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From: gerten@uklirb.informatik.uni-kl.de (Rainer Gerten)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2
Subject: Re: DOS & OS/2 on ST 4096
Summary: Beware Diskmanager and OS/2
Message-ID: <2506@uklirb.informatik.uni-kl.de>
Date: 22 Feb 90 08:35:35 GMT
References: <22322.25e2574c@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu>
Reply-To: gerten@uklirb.UUCP (Rainer Gerten)
Organization: University of Kaiserslautern, W-Germany
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In article <22322.25e2574c@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu> orand@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu writes:
>    I am a new OS/2 user trying to install OS/2 and DOS on the same drive.  I
>recently purchased an ST4096.  This drive is particular so I have to use
>Disk Manager on it.  With Disk Manager I can get as many partitions as I want
>except I can only have one DOS partition.  My questions are:

AS far as I know, Diskmanager isn't able to work around with OS/2, because
it's a DOS only solution for harddisks, which are not in the ROM-table.
You have to get a device driver for OS/2.

>
>	1) How can I get multiple WORKING DOS partitions on my 4096?

Under DOS 3.3 and DOS 4.x you can create a single "primary" partition and
a "secondary partition", which is able to represent several logical
drives. Under DOS 4.01 you can also build one big partition out of your
disk (this ist better for space using, but worse for repartitioning.

>
>	2) How can I get a bootable OS/2 and DOS on the same drive?

There is the possibility to work with the "dual boot option", if DOS and
OS/2 are installed on the same FAT-partition.

>
>	3) What is HPFS?  I've read mention of it but I don't know what it is.

This is a new file-system with improved performance and improved features.
But it is incompatible with DOS x.xx ! You can't read this kind of partitions
under DOS. If you seldom use DOS, go ahead with HPFS under OS/2 and use
the DOS-Box only (if thats satisfactoring). HPFS is only under OS/2 Version 1.2
available, not with 1.0 and 1.1.

>    Please help!!!
>
>    Brady...

Your welcome

Rainer Gerten
University of Kaiserslautern
West-Germany
mail: gerten@uklirb.informatik.uni-kl.de