07-03-15 14:18 Sean Dennis wrote to Holger Granholm about Installing OS/2

 SD> {at}MSGID: 
 -=> Holger Granholm wrote to Ed Vance <=-
Howdy! Sean,

Another voice from the "Peanut Gallery"!

 HG> To swim in safe waters, I'd recommend eCS (eComStation) because then
 HG> you have all the necessary drivers for modern computers included as
 HG> well as for older ones.

 SD> I disagree.  They have fooled around with eCS so much that it
 SD> breaks more than it works on modern equipment for me.  I have
 SD> used OS/2 Warp 4.52 quite nicely over the past 20 years without
 SD> problems.  The drivers for modern equipment are out there, you
 SD> just have to know where to look.  eCS is terrible when trying
 SD> to run a BBS under it from my experimentation.

How does Warp 4.52 compare with Warp 4 and Fixpak 12 that Holger uses?

 EV> HPFS, I've heard the term but that will be another learning
 EV> adventure for me.

 SD> I'd recommend using JFS for any drive larger than 64GB...which
 SD> is HPFS' limit.

Thanks for the 'heads up'.
Now to look up JFS, Thanks!

73


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