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echo: os2prog
to: Robert King
from: Bill Parker
date: 1995-01-06 07:44:50
subject: Re: Bootmaker

RK> Unless you left a small (1meg) partition at the 
 RK> beginning or end of the first physical hard drive, no 
 RK> you cannot add boot manager support without screwing 
 RK> up your working setup.

Back at the end of November, I saw an announcement for a product called
PartitionMagic which claimed, among other things,...

PartitionMagic will allow you to shrink, expand, or move any
partition on your disk, preserving all data.  Specifically,
PartitionMagic can make room for another partition (i.e., for Boot
Manager or to install a different version of OS/2 in a separate
partition) on a disk which otherwise has no room for additional
partitions.  Again, we convert an hours-long project (backup all
drives, run FDISK, reformat, reinstall DOS and/or Windows and/or OS/2,
restore all data) into a simple point-and-click operation that takes
only minutes.

The press release at fall comdex also said...

PartitionMagic will retail for $129.95.  PowerQuest provides site-
license pricing for volume users and special quantity-bundle pricing
for OEMs.  Special discounts are available on orders placed before
January 15, 1995.  PartitionMagic may be ordered through Indelible
Blue at 1-800-776-8284 or (919) 878-9700; or direct from PowerQuest at
1-800-379-2566 or (801) 226-8977.

Whether or not this product is actually available or works as advertised I
have no idea.

Bill


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