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- From: sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu (Timothy F. Sipples)
- Subject: Re: DCF/2, Stacker & WinOS/23.1b print man
- Message-ID: <1993Jan21.224311.7764@midway.uchicago.edu>
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- Organization: Dept. of Econ., Univ. of Chicago
- References: <1993Jan21.020947.14774@wam.umd.edu>
- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 22:43:11 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan21.020947.14774@wam.umd.edu> adhir@wam.umd.edu (Al Dhir) writes:
- >I understand DCF/2 upon shipping will include HPFS and FAT support. I have
- >been told that DCF/2, however, will not supply a DOS driver so we can read
- >our FAT partitions when booted in DOS (big mistake if you ask me).
-
- Perhaps. It's the same tradeoff you make when using HPFS, though, so
- it isn't unprecedented.
-
- >I also understand that Stacker will not be able to use HPFS.
-
- In the first release, so they say.
-
- >So here's the questions: First, will a StackerOS/2 FAT partition be usable
- >from the DOS side with a DOS version of Stacker? If so, might it be possible
- >to use BOTH Stacker and DCF/2, Stacker for FAT to retain REAL DOS compatibility
- >and DCF/2 to compress HPFS partitions?
-
- In theory, that should work, yes.
-
- >Also, my drives go all the way up to G presently. Am I going to wind up with
- >H, I, J, K once my partitions are compressed?! Is there any way to continue
- >calling them C-F (my G is a 5.25" floppy)?
-
- I don't know -- it depends on the product design. I think the answer
- is different for Stacker and DCF/2.
-
- >Last question: I recently installed the 2.1beta. I cannot for the life of
- >me get the WinOS/2 3.1 Print Manager to quite loading up! What in the world
- >is making the damn thing get loaded every time I call up WinOS/2 (full screen)?
-
- I think this is still covered adequately in the FAQ List -- did that
- advice work?
-
- I thought you had that list memorized by now. :-)
-
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