OSINBMOS - BOOT MANAGER WITH ONE OR TWO OPERATING SYSTEMS 10/21/94 ================================================================ BOOT MANAGER WITH ONE OR TWO OPERATING SYSTEMS ================================================================ Please Read Entire Document for Full Explanation of Procedures ---------------------------------------------------------------- BOOT MANAGER WITH ONE OPERATING SYSTEM ---------------------------------------------------------------- Installing Boot Manager, OS/2 2.1 and One Additional Operating System In this example, an existing primary partition of 60MB (that takes up the entire hard disk space) is deleted and replaced by: 1MB Boot Manager partition 4MB primary partition, in which DOS will be installed. 55MB logical drive, in which OS/2 2.1 will be installed. 1. Back up any data you want to save from the existing partition. Use the BACKUP command from your existing operating system. 2. Insert the Installation Diskette and restart your system. Follow the instructions on the screen until the Installation Drive Selection screen appears. 3. From the Installation Drive Selection screen, start the FDISK program by selecting option 2, "Specify a different drive or partition". 4. Delete the existing partition (which you have Backed Up): A. Press Enter to display the Options menu. B. Select DELETE Partition and press Enter. 5. Create Boot Manager partition and install Boot Manager: A. Press Enter to display the Options menu. B. Select INSTALL BOOT MANAGER and press Enter. C. Select Create at Start of Free Space and press Enter. 6. Create the DOS (4.0 or later) partition: A. Highlight the FREE SPACE line. B. Press Enter to display the Options menu. C. Select CREATE Partition and press Enter. D. Type the size of the primary partition (in this example, 4) and press Enter. E. Select PRIMARY Partition and press Enter. F. Select Create at Start of Free Space and press Enter. G. Press Enter to display the Options menu. H. Select ADD to Boot Manager menu and press Enter. I. Type: DOS and press Enter. 7. Create the OS/2 Version 2.1 logical drive: A. Highlight the Free Space line. B. Press Enter to display the Options menu. C. Select Create Partition and press Enter. D. Accept the size of the extended logical drive (55 in this example) by pressing Enter. E. Select Extended Logical Drive and press Enter. NOTE: If you have entered a number smaller than 55 for the size of the logical drive, you also have to select from Create at Start of Free Space or Create at End Free Space. F. Press Enter to display the Options menu. G. Select Add to Boot Manager menu and press Enter. H. Type: OS/2 2.1 and press Enter. 8. Set up OS/2 Version 2.1 as the default: A. Highlight the OS/2 2.1 line. B. Press Enter to display the Options menu. C. Select Set Startup Values and press Enter. D. Select Default and press Enter. E. Press F3. 9. Indicate which partition should be used for the OS/2 2.1 installation: A. Highlight the OS/2 2.1 line. B. Press Enter to display the Options menu. C. Select Set Installable and press Enter. 10. Exit FDISK: A. Press F3 to exit FDISK. B. Select Save and Exit and press Enter. 11. Complete the installation of OS/2 2.1. 12. Install DOS: A. Insert the DOS installation diskette. B. Press Ctrl+Alt+Del to restart the system. C. Follow the prompts on the screen to complete the DOS installation. 13. Restart the system by pressing Ctrl+Alt+Del. This information is on pages 141 & 142 of the Installation Guide. Review Pages 49 through 61 of the Installation Guide. ---------------------------------------------------------------- BOOT MANAGER WITH TWO OPERATING SYSTEMS ---------------------------------------------------------------- Installing Boot Manager, OS/2 2.1 and Two Additional Operating Systems In this example, an existing primary partition of 80MB (that takes up the entire hard disk space) is deleted and replaced by: 1MB Boot Manager partition 4MB primary partition, in which DOS will be installed 20MB primary partition, for OS/2 Version 1.3 installed 55MB logical drive, in which OS/2 2.1 will be installed. NOTE: Only one of the primary partitions can be active at a time. The primary partition cannot share data. 1. Back up any data you want to save from the existing partition. (Use the BACKUP command from your existing operating system.) 