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Date:	Wed, 15 Nov 2006 17:19:14 -0800
From:	Martin Rosenfeld <rosenfeldmj@ca.rr.com >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: eCs & WIN2K...Cohabitation...?

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Ray,

> Don't. Instead have DFsee install BM at the front of the drive
> before you do anything else. I never use it, but OS/2 won't install
> - except on a clean HDD - without it.

Thanks for your help. I think I finally figured out what to do. First, I
am afraid of DFSee until some one holds my hand and teaches me how to
use it. Here is what I did:

Harddrive 2 has eCS20 beta2, WINMe, et al. on it. I worked only on HD 1.

I used an old DOS utility booted from floppy to wipe HD 1 (restoring its
virginity--isn't modern medicine marvelous!).

I booted from an eCS installation floppy and partitioned HD1, installing
Boot Manager, a 50 MB C: and a few other partitions for WIN2K and data, etc.

I rebooted and ran WIN2K installation CD. WIN2K turned off BM, formatted
C: as FAT, and installed WIN2K where I wanted it on HPFS. I then ran
WIN2K and made BM again active.

Now I can boot to Windows and various flavors of eCS (until it crashed
and wipes out my harddrives!).

I love SCOUG-help: each time I post a question I finally figure out the
answer myself.

Martin

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