OSINMAPD - HARD DISK MAPPING for OS/2 2.X, WARP 10/19/94 ================================================================ EXAMPLES OF HARD DISK MAPPING for OS/2 2.X, WARP ================================================================ Please Read Entire Document For Full Explanation of Procedures ---------------------------------------------------------------- When setting up your system, only one primary partition can be assessible (active) on each hard disk at any system startup. On the other hand, all the logical drives within the extended partition are accessible, provided their file system formats are compatible with the starting operating system. For example, you have DOS 5.0 in one primary partition and OS/2 2.1 in another primary partition. One of your logical drives is formatted for FAT and contains a variety of DOS programs. You can start the DOS programs from either of the primary partitions. It is also important to understand what happens to the drive mapping if you ADD a hard disk AFTER you install OS/2 2.1. The logical drives on your existing hard disk will be remapped. ================================================================ EXAMPLE OF MAPPING ONE HARD DISK: NOTE: The following examples apply to OS/2 2.X and WARP. If you have this as an existing hard disk set up as shown and you add a second hard disk to your system. The primary partition of the second hard disk will be assigned D. The logical drives of your first hard disk will be remapped. The existing logical drive D becomes E, E becomes F, and so forth. Primary (Boot Manager) = No drive letter Primary (DOS 5.0) | Primary (OS/2 1.3) | = C: Logical Drive | (OS/2 2.1) | = D: ()S/2 WARP) Logical Drive (Data) | = E: Logical Drive (Data) | = F: ================================================================ EXAMPLE OF ADDING ANOTHER HARD DISK OR MAPPING TWO HARD DISKS OS2 2.1 is in the logical drive assigned a E. All references to the drive letter (for example, statements in your CONFIG.SYS and INI files) have to change. For this reason, it is preferable to place only logical drives on the hard disk that you are adding. NOTE: You can assign OS/2 WARP instead of OS/2 2.1. Boot Manager |=No drive letter |Primary | Primary (DOS5.0) | D:=|Primary Primary(OS/2 1.3) |=C: | |Primary Logical Drive | (OS/2 2.1) |=E: H:=|Logical Drive (OS/2 WARP) Logical Drive |=F: I:=|Logical Drive Logical Drive |=G: J:=|Logical Drive