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From: eblinder@dorsai.com (Eva Blinder)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: OS/2 and native DOS on the same hard disk?
Message-ID: <769Z45w163w@dorsai.com>
Date: 23 Jun 91 20:30:53 GMT
References: <91171.091907REDELMAN@auvm.american.edu>
Organization: The Dorsai Diplomatic Mission ( Mail address : user@dorsai.com )
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REDELMAN@auvm.american.edu writes:

> My 1.3 manual says that dual boot works with DOS up to 4.00.
> I've been told that what this means is that dual boot works only
> with IBM DOS.  If you're running MS-DOS 4.01, for example, dual
> boot won't work.

Just a follow-up note for those who may be interested: This
weekend I installed MS-DOS 5.0 on my system, which is a Dell
386 running IBM OS/2 1.3. Dual boot works fine (somewhat to
my amazement). N.B., this is IBM OS/2 and *MS*-DOS.

Eva Blinder
eblinder@dorsai.com