Text 6421, 74 rader
Skriven 2006-06-24 08:26:20 av Robert Bashe (2:2448/44)
   Kommentar till text 6418 av MARTIN ATKINS (1:123/140)
Ärende: installing Linux with eCS
=================================
MARTIN ATKINS wrote to ROBERT BASHE on Friday June 23 2006 at 08:33:

MA> I thought OS/2 was no longer being developed. I used Linux fdisk to
MA> see if i could id his system and couldn't find eCS but now i know it
MA> is OS/2 i have OS/2 "boot manager partition" in the list and "hidden
MA> C:". Does it use any normal partitions? ;)

It uses normal partitions formatted with HPFS or JFS (journelling file system).
Never used the latter myself, but people say it's much more robust. At any
rate, it doesn't have to be installed on a primary partition, so there's no
real reason why the partition should be hidden unless someone decided to do
that and has something else installed on another active primary partition. It
also doesn't really require the OS/2 boot manager, and in fact I use it
without. It does require some boot code in the partition to start, but that can
be addressed by any kind of boot manager such as XFDISK or Lilo.

RB>> Quite nice, incidently. I've used OS/2 for my fido system since 1993,
RB>> and continue to use it*.

MA> It seems to generate a great deal of loyalty among its users.

Partly force of habit, partly the stability compared to Windows and partly the
fact that it's relatively easy to make the transition to OS/2 from a
DOS/Windows base... no great changes in habits are required. In addition
there's a lot of fido software for it... in Germany, I would still guess that
the majority of fido systems are still OS/2 based, although Windows and Linux
are meanwhile gaining the upper hand.

RB>> Can't seem to really get warm with Linux up to now, although I've
RB>> made several attempts over the years.

MA> Your just not trying hard enough. :)

Hard to teach old dogs new tricks ;-)

MA> I just found out it uses HPFS which is also listed. Going back
MA> to Alans question it is not as easy as i thought. :( One
MA> suggestion i have seen is something like this.

MA> <NAME>                      <SIZE>   <LABEL>  <PARTITION NUMBER>
MA> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
MA> MSDOS v6.22                   11MB   P1       Primary Partition 1
MA> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
MA> Windows '95                  350MB   P2       Primary Partition 2
MA> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
MA> OS/2 Boot Manager              2MB   P3       Primary Partition 3
MA> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
MA> DOS/Win Data                 511MB   E1       Primary Partition 4
MA> OS/2 Warp 3.0                127MB   E2       Extended into 4 logical
MA> Linux Slakware 3.2 Swap        XMB   E3       drives (sub-partitions)
MA> Linux Slakware 3.2 Native  219-XMB   E4       labeled E1-E4
MA> ---------------------------------------------------------------------

MA> You could do away with the MSDOS partition and make Win95/98 the first
MA> one and have O/S2 B/M on number two. I wonder why he/she has a
MA> separate DOS/Win Data partition. Why not just make primary one bigger?
MA> Ho hum...I guess i'll never know unless i get my hands on O/S2 and
MA> that would be a long way down my priority list. --- MultiMail/Linux
MA> v0.47 * Origin: Try Our Web Based QWK: DOCSPLACE.ORG (1:123/140)

Why so many primary partitions anyway? That certainly is a complex system.

If it _has_ to be Win95 (I wouldn't install that nowadays, and if anyone _has_
to have one of the oldies, then Win98SE), put it on a primary partition C:, run
DOS applications in a window or full-screen there, install the OS/2 (Warp
3.0??? Similar comment as with Win95 - here I wouldn't install anything less
than Warp 4, dirt cheap at Ebay) on a secondary partition without the boot
manager (and use either the XFDISK boot manager or Lilo to boot), and then
Linux on other secondary partitions.

Cheers, Bob

--- GoldED+/W32 1.1.5-0613
 * Origin: Jabberwocky System - 02363-56073 ISDN/V34 (2:2448/44)