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to: Mike Ruskai
from: Eddy Thilleman
date: 1999-11-11 10:52:17
subject: Win9XX Question

Hello Mike,

09 Nov 99 17:32, MIKE RUSKAI wrote to LINDA PROULX:

MR> So, to install Win95 (or WinNT), you'll need to give up DOS, since
MR> it'll overwrite it when installing.

Have you never heard of different boot partitions??

MR> The only way to avoid that is to use a third-party program like
MR> System Commander, which does a juggling act with the boot files of
MR> the operating systems it supports.  It allows you to install any
MR> number of OS's on the same partition, and choose which to boot at
MR> startup.

So System Commander does something like OS/2 Warp 4 does with dual boot when a 
DOS version and OS/2 Warp 4 are both installed on the same primary C:
FAT-partition? Can't System Commander use different boot partitions (or you
didn't mention that)?

IMHO, OS/2 should be installed only on a HPFS partition. Leave FAT partitions
to real plain DOS.

  Greetings   -=Eddy=-        email: eddy.thilleman@net.hcc.nl

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