JG>> It seems that periodically I'm forced to do Warp reinstalls for
JG>> one reason or another, and I'm tired of always losing my Win-OS2
JG>> setup each time. I'd like to run Win 3.1, and have it always there
JG>> so I can occasionally use it for DOS, and so it will survive Warp
JG>> 4 reinstalls.
JG>> Can this be done? If so, how?
TL> ... It is possible to run your existing
TL> Windows under OS/2. You have to copy a few OS/2 specific
TL> executables to the Win 3.1 system (3 or 4 .EXE files from memory),
TL> and add them alongside the Windows ones (don't overwrite those with
TL> the same name, they'll be needed for running Windows from DOS!).
TL> I worked it out by trial and error. I first copied WIN.COM from
TL> Win-OS/2 to Windows as WINOS2.COM, executed that in a DOS box,
TL> noted the error message and copied the next file, and kept
TL> repeating that until Windows ran under OS/2. :-)
TL> However, there is an easier way. You can download the necessary
TL> files off the Internet. Interestingly enough, the way to find out
TL> what to do is to look up DOSEMU, a DOS emulator for Linux. The
TL> DOSEMU FAQ has info on where to find the necessary files and how to
TL> install them. :-)
Thanks for the info/suggestion.
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