Linda Proulx wrote in a message to Rich Wonneberger:

-=> Rich Wonneberger wrote to Linda Proulx <=-

 RW> *** Quoting Linda Proulx to Rich Wonneberger dated 10-21-99 ***
 >  RW> BM does not get assigned a drive letter.
 >  RW> The next partition (DOS in your case) will still be C:
 >
 > True.  But before OS/2 installs it does.

 RW> ???
 RW> BM will not get assigned a drive letter before or after installation.
 RW> You will be installing it by booting from the floppies.  OS/2's fdisk

 LP> But before Os2 installs, & I use my programs, the small logical 
 LP> drive will have a letter.  I could Partition Magic & then not 
 LP> install OS/2 for days.  How will I tell OS/2 that the small 
 LP> partition is to be used at the BM drive?

Ok,  I see the point of confusion here...

 RW> will install it.  It does not get a drive letter at this time, or at

 LP> Will the Fdisk just Fdisk the small partition?

Yes.  During the installation process,  you get a choice of easy/advanced, 
pick advanced,  and it'll give you a chance to go into fdisk,  and in there is 
where you install Boot Manager.  As long as there's some free space on your
drive,  that is.  It'll ask whether you want it at the beginning or end of
free space,  and that's it.  Then after BM is installed you get the option in
FDISK to add any other partitions to the BM menu,  alter the defaults,  etc.
(For one example I cut the delay time down from the default 30 seconds to 5 -- 
if my system sees a power glitch I want it back up faster than the default
allows.)

 RW> the next boot. Maybe I'm misunderstanding what you are trying to do??

 LP> I think you did.  Is what I was trying to say make more sense 
 LP> now? 

I think that you and he were thinking of things in two different contexts, 
there.

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