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From: jack@csccat.UUCP (Jack Hudler)
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Subject: Re: Is OS/2 viable w/o Hard Disk?
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Date: 2 Jun 89 15:27:08 GMT
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In article <1170@ptolemy.arc.nasa.gov> raymond@ptolemy.arc.nasa.gov (Eric A. Raymond) writes:
>Is it possible to run OS/2 from a floppy?  I saw in a recent PC mag
>directions for creating a bootable diskette, but me thinks you still
>need a hard disk for all sorts of wonderful (?) support files.
>
>Any of you OS/2 owners have an answer?
>
>If so, are you forced to leave the disk in the unit (or swap the
>system disk back in/out) if you want to run a program from another
>disk?

	Yes you can. But!

	The only reason you would boot OS/2 from a floppy is
	to install something or run chkdsk. Other than those
	I can't think of any productive reason for doing so.
	You would not have any swap space, could not run PM, or 
	DOS Box(I think), like I said, nothing productive.
	You might be able to run some programs, depends on memory,
	it would have to boot from 1.2 or 1.44 meg floppy, you
	couldn't load very many DLL's,forget about development.
	You could squeek by with a 20 meg, 40 meg is usable,
	>60 meg for productive development, I use 115 meg with
	40 remaining.


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