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In mail (yesterday) you write:

> I've been trying to install DR DOS in my computer, to coexist with other
> operating systems (WinXP and Linux). However, I have my disk partitioned and
> blank to install DR DOS first of all. I know it cannot boot from a logical
> partition, so I installed it in a primary partition.
>
> Problem is: the system (with only DR DOS installed) wouldn't boot. The only
> thing I could find in a way of help is that there is possibly a conflict in
> memory. I am not knowledgeable of how DOS (or any other OS for that matter)
> handles memory, but I have tried to remove some entries in the config.sys
> file which make me think handle memory and I have had no success.

Can you see the parition if you boot from a DR-DOS floppy and hit F5
during boot? (Or is it F8, it's been a while)

> By the way, I installed DR DOS making a DR DOS boot disk, and then running
> the install.exe from the first installation disk, because the MSDOS 6.22
> startup disks simply couldn't see the partition, and when I started with the
> installation disk 1 the installation just was a fake, it didn't write
> anything in the partition.

That bit about DOS 6.22 disks not being able to see the partition is
why I asked about whether DR-DOS can see it. 

DR-DOS 7.03 still has an 8-gig limit on disk size. It can't see
partitions that extend past that point. Or maybe it's the 1024 cylinder
mark. Either way, one of the two machines I have it on, I had to resize
the logical partition used for files "shared" between it and OS/2 and
create another logical partition to occupy the rest of the HD.

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