GT> Boot mangager requires it own 3MB partician on your C: drive.

RT>This is not correct.  Boot manager requires _one cylinder_ at the beginning 

RT>of _the first physical drive_.  There's no "3MB" in there 
RT>anywhere,  and the actual amount of drive space used is 
RT>going to depend on the way the system deals with the 
RT>geometry of the drive.  It'll vary from 1M to as much as 8M.

Ok true it does set it own size on disk0.

RT>Saying "on your C: drive" is inaccurate,  too,  as the 
RT>drive letter refers to the first bootable primary partition 
RT>_after_ the partition that contains Boot Manager.

Ok I will give you that techincal point too.




 GT> This does mean you will have to backup C drive and reinstall 
 GT> after you have recreated the partician with OS/2 Fdisk. 

RT>No it does not.  If Partition Magic is available,  as she has indicated,  
RT>then it can be done without having to back up,  delete and 
RT>recreate as you say here.


I have read in several places Focus onOS/2 and so on that is not correct. and
I
inculde my install instructions to PM 3.0. I sould say not the best way to do
that. One should aalways backup any way. And I see cautions on your mentoh.
Explain please. Why does Partician Magic countradict you?



 GT> If you are running Win9X you will not be able to use FAT32 

RT>You can if you set up partitions first and install w9x 
RT>afterwards,  that's _internal_ to the partition in question 
RT>and doesn't have anything to do with the rest of this stuff.

And I have tried it myself and it does not work. I will qualify and say on my
machine.



 GT> and you will have to reboot with OS/2 Fdisk to activate the 
 GT> Bootmanager after installing Win9X.

RT>Actually that can be done with win's fdisk as well.  They do warn you about 

RT>this during the install process,  too.  I can understand it 
RT>as there are a number of reboots required during the 
RT>install process,  but a fresh install of win is probably 
RT>not necessary in this case.

Well then your method will put her at risk. My  requires a lot of work but is
much surer and safer.
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