It's 15 Aug 97  18:36:48,
We'll return to John Thompson and All's
discussion of Win95 and OS/2 installati
 JT> Although OS/2 continues to serve me well, my children are after
 JT> me to install Win95 so some of their more recent software using
 JT> Win32s v1.3, etc. will run properly.  At present I have a
 JT> bootable FAT partition with MS-DOS v6.2 and Windows v3.1 and
 JT> OS/2 on a bootable HPFS partition.  I am considering installing
 JT> Win95 onto the FAT partition but would like to keep Windows 3.1
 JT> functional for use under OS/2.  What's the easiest way to do
 JT> this?
 JT> I have:
 JT> MS-DOS v6.2 and Windows 3.1 on drive C: (FAT)
 JT> OS/2 v3 red spine on drive D: (HPFS)
 JT> A copy of Warp Connect blue spine.
 JT> A copy of Partition Magic v2.03
I haven't tried this, but you should be able to install a dual boot
Win95/DOS system on your C: drive.  Just install Win 95 into a different
directory (e.g. c:\win95).  After installation, edit c:\msdos.sys and
add the line:
BootMulti=1
You can also tweak how Win95 does its dual boot.  I don't see any
problems with this setup and Warp, as the existing Windows directory
will remain (largely) intact when you install Win95 to a different
directory.
 JT> Need to aquire:
 JT> A copy of Win95.  People tell me that finding this shouldn't be a
 JT> problem, although who knows what else waits down that road?
Win95 is easy to find. :-)
 JT> 1) Ditch the Windows 3.1 on drive C: and install Warp Connect
 JT> Blue onto D: with it's Win-OS/2 support on drive D: and Win95
 JT> all by its lonesome on drive C:?  Although this seems to be the
 JT> most sensible approach, I'm not keen on this option unless
 JT> there's an easy way to migrate my present desktop.
I believe Warp Connect allows you to migrate your existing Windows icons
and groups (didn't work for me, since I'm using PlugIn for Windows :) ).
 JT> 2) Leave Windows 3.1 on drive C: and install Win95 onto the same
 JT> partition hoping there's some way for both these versions of
 JT> Windows to co-exist?
Yes, just install Win95 to a different directory.  I do it all the time
at work (without OS/2).  Edit msdos.sys from Win95 as I detailed above.
To select DOS/Win3.1, press F8 when the message "Starting Windows 95"
appears, and you'll get a boot menu.  You can make this menu appear by
default, if you prefer, by tweaking msdos.sys.  (this is not a typo,
msdos.sys is a text file under Win95).
 JT> 3) Hide my Windows 3.1 stuff while I install Windows 95 onto
 JT> drive C:, using Drivespace (or whatever they're calling it these
 JT> days) to place the Win95 stuff on a compressed volume that would
 JT> be invisible to OS/2, then "unhide" the old Windows 3.1
 JT> directories on the uncompressed portion of the partition to allow
 JT> OS/2 to use it?
Seems a roundabout way to do it.  I'd consider either the Warp Connect
install or DOS/Win95 dual boot approach.
BTW, Win95 will disable Boot Manager during installation.  You'll need
to set Boot Manager's partition active after Win95 is installed, by
using FDISK (any FDISK - OS/2, Win95 or DOS should do the trick).
P.S.  If you get hold of Win95 OSR2, do _not_ use FAT32, otherwise DOS
and OS/2 will not see the partition.  Also, there is a relatively
painless way to do an upgrade (involves a little trickery :) ), even if
setup complains that the system can't be upgraded.
... Elementary my dear, what's on!
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