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[Sindi Keesan <keesan AT iamjlamb.com>]

I have DR-DOS working okay on two computers with linux, but only primary 
partitions.  Drive names got rather messed up when we tried extended 
partitions.

The next computer has Win98 and DOS and linux partitions:  fat32  fat16 
ext2.  I discovered that the defrag that comes with Win98 (MSDOS 7) can 
only be used with Windows.  Since I am not going to wait 10 minutes for 
Windows to load in order to defrag, I tried using MS-DOS 6.22 defrag which 
told me it could only be used with MS-DOS 6.0 or later.  ver - Windows 98.  
Apparently MS-DOS 6 won't recognize MS-DOS 7 as being MS-DOS.  
The DOS partiition is FAT16 (we changed it from FAT32 using Partition 
Magic).  I can now boot with DR-DOS and defrag the DOS partition.  Jim 
says there are rumors that the latest DR-DOS (under new ownership) can 
defrag FAT32 partitions.  

As Steven explained, if you have more than one drive you can have four 
partitions per drive.  We tested this by making a total of 3 + 2.  
It might be helpful to have one DOS and one Linux drive with four 
partitions each.

> 
> > What DOS are BL-users using? FreeDos? Other DOS?
> 
> I mostly use MS-DOS 6, but I sometimes use MS-DOS 5 or 
> PC-DOS 3.3.  Any of the mainstream DOSes (MSDOS, PCDOS)  
> are good.  There are risks with an unconventional DOS,
> particularly one that doesn't stick to the established
> ways of doing things.
> 
> Cheers,
> Steven
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