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OS/2 Boot Manager
Name: v1p3r Date: September 17, 2003 at 14:51:40 Pacific OS: OS/2 Warp 4 CPU/Ram: 2.4gb 512 RAM
Comment:
Dual Booting OS/2 and Win2k. The problem is that now I only see the partition info (size)in the Boot Manager screen to select. (not partition names) Booting OS/2 and using FDISK I can only add the OS/2 volume to the Boot Manager. The other Win2k partition can not be added? Any Help getting this added is appreciated! Partitions: FDISK in OS/2 states: 7mb Boot Manager Primary Startable 1004mb OS/2 Primary Bootable 10025 W2k Primary
Name: melf Date: September 18, 2003 at 08:49:27 Pacific
Reply:
It seems like one have to have a fix to get bootmanager function with win2k. You find that fix at: www.os2site.com/sw/util/disk/boot. I think a better bootmanager is Airboot and you find that one on the same adress and you don't need a fix.
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Response Number 2
Name: Sjoerd Visser Date: September 18, 2003 at 11:57:23 Pacific
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I think the problem here is that OS/2 Warp refuses to set a partition bootable that extends beyond the 1024 cylinder. If you place the boot partitions < 8,4 GB you are unlikly to see this behavior.
Another bootmanager might help.
PS: W2K GA will destroy the OS/2 boot manager: http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q265/0/03.ASP Windows 2000 Overwrites or Damages an OS/2 Boot Manager Partition
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Response Number 3
Name: kunertt Date: September 19, 2003 at 01:38:11 Pacific
Reply:
... you need the win2k SP2, that'll fix the problem described above ...
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