From:	mharris AT blackwidow DOT saultc DOT on DOT ca
Date:	Fri, 7 Feb 1997 16:29:56 -0500 (EST)
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Subject:	Re: [opendos] OpenDOS + Win95 w/FAT32?
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On Tue, 4 Feb 1997, Jim Lefavour wrote:

> > I'll wait for ext2 thanks.  No MS hacks on my system.
> 
> DITTO... I haven't paid MS the $120 they want for the 95 upgrade, 
> since I feel that they already have enough of my money - numerous dos 
> upgrades, windows purchase, windows upgrade, utilities and programs, 
> etc. ad infinitum - when does the hurting stop?!?  Enter OpenDOS... 
> :-))

The hurting stopped a year ago for me.  (Linux)

> > > I would LOVE to use ext2fs, and maintain the ability to run W3.11
> > > and Dos programs, but also, I would like to see a utility like
> > > presizer or a converter for them - if I change over, why have both
> > > an MSDOS partition and an OpenDOS partition? that is if OpenDOS is
> > > working properly...
> > 
> > presizer for ext2?  Why?  ext2 doesn't suffer from the large
> > partition == lots of wasted space blues.
> 
> Exactly, so when I switch over, I'd like the FS to access the ENTIRE 
> hard drive, but unless the current partition can be converted to ext2 
> non-destructively, it would have to be done in steps... and mounting 
> the various partitions would require that they be put under 
> subdirectories, which could make for a real adventure in modifying 
> the setups...

Ahhh, that will be a problem.  You'll probably have to backup
your stuff to another physical drive to repartition to ext2.  I
just get someone with a large disk to come over to my house and
then we put their disk in my machine and backup all of the stuff
that I must keep to their drive.  (Usually everything :o)  Then
I just repartition, and restore my backups.  The process can take
a few days to get everything working properly again, but it is
the only way.  I don't trust that repartitioning software enough
to let it do my drive without having a backup.

2gig drives are cheap now anyways.

Good luck.

Mike A. Harris        |             http://blackwidow.saultc.on.ca/~mharris
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