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In message Thu, 11 Aug 94 08:05:36 -0400,
dewar@SCHONBERG.CS.NYU.EDU (Robert Dewar) writes:
> I would be *very* interested in this, it would be one really nice use
> of the 2.88M floppies (utility boot disk for OS/2)
There is a program on the OS/2 ftp sites that you can use to make a 2-10 MB
OS/2 boot partition on your hard drive. I think it is:
os2/ibm/ews/boot2x.zip (not the one in 2_x/sysutils)
It should give you plenty of options as to what type of boot partition you
wish to create (OS/2 only, PM, WPS, DOS & Windows support, etc.). If the
above program isn't it, keep looking because it does exist - I used it. The
only thing to watch out for is that it uses as much disk space as available
to install the requested support. If you have a 2MB partition and request
OS/2 be installed, it will fill the 2MB. If you have a 5MB partition and
request the same thing, it will fill the 5MB partition. I've used this
program to make a 2.88MB boot floppy too, but went with the bootable
partition because it took 15 seconds to boot, and the thought of carrying
an extra floppy everywhere my "portable" computer went seemed silly.
Another option is to use the above program with:
os2/ibm/misc/dbprep.zip
And turn your DOS partition into a dual boot partition, which is what I did
so I wouldn't have to repartition my disk.
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