From: mwarchol AT flash DOT net
Date: Tue, 15 Apr 1997 22:15:48 -0500 (CDT)
Message-Id: <199704160315.WAA06794@endeavor.flash.net>
To: OpenDOS AT Delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: Question regarding Opendos and Win#95
Precedence: bulk

  What if you used two hardrives with W#95 on D for example and Opendos on
C?  With my current machine I could do this instead of two portions
of one drive.  The current configuration boots to Opendos from C and I could
place W#95 on D?  Any additional thoughts are welcomed.
                                                     Mark

On 1997-04-15 b52g AT usa DOT net said to mwarchol AT flash DOT net
 b5>X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Version 1.4.4
 b5>X-Mailing-List: opendos AT delorie DOT com
 b5>>  Listies,
 b5>>     Can windows#95 be operated with Opendos?  I am unclear where
 b5>to find Sort of.
 b5>As far as I know it is just about possible, using a partition
 b5>manager. This means of course that you will have to chose between
 b5>OD and 95 each time the machine boots.
 b5>At present, 95 will not run on top of opendos like 3.1 does.
 b5>>this answer in the help information and cannot determin how the
 b5>>two systems may conflict.  If others have expierence with this
 b5>>type of configuration please respond or if there is a fact-file
 b5>>covering this and necessary means for doing it correctly please
 b5>>forward.  My goal is to hopefully operate Opendos for those
 b5>>applacations I require in dos and use W#95 for windows
 b5>>applacations I desire.  Currently W#31 is running successfully
 b5>with my Opendos o-system.
 b5>Make sure you know what you are letting yourself in for.
 b5>In my experience win95 is an absolute *words fail me*!
 b5>We have two machines.
 b5>Mine runs opendos and win 3.1 after I migrated from DRDOS 6.
 b5>Occasionally I have small crashes when installing new hardware.
 b5>Dad's machine runs windows 95.
 b5>Each time new hardware is added/changed, win95 crashes totally and
 b5>we have to reformat drive C, salvaging what information we can.
 b5>BTW, he writes win95 training courses.
 b5>This is plug-and-pay:
 b5>1.  Switch off system
 b5>2.  Remove device
 b5>3.  Add new device.
 b5>4.  Switch on.
 b5>5.  Win95 detects new hardware and looks for device drivers.
 b5>6.  Win95 cannot find device drivers and asks you for them.
 b5>7.  You give win95 the drivers and it crashes.
 b5>8.  You remove the device and spend 3-4 days examining system
 b5>properties, irq conflicts, buggy drivers etc.
 b5>9.  Reformat drive C and rebuild the system.
 b5>10. go to 5.
 b5>11. Gather friends and family and all their expansion cards.
 b5>12. Swap borrowed expansion cards until win95 stops crashing.
 b5>13. Buy, steal or negotiate a swap for the card that works
 b5>under win95.
 b5>My system is full of really expensive kit that destroyed
 b5>win95 in my dad's machine.
 b5>Moral(s):   [feel free to quote, put in your sig etc]
 b5>Switch to win95 if you feel lucky, punk.
 b5>Once I added a sb32 pnp to Dad's system.  It took 3 days and I had
 b5>nightmares about the
 b5>device manager window for 7 nights afterwards.
 b5>Win95 works for some people.  It could be you!
 b5>I was never superstitious until I usewd win95.
 b5>>     Thanks in advance for any help.
 b5>>        Mark
 b5>>                     Mark  F.  Warchol,  MWarchol AT Flash DOT net
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