> AREA:OS2DOS
 > ...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? :^)
You do make a very good comparision here, though you aren't aware off, I 
suppose. :-)
There are here in the Alps here unduly much fatal accidents this year, 
ecause
newbies want to climb mountains without proper training & equipment
(costs to much ).
And that's my point. A newbie should at first learn properly how the system 
works, wether is is Dual-boot or via the bootmanager. Obscure operations as 
that boot/OS2 operation, that's a "spielerei" for guru's.
I hope you have at least re-read the original message: that guy even didn't 
know about the existence of dual-boot nor the bootmanager. But nevertheless 
he wanted to start OS2 from a second drive.
Well, to my opinion the only good answer  is to use the bootmanager and 
forget about MsDos or PcDos menuitem. That was it all about.
 >  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.
To boot OS2 from a second drive, you need the bootmanager anyway.
Groeten uit Belgi‰
  Kris
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