It's 12 Sep 97  05:46:00,
We'll return to Frank Sexton and Garth Ramsay's
discussion of Setting up dual boot
 FS> Even though the "FS" above is me, I admit that most
 FS> certainly it is possible to "see" both OS/2 and DOS
 FS> bootable partitions IF you install OS/2 on an extended
 FS> logical partition instead of installing both DOS and OS/2
 FS> on a primary partition.  DOS, of course, has to be
 FS> installed on a primary partition.
Which is what I do. :-)
 FS> Very frequently however the reason you are installing Boot
 FS> Manager to begin with is to purposely keep each OS hidden
 FS> from the other.  This can be a good thing.  Imagine running
 FS> DOS's CHKDSK.EXE /F on your OS/2 FAT drive!!! Hint: DON'T
 FS> DO IT!
 FS> Keeping the drives hidden from each other by installing
 FS> each OS on its own primary partition accomplishes this sort
 FS> of seperation because Boot Manager will hide whatever drive
 FS> is not booted and assign the C letter to whatever one is
 FS> booted.  Just as long as both are on primary partitions of
 FS> course.  Works good.
There is another way, which can be useful, if you're careful.  Install
DOS on C: (FAT) as usual.  Install OS/2 on an extended HPFS partition.
Make sure _all_ your OS/2 software is only ever installed on D:, where
it will be safe from prying DOS applications.  C: is used only for DOS
stuff.  That way, your EAs are kept safe and inaccessible on HPFS while
you're running DOS.  When you're using OS/2, you can still access your
FAT partition.  I use this scheme here (though with more partitions and
including Windows NT). :-)
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