DOS, because shutdown will terminate
>everything, including the Desktop Manager...
>
>My question:
>
>Is it dangerous to boot DOS this way ?
>And if so, how can I boot DOS safely ?
>

Don't worry about it.  What you are doing is fine:  closing down all your apps  
and then running boot /dos.  This will not cause problems with your hpfs.

Incidentally, while you are in PM, you do not need to select "shutdown"         
everytime you want to quit OS/2.  Simply doing a ctrl-alt-del is enough.  OS/2
traps the ctrl-alt-del and does a shutdown automatically.  Just a little time
saver you might be interested in.  If you want to check this for yourself,
do the 3 finger salute while you have apps open and watch your hard drive
light.  It will flash a brief flurry of activity AFTER the ctrl-alt-del.