07-04-15 13:49 Sean Dennis wrote to Ed Vance about Installing OS/2

 SD> {at}MSGID: 
 SD> Hello Ed,
Howdy! Sean,

 SD> 03 Jul 15 22:40, you wrote to me:

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

 SD> Warp 4.52 is beyond Warp 4 and FP12.  For example, Warp 4.52
 SD> will boot from an install CD; Warp 4 doesn't if I remember
 SD> correctly.  Warp 4.52 has several improvements in the back end
 SD> process that Warp 4 doesn't have (and several fixes that Warp 4
 SD> doesn't have, such as TCPIP 4.4, which is an updated TCP/IP
 SD> stack).

TKS for the info.

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

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

 SD> FWIW, Linux can also use JFS easily, so if you have an OS/2
 SD> drive that's JFS formatted, Linux can read it easily and I -do-
 SD> believe that there's a JFS driver for Windows (I'll need to
 SD> look that up).

I've not got around to looking up that JFS stuff yet.

Blessed are those who run around in circles because they shall be known
as wheels, I'm a BIG WHEEL here.

73


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