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echo: os2dos
to: KRIS STEENHAUT
from: TONY DUNLAP
date: 1997-07-27 16:34:00
subject: Setting up dual boot

...and thus spake Kris Steenhaut unto John Thompson:
 > But running "BOOT /OS2" will copy the necessary system files,
 > modify the boot record *and then reboot the system* to load OS/2,
 > right? :-)
 KS> Of course. And the Dos systemfiles are wiped outthen . Makes
 KS> no sense to me. Why the hell would you use such procedure to
 KS> boot OS2?
Why do people climb mountains? :^)
 KS>  I think you could better use dual-boot in such a
 KS> case. Besides, why the hell do people prefere dual-boot in
 KS> favour of the bootmanager? Beats me.
Boot manager requires Fdisking and reformatting your hard drive.
 Later 
Tony Dunlap, (tdunlap@odot.dot.ohio.gov) 
...The best way to get rid of an enemy is to make him an ally... 
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