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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!Germany.EU.net!EU.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.mathworks.com!zombie.ncsc.mil!nntp.coast.net!fu-berlin.de!news.ipf.net!news From: bornathw@ipf.de (Wolfgang Bornath) Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.setup.win95,comp.os.os2.setup.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,de.comp.os.os2.setup Subject: Re: Boot managers for W95/DOS/Win311 and OS/2 and FreeBSD/Linux Date: Sat, 27 Apr 1996 15:02:00 +0100 Organization: IPf.net - Frankfurt, Germany Lines: 33 Message-ID: <YjigxINpdKSD089yn@ipf.de> References: <4jv7ia$t5o@fu-berlin.de> <Dq4tCM.1Iu@kalwien.regio.rhein-ruhr.de> <317C0CA4.3FD2@aol.com> <31810cd0.6948663@news.ucs.ubc.ca> NNTP-Posting-Host: 194.152.33.243 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.os.ms-windows.setup.win95:8909 comp.os.os2.setup.misc:13456 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:18314 In article <31810cd0.6948663@news.ucs.ubc.ca>, ericg@unixg.ubc.ca (Eric Gisin) wrote: (SNIP) >What exactly are the rules for multiple DOS primary partitions? I always use >Linux fdisk for partitioning, and have two primary DOS partitions (first one >active). DOS 6-7 and Win95 have no problems with this, I always have C: and >D:. Would C: disappear if D: were active? It is a BIOS issue rather than OS? > >Eric Gisin, ericg@unixg.ubc.ca I was just working with this problem by setting up DOS6/7 (Win95) and OS/2 and using the OS/2 Bootmanager. What I have is: C: primary Startpartition for DOS/Win95 D: logical Win95 apps E: logical Win95 and OS/2 data C: primary OS/2 system and apps primary Bootmanager The first C: and D:/E: are VFAT partitions and visible if I boot DOS/Win95. The second C: is HPFS and is visible together with D:/E: if I boot OS/2. In the Bootmanager's menu it looks like: 1. MSDoze VFAT 16-Bit C: 2. WARP 3 HPFS 32-Bit C: (verdeckt) DOS always claims to sit on the first partition on the first HD in the system and DOS7 (Base of Win95) is no exception! wobo --------------------------------------------------------- "Those who love me will get sweet cakes!" (My mum) "Those who pay me will get what they paid for!" (Next door hooker) ---------------------------------------------------------