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- From: FAGER@gribb.hsr.no (Fagerland, Svein 94/96)
- Subject: Re: Hard Disk Partioning Que
- Message-ID: <FAGER.48.722081361@gribb.hsr.no>
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- Organization: Rogaland University Centre
- References: <722002596.AA00554@csource.oz.au>
- Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 10:09:21 GMT
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- In article <722002596.AA00554@csource.oz.au> Paul.Thornett@f409.n711.z3.fidonet.org (Paul Thornett) writes:
- >From: Paul.Thornett@f409.n711.z3.fidonet.org (Paul Thornett)
- >Subject: Hard Disk Partioning Que
- >Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 12:22:08
- >RM> I plan to install OS/2 2.0 on my system in days. I need to
- >RM>know this: if I install it with the FAT arrangement, and using the
- >RM>Boot Manager so I have the choice of DOS or OS/2, can the hard disk I
- >RM>install it on have stuff on it prior to my full install? In other
- >RM>words, can I put a bunch of junk on it, and then put OS/2 along with
- >RM>that other junk?
- >
- >Yes.
- >
- >
- >RM>Perhaps I need to use FDISK to make some
- >RM>partitions, huh? If so, somebody post me a good partitioning scheme
- >RM>to use. Thanks.
- >
- >Make sure that:
- >
- > - if you use Boot Manager, make your DOS partition the first physical
- > partition on the disk (after Boot Manager, if you like, or place Boot
- > Manager at the END) - and it must be a PRIMARY partition;
- > - if you use Boot Manager, make the OS/2 bootable (installable) partition a
- > LOGICAL one (secondary);
- > - you probably won't want to use HPFS for any OS/2 partitions less than some
- > 60 MB - use FAT instead.
- >
- >For your information, here's my layout.
- > NAME STATUS ACCESS TYPE MBYTES
- > ---- ------ ------ ---- ------
- > Dos v5 Bootable C:Primary FAT 2
- > None D:Logical FAT 40
- > None E:Logical FAT 60
- > None F:Logical FAT 60
- > None G:Logical FAT 44
- > Os2 v2 Bootable H:Logical HPFS 110
- > Os2 mtce Bootable I:Logical FAT 2
- > Startable :Primary BOOT MANAGER 1
- >
- >The "Os2 mtce" partition is an independently bootable OS/2 partition which I
- >use for disk maintenance, replacing DLL files, etc. It's much faster than
- >booting from floppy.
- >
- > * SLMR 2.1a *
- >
- > * Origin: None (3:711/409)
-
- Other partitoning examples would also be nice, since I am getting a new HD (
- 425 Meg Quantum )
-
- ░░░▒▒▓▓██ Svein Fagerland * HSR Stavanger Norway * Running OS/2 2.0.1 ██▓▓▒▒▒░░
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