SCO OpenServer Handbook
Chapter 7, Using other operating systems with an SCO system
Creating and formatting a physical DOS partition

Creating and formatting a physical DOS partition

NOTE: If a second disk is installed you get a primary partition on the second disk and, optionally, an extended partition. You cannot boot DOS from the second extended partition.

If you want a physical DOS partition on an SCO system, you can create it before, during, or after you install your SCO system, as long as you follow the restrictions listed below.

NOTE: If you create a physical DOS partition before installing the product, you must select the Preserve installation option to preserve the existing DOS partition during hard disk initialization.

Use the utilities and documentation packaged with your computer hardware and your DOS installation documentation. ``Partitioning the hard disk using fdisk (Interactive installation)'' explains how the UNIX partition and DOS partitions share the hard disk.