2. Insert the Installation Diskette, restart your system, and follow the instructions on the screen until the Installation Drive Selection screen is displayed. 3. From the Installation Drive Selection screen, start the FDISK program by selecting option 2, SPECIFY A DIFFERENT DRIVE OR PARTITION. 4. Delete the existing partition (which you have BACKED UP): A. Press Enter to display the Options menu. B. Select DELETE PARTITION and press Enter. 5. Create Boot Manager partition and install Boot Manager. A. Press Enter to display the Options menu. B. Select INSTALL BOOT MANAGER and press Enter. C. Select CREATE AT START OF FREE SPACE and press Enter. 6. Create the DOS partition: A. Highlight the FREE SPACE line. B. Press Enter to display the Options menu. C. Select CREATE PARTITION and press Enter. D. Type the size of the primary partition (in this example, 4) and press Enter. E. Select Primary Partition and press Enter. F. Select CREATE AT START OF FREE SPACE and press Enter. G. Press Enter to display the Options menu. H. Select ADD TO BOOT MANAGER MENU and press Enter. I. Type: DOS and press Enter. 7. Create the OS/2 Version 1.3 partition: A. Highlight the FREE SPACE line. B. Press Enter to display the Options menu. C. Select CREATE PARTITION and press Enter. D. Type the size of primary partition (20) and press Enter. E. Select PRIMARY PARTITION and press Enter. F. Select CREATE AT START OF FREE SPACE and press Enter. G. Press Enter to display the Options menu. H. Select ADD TO BOOT MANAGER MENU and press Enter. I. Type: OS/2 1.3 and press Enter. 8. Create the OS/2 2.1 logical drive. A. Highlight the FREE SPACE line. B. Press Enter to display the Options menu. C. Select CREATE PARTITION and press Enter. D. Accept the size of the extended logical drive (55) by pressing Enter. E. Select EXTENDED LOGICAL DRIVE and press Enter. NOTE: If you had entered a number smaller than 55 for the size of the logical drive, you also have to select from CREATE AT START OF FREE SPACE or CREATE AT END OF FREE SPACE. F. Press Enter to display the Options menu. G. Select ADD TO BOOT MANAGER MENU and press Enter. H. Type: OS/2 2.1 and press Enter. 9. Set up OS/2 Version 2.1 as the default: A. Highlight the OS/2 2.1 line. B. Press Enter to display the Options menu. C. Select SET STARTUP VALUES and press Enter. D. Select DEFAULT and press Enter. E. Press F3. 10.Indicate which partition should be used for the OS/2 2.1 installation: A. Highlight the OS/2 2.1 line. B. Press Enter to display the Options menu. C. Select SET INSTALLABLE and press Enter. 11.Exit FDISK: A. Press F3 to exit FDISK. B. Select SAVE AND EXIT and press Enter. 12.Complete the installation of OS/2 2.1. 13.With OS/2 2.1 running, make the DOS partition installable: A. Open OS/2 SYSTEM. B. Open COMMAND PROMPTS. C. Open OS/2 FULL SCREEN. D. Type: FDISK and press Enter. E. Highlight the DOS line. F. Press Enter to display the Options menu. G. Select SET INSTALLABLE and press Enter. H. Press F3 to exit FDISK. I. Select SAVE AND EXIT and press Enter. J. Perform a system SHUTDOWN. 14.Install DOS: A. Insert the DOS Installation diskette. B. Press Ctrl+Alt+Del to restart the system. C. Follow the prompts on the screen to complete the DOS installation. 15.Press Ctrl+Alt+Del to restart the system. 16.Select OS/2 2.1 from the Boot Manager startup menu. 17.Make the OS/2 1.3 partition installable: A. Open OS/2 SYSTEM. B. Open COMMAND PROMPTS. C. Open OS/2 FULL SCREEN. D. Type: FDISK and press Enter. E. Highlight the OS2 1.3 line. F. Press Enter to display the Options menu. G. Select SET INSTALLABLE and press Enter. H. Press F3 to exit FDISK. I. Select SAVE and EXIT and press Enter. J. Perform a system SHUTDOWN. 18.Install OS/2 Version 1.3: A. Insert the OS/2 Version 1.3 Installation Diskette. B. Press Ctrl+Alt+Del to restart the system. C. Follow the prompts on the screen to complete the installation. 19.Make the Boot Manager startable: A. With OS/2 1.3 running, select MANAGE PARTITIONS from the Utilities group. B. Highlight the line that represents the Boot Manager. (The Boot Manager entry is not identified as such, but you can recognize it by its 1MB size.) C. Select OPTIONS. D. Select STARTABLE. 20.Restart the system to see the Boot Manager startup menu.