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Installing Dual Boot on Your Computer
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This file contains information on installing the MS OS/2 dual-boot
option on your computer. The dual-boot option allows you to choose
between the MS OS/2 and DOS operating systems each time you "boot" or
start your computer, either by turning it on or by pressing CTRL+ALT+DEL.
During dual-boot installation, you need the following items:
- A DOS start-up disk that contains the files CHKDSK.EXE and either
SYS.COM or SYS.EXE.
-The disk labelled "Dual boot disk" from your MS OS/2 package.
You will also need to know the location of the start-up files
(AUTOEXEC.BAT and CONFIG.SYS) you will use when you run DOS.
To install the dual-boot option on your computer, follow these steps:
1. Install MS OS/2 on your computer.
2. Insert a DOS start-up or boot disk in drive A and press CTRL+ALT+DEL.
3. Remove the DOS start-up disk and insert the disk labelled "Dual boot
disk". This disk contains the Dualboot utility.
4. At the DOS A: prompt, type the following command:
dualboot
The dual-boot setup utility starts. Follow the instructions on the
screen to complete the procedure.
After you install the dual-boot option on your computer, a message
appears each time you start your computer, asking you which operating
system you want to run.
You can turn the dual-boot option on or off or change any of the
settings by running the Dualboot utility again. After you initially
install dual boot on your system, you can run the Dualboot utility from
either MS OS/2 or from DOS.
Re-installing or updating MS OS/2 or DOS will remove dual-boot. If MS
OS/2 is re-installed, rerunning the dual-boot setup utility will
re-install dual-boot. If DOS is re-installed, MS OS/2 will have to be
re-installed before rerunning the the dual-boot setup utility.
WARNING:
After you install the dual-boot option on your computer, you'll find
copies of both the MS OS/2 and DOS configuration files in the root
directory of your hard disk. When you start MS OS/2, the MS OS/2
configuration files are renamed CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT and the DOS
configuration files are renamed CONFIG.DOS and AUTOEXEC.DOS. When you
start DOS, the opposite renaming process occurs: the DOS configuration
files are renamed CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT; the MS OS/2 files are
renamed CONFIG.OS2 and AUTOEXEC.OS2. The configuration files with the
standard names and extensions always correspond to the operating system
you start. Both sets of configuration files are necessary for the
dual-boot option to work. Do not delete or rename these files.