Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!uunet!mnemosyne.cs.du.edu!mercury.cair.du.edu!news From: tjreynol@zephyr.cair.du.edu (Tim) Newsgroups: comp.unix.i386 Subject: Re: 386s, unix, and dos Message-ID: <1991May31.003712.9463@mercury.cair.du.edu> Date: 31 May 91 00:37:12 GMT References: <28448a13-8e3comp.unix.i386@ddsw1.MCS.COM> Sender: news@mercury.cair.du.edu (netnews) Organization: University of Denver Lines: 46 In article andyc@bucky.intel.com (Andy Crump) writes: >>>>>> On 30 May 91 06:00:09 GMT, akcs.millera@ddsw1.MCS.COM (alan miller) said: > > >If you are going to run UNIX and in particular SVR4, you will need >more than 50MB disk. A better size would be 140MB or bigger. 4MB of >memory is minimal for UNIX with X Windows, 8MB is better. If you run >SCO UNIX 3.2, you should be okay with the system you have spec'ed out >here. Always get as big of a disk as you can, you will use it if you >are a packrat like me. Agreed > >alan> 2) Once i have a system and have *nix running on it, is there a way to >alan> boot *ahem, sorry 'bout this...* DOS if i need to, or should i just > >As far as running DOS AND UNIX together, there are two packages that >let you do that under UNIX. MERGE from Locus Computing and VP/IX from >Interactive System Corporation (also a distributor of UNIX). VP/IX is >well integrated into ISC's UNIX 3.2 product. We have even been able >to run Windows 3.0 under VP/IX. You can have both DOS and unix partitions on the same hard disk, and boot from either; (I think this is the answer Alan was looking for). I've sucessfully booted DOS as partition #2 (i.e. not starting at cylinder 0) with both SCO and Esix; I'm told it doesn't work that way with ISC, DOS must start at cylinder 0, but I've not verified this. I have a program which (i think!) allows you to decide what partition to boot from when you power up. That's how I understoodthe explanation given with the program, never installed it. If you want mode info, e-mail me. > >I hope that helps.... >-- > > -- Andy Crump > > ...!tektronix!reed!littlei!andyc | andyc@littlei.intel.com > ...!uunet!littlei!andyc | andyc@littlei.uu.net > >Disclaimer: Any opinions expressed here are my own and > not representive of Intel Corportation. Tim tjreynol@du.edu