-=> /* Quoting Marv Hubbard to Frank Sexton */ <=-
 JT>> I'm with you there.  I've never understood it myself.
 JT>> But everyone has their own poison, I suppose.
 
 FS> Different requirements, that's why.  With Dual boot you can
 FS> see and use the EXACT SAME partition with either OS/2 or
 FS> DOS.  With Boot manager you cannot see or use the OS/2
 FS> partition while in DOS and/or the DOS partition while in
 MH> Not quite true there Frank. With boot manager, if you
 MH> put em both (Dos/OS/2) on C: drive, then you are quite
 MH> correct, but you don't have to.
That's what I meant, both on C.
 MH> More restrictions with Dual Boot than you have with
 MH> Boot Manager.
You're forgetting the "restriction" under Boot manager of
having to repartition the drive to use Boot manager.  With
dual-boot you can load OS/2 right onto your existing DOS C
drive with no need to repartition and no need to worry
about saving your existing data/OS in order to install
dual-boot.  Like I said, just depends on your requirements.
My contention is that IBM knew exactly what it was doing
when it made dual-boot the "default" method of installation
when installing over an existing DOS/Win31 setup.  For that
setup it is by far the easiest and least painful way to get
started with OS/2.  It's also just as well to stay there
until or unless you need other capabilities.  When and if
you do need other capabilities and if you decide to
repartition and install boot manager, you are no worse for
the effort.  You would have had to repartition the first
time anyway.  Just a matter of timing.  If, on the other
hand, you go 5 years without the need to repartition, so
much the better.  Just depends... as with all things, on
your requirements.
I just converted to boot manager after running OS/2 since
version 2.0 first came out using dual boot.  Heck, I never
booted to DOS anyway.  I've never had a requirement for
boot manager till now.  I decided to load up an OS/2 and
NT-DOS bootable system so I had to use boot manager.  I
repartitioned and installed everything under boot manager.
I like that now.  But I was served well for the last 5
years or so with dual-boot.
-Frank
(fsexton@xpert.net - http://www.concentric.net/~fsexton)
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