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From: larrys@watson.ibm.com
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Subject: Re: Installing 1.2 or 1.3
Message-ID: <1991Jun18.132925.18669@watson.ibm.com>
Date: 18 Jun 91 14:28:18 GMT
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In <1991Jun14.113032.11427@praxis.co.uk>, gavin@praxis.co.uk (Gavin Finnie) writes:
>
>I have a couple of questions about upgrading from OS/2 1.1 (SE).
>
>1. I currently running OS/2 1.1 and am planning to upgrade to 1.2 or 1.3.
>   Can I go straight to 1.3 or do I have to install 1.2 first?

You can go straight to 1.3.

>2. I would like to install HPFS, but would also like to retain my existing
>   files within the old filing system, transferring these selectively to
>   HPFS at my leisure.
>   Is there a way of installing 1.2 (or 1.3) that will allow me to do this?
>   (Yes, of course, I have backups of my existing files, but I'd rather not be
>   *forced* to resort to these)

You HAVE to reformat the drive and specify that you want it to be HPFS in
order to use it, so you will have to backup/restore.  :(

Cheers,
Larry Salomon, Jr. (aka 'Q')            LARRYS@YKTVMV.BITNET
OS/2 Applications and Tools             larrys@ibmman.watson.ibm.com
IBM T.J. Watson Research Center         larrys@eng.clemson.edu
Yorktown Heights, NY

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