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Date:	Tue, 24 Jun 2003 09:53:31 PDT7
From:	<eyeleica@lvcm.com >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: Installation woes

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In <20030624162727.12787.qmail@courtney.linkline.com>, on 06/24/2003
at 09:26 AM, waynec@linkline.com said:

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>eyeleica@lvcm.com writes:

>> I just recently was given an old IBM 300GL computer by a friend. Never
>> having owned an IBM, I thought it proper to install IBM's OS/2 Warp 4 on
>> an IBM computer. This 300GL comes with 128 mgs ram and is powered at
>> 266mhz. Considering its age, I decided to go with the original install
>> diskettes. No problem with the Installation diskette, go to disk #1, no
>> problem. Insert disk #2 and after a short wait for loading, this black
>> screen appears:
>>
>>
>> OS/2 Warp 4 System Installation
>>
>> Sys0039: The C: device is not ready
>>
>> ______________________
>>
>> Return error code to program
>> End program/command/operation
>> Retry Command or Operation
>>
>>
>>
>> I have tried the original diskettes on other computers of the same vintage
>> and have been getting the same result. Could it be the install diskettes
>> are corrupted? There appears to be nothing wrong with the computer; I can
>> install Windows 98 without a problem. I've tried using updated diskettes
>> #1 and #2 with the install going well until the end when the system locks
>> up with a black screen and a blinking white dash in the upper left corner.
>> Right now, I think I am caught in the insanity mode (following Einstein's
>> definition of insanity: doing the same thing over and over expecting
>> different results). Any thoughts or ideas to get the installation
>> complete?
>>

>This may be simplistic, if so, please forgive me...

>1. You do have the Warp installation cdrom, right?
Yes, I do.
>2. What size is the C: hard drive? Is it formatted (what is the format)?
>What size is the first partition on the drive? I think large drives (over
> 4gb?) may require an updated driver on disk 0 (the first install
>diskette) or disk 1; unfortunately I'm travelling this week and can't
>check my diskettes).
The C drive is 810 mgs and it gets formatted in hpfs right after
partitioning. >3. When you say you've used "updated diskettes", what do
you mean by >that? Did you download new diskettes 1 & 2 from the IBM OS2
driver pack >online?
Yes, they are downloaded from the ibm os2 driver pack.
>4. Have you taken a look at the config.sys on disk 1 (second diskette) to
> see if something there is forcing it to go to C:?
It goes to see because that is where it is directed in the install
routine. >5. Have you tried holding alt-F2 keys when the install diskette
first >started loading OS/2 so that you could follow along as drivers are
loaded > from disk 1 and disk 2? What was the last driver loaded?
Haven't done that, but will try. Thanks
>6. Are disk1 and disk 2 a matched pair, ie, came from the same source at
>the same time rather than just one being substituted for the original?
Yes they are matched
>7. Do you have a running OS/2 machine from which you could create a new
>set of utility disketttes (disk 1 and disk 2 from utility diskettes can
>be substituted, I believe, for the corresponding install diskettes).
I do have an os2 machine to create a new set. I'll give it a try. >I'm
not sure I'm qualified to help, considering all the problems I went
>through on my install diskettes recently, but I think the answers to my
>questions above may help someone else to assist you.
Thanks for the help, Wayne
>Wayne

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