Hi Andy,

On 07-Dec-99, Andy Brown wrote to Louis Aubree:

 LA>> I think that Warp _red_ spine has to be installed _after_ DOS and
 LA>> Win3.1x, on the same primary partition, so this partition has to
 LA>> be FAT16 formated. Then, the user could choose to never use Dual
 LA>> Boot anymore and run anything (hum!) from OS/2.  Where am I
 LA>> wrong? Is it possible to install Win3.1x _after_ Warp 3 red spine
 LA>> on an HPFS partition? Or use another trick?

 AB> _If_ you want to have DUAL BOOT or use Win 3.1 then your boot
 AB> drive has to be Fat 16 formated and DOS/WIN3.1 installed..  That
 AB> does not prevent you from booting up under OS/2 you just loose the
 AB> benefits of the HPFS system on that drive..  You can still have
 AB> any other dirves formated HPFS and DOS/WIN3.1 can access them _if_
 AB> you boot up OS/2 and use them from there..  _If_ you do not want
 AB> DUAL BOOT or WIN3.1 installed then all your drives can be HPFS
 AB> format.

You *only* have to have FAT for Dual Boot. It is quite possible to use
an existing version of Win 3.1 on an HPFS primary partition with a
little care. I've done it - see my post to Louis.

George

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