On May 23, 1996 at 06:04, Russell  Brooks of 3:640/305.55 wrote:

 db>>> Apart from the inconvenience of not being able to easily access 'em
 db>>> from DOS boot floppies, I'm now pretty damn comfortable with the HPFS
 db>>> file system.
 RB>
 RB> Can't an OS/2 boot floppy be made to just access a HPFS drive at
 RB> Command prompt level (instead of the GUI level)

Yes - but it's a two-floppy set, and takes "forever" (well,
longer than it should, IMHO) to boot;  that's why I keep a separate
"emergency boot" partition that replaces the boot floppy set -
just goes straight to the command line, and permits full HPFS access (and
access to all my other OS/2 commands, like ZIP, UNZIP, LIST, disk tools,
etc.).

 db>>> As Doug said - in rare cases (hasn't bit me yet, but I'm in
no rush to
 db>>> experience, either!).
 RB>
 RB> I'll do it for you.

So generous - just make sure you do it to your own drive/machine, and not mine.  :-)

    - dave
    d.begley{at}ieee.org

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