Boot Manager provides the capability to install and run multiple operating systems concurrently in the same machine. The user may select the desired operating system at system power-on or at IPL-time, using a selection menu provided by Boot Manager.
Operating systems reside on logical drives in both primary and extended fixed disk partitions. Partitions are created and manipulated using the FDISK, FDISKPM, and SETBOOT utilities provided with OS/2 Version 2.0.
Operating systems may share applications and data files, provided that the disk formats supported by each operating system are compatible. In order to be shared, such files must reside on logical drives in extended fixed disk partitions, or on physically separate disks.