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- From: jst50986@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Jack S. Tan)
- Subject: Re: Question about Boot Manager
- References: <1992Nov21.224238.19546@bnr.ca>
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- Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
- Date: Sun, 22 Nov 1992 02:49:13 GMT
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- ltlowe@bnr.ca (Todd Lowe) writes:
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- > I have just started useing OS/2, and am using the dualboot method.
- > My hard disk is completely FAT and only a single partition. I plan to get
- > a second drive and put HPFS and OS/2 on it and keep my DOS stuff on the
- > first drive.
- >
- > I don't currently know much about the boot manager, but I'd like to
- > know if I'll be able to install it with out having to reformat/partition
- > my current DOS drive? I've got a lot on it and do not want to have to
- > backup/restore everything (~150 Meg) just so I can add the boot manager.
- >
- > -Todd
- >
- > ltlowe@bnr.ca
-
- Unfortunately, you will have to repartition (and, hence, reformat) your first
- drive. You need to put in Boot Manager as a primary partition on the first
- drive (many people have Boot Manager as the first partition). If the second
- drive is large enough, you could backup everything to that drive and then
- restore (this will also defragment the first drive). If the new one is
- slightly smaller than the first, you could zip or zoo all the files, and
- create a very large backup file on the second drive.
-
- Hope this helps.
-
- --
-
- Jack Tan Sattinger's Law:
- jahk@uiuc.edu It works better if you plug it in.
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