-=> Quoting Linda Proulx to Peter Knapper <=-

 PK>   2. DOS programs run under OS/2 have no problems accessing HPFS
 PK> partitions, they look just like a FAT partition to the DOS program, so
 PK> you are nt prevented from sing HPFS partitions in a DOS box under OS/2,
 PK> instead you gain by the increased performance of HPFS.

 LP> I thought that DOS would not see an HPFS partition.  Eg, if in a 1g
 LP> partition I use only 500 mb I have lost the rest of the drive to DOS
 LP> and that I can not put DOS or Win programs on it.

If you boot DOS, it can't seen an HPFS partition. But if you are
running OS/2, a DOS *program* can see an HPFS partition. The only
potential problem is that DOS programs under OS/2 can see files with
long filenames on HPFS volumes.
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