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to: TONY DUNLAP
from: KRIS STEENHAUT
date: 1997-07-06 01:19:00
subject: Setting up dual boot

Hello tony
 >  JT> No.  More than just a couple files have to be changed; the
 >  JT> boot record must also be altered to point to the OS/2 system
 >  JT> files instead of MS-DOS ones.  With "Dual Boot" you go from
 >  JT> one system to another by typing "BOOT /DOS" or "BOOT /OS2"
 > Hmmmm. Theoretically then, one of the selections on the DOS6 boot
 > menu could run the BOOT /OS2 program.
No, that's  incorrect. When you see MSDos - PCDos 6.x menuitem, the Dos 
systemfiles are already loaded into memory.  At that point there is no way to 
start OS2. That's what it is.
Groeten uit Belgi‰
  Kris
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