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Date:	Mon, 6 Jun 2005 22:44:00 PDT7
From:	"i-lists" <i-lists@synass.net >
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Subject:	SCOUG-Help: multipole OS'es / advice & guidance sought

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Hi Foxey & Ray
Thanks to your replies to my "multiple OS'es" questions ;-)

My notebook HDD seems to have some problems with the heat here ...
=2E.. or there is another (HW) problem around !?
Too often the HDD "farts" and sometimes totally blocks the system
;-(

C-A-D does not help ...
=2E.. rabiate Power-OFF is the ONLY solution ;-((
Afterwards I need to CHKDSK with booting from the 4.52 CD ;-|

Now my further explantations:

Yes, the first 3 partition are primary partitions:
1st C: / NTFS contains the original WIN XP installation (came
with the system)
BM (default boot set to C2 !)
2nd C: / HPFS contains OS/2 Warp 4.52
D: / FAT32 acts as a data changer between OS/2 and WIN
E and the rest are all HPFS partitions and used with OS/2 only

With these settings I am having one OS hidden (and secure) from
the other !
I am NOT interested nor do I want having OS/2 in a logical
partition !!

At the very (with small HDD's up to 8.4GB) I always had the BM at
the end =

of the disk ...
=2E.. and with the HDD's becoming bigger, sometimes, I had
difficulties with =

the BM at the begin of the HDD and W98 doing some CHKDSK/scandisk
;-(
After a hint of an experienced friend I am always placing the BM
between =

the OS'es like shown above !
No problems anymore ;-)

On this system I have had running 3 OSes. OS/2, WIN XP & SuSE 9.1
PRO !!!
Since I resized / moved the WIN XP and one more partition I have
only =

OS/2 working properly ;-))

Really very good, it is OS/2 ;-)))

The main question indeed is not the design of the system
partitions !
The real main question is the "common factor" of all these 3
OS'es !!
Maybe FAT32 is readable /writeable by all of these 3 OS'es ???

Some of you may have better and more experience how to solve =

such an environment !?

I would really appreciate their advice and guidance accordingly
to =

personal experiences ;-))

TIA for all your efforts with kind regards from South East Asia
svob=EF

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raydav@charter.net on 05.06.2005 04:46:29
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To: scoug-help@scoug.com
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Subject: SCOUG-Help: multipole OS'es / advice & guidance sought

i-lists wrote:
> Hello SCOUGians
> After long silence I am back again and hope for your help.
> =

> I am changing a bigger HDD in my notebook and would like to =

> have multiple OS'es on it !
> =

> i) WIN XP (leaving as original installation)
> ii) OS/2 Warp 4.52 as main & primary OS
> iii) Linux as additional OS for learning
> =

> My intended partitioning looks like following:
> =

> 1st prim C: NTFS/H WIN XP
> OS/2 BM =

> 2nd prim C: HPFS OS/2 Warp 4.52 (default system)

I have never heard of any justification for putting OS/2 on a
primary =

partition. Something about "hiding" everything from Windows? =

Just =

don't run Win utilities on your OS/2 partition.

> D: log FAT32 (Data Exchange between all systems)
> E: log HPFS EXEC files
> F: log HPFS FILE (file folders / download, upload)
> G: log HPFS GAR(b)AGE (garbage & maintenance)
> H: log HPFS HOME (user data)
> i: log HPFS IMAG (es DigiCam pics)
> =

> plus Linux System partition 5GB
> plus Linux Swap partition500MB
> =

> My questions:
>
> What would you recoomend me to do or to change ?

I have had a succession of machines since the mid nineties
running =

DOS, OS/2 and Win. I have done it using only the bundled boot
manager =

type utilities. As an academic exercise, it can be done. But
those =

things tend to be primitive. Get a real boot utility; System =

Commander, OS Selector......
> =

> How can WIN XP and Linux access these HPFS partitions ?
> If unable: What partition types shall I use to have access with
> all OS's ?

FAT, 16 or 32 is probably the only thing all OSs can see.

Ray

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