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From: spexet@ux.acs.umn.edu (D. Robert Spexet II)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: OS/2 Reading DOS disks
Message-ID: <3819@ux.acs.umn.edu>
Date: 25 Apr 91 19:07:39 GMT
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In article <91115.140200MSR113@psuvm.psu.edu> MSR113@psuvm.psu.edu (Matt Richmond) writes:
>I could FTP the OS/2 programs down to floppy disks on these machines,
>and that would be MUCH faster than over my 2400 baud modem.  My
>question is will the HPFS be able to read the OS/2 programs from
>DOS disks?  Has anyone had any experience in this sort of thing?

Yes, OS/2 will be able to read the DOS disks.

Because OS/2 can have multiple installed file systems going at the same time,
one can have both FAT volumes (such as FAT-formatted hard disks, and *all*
floppy disks [all floppy disks use the FAT file system, they are never for-
matted under HPFS]) and HPFS volumes accessible at the same time.

Hope this helps,

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