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From: bv@opera.no                                       23-Nov-99 21:48:28
  To: All                                               23-Nov-99 16:44:03
Subj: Re: os2  Warp 4 Install problem

From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Bj=F8rn?= Vermo <bv@opera.no>

Neil wrote:

> Can anyone help my poor system administrator, he's trying to install os2
> warp4.The package consist of 4 cd's and 3 disks (dutch version) and at the
> end of the install it asks for the "Introduction disk" to be inserted in
> drive a.

4 CDs for Warp 4? I installed it from one (a long time ago), and I do not
think you need anything more. The others are extras you can add after
installation if you want them.

>
> We have tried creating new install disks but it still asks for the
> "Introduction disk" after the first reboot in the installation. Are we
> missing a disk or is this a known bug?

I guess this must be a poor translation. You need three diskettes and one CD
to do the installation. The bootable diskette should be labeled "Installation
diskette", and I suppose that is the one the system is asking for. The others
are "Diskette 1" and "Diskette 2". Unless there is a problem with your
hardware, this should be what you boot from after the drive has been prepared
for installation by FDISK. Do NOT choose "easy installation" or whatever it is
called. Make a suitable boot partition (some 200-300 MB) and format it as
HPFS, leave the rest of the drive as one partition for data and applications
(also to be formatted as HPFS).

If the CD-ROM drive is not supported out of the box, or if the disk you
install to is not a SCSI drive and bigger than 2GB, you will need to get one
or more updated device drivers. The Warp 4 install program has been known to
give wrong error messages when it cannot deal with the disk or CD-ROM drives.


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From: Trevor-Hemsley@dial.pipex.com                     23-Nov-99 21:14:03
  To: All                                               23-Nov-99 19:58:05
Subj: Re: os2  Warp 4 Install problem

From: "Trevor Hemsley" <Trevor-Hemsley@dial.pipex.com>

On Tue, 23 Nov 1999 16:30:45 +0100, Neil wrote:

->Can anyone help my poor system administrator, he's trying to install os2
->warp4.The package consist of 4 cd's and 3 disks (dutch version) and at the
->end of the install it asks for the "Introduction disk" to be inserted in
->drive a.
->We have tried creating new install disks but it still asks for the
->"Introduction disk" after the first reboot in the installation. Are we
->missing a disk or is this a known bug?
->We tried IBM but they were usless...

If you have SET COPYFROMFLOPPY=1 set in CONFIG.SYS then it will ask for
the first two diskettes to be reinserted at the end of the first phase of
the install. This is so that it can copy the updated drivers from them to
the HD. If memory serves it asks for them in reverse order, so diskette #1
then #0 (aka the install diskette).


Trevor Hemsley, London, UK
(Trevor-Hemsley@dial.pipex.com or 75704.2477@compuserve.com)



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From: josef.kores@telecom.at                            27-Nov-99 01:30:22
  To: All                                               26-Nov-99 21:40:22
Subj: Re: os2  Warp 4 Install problem

From: "josef.kores" <josef.kores@telecom.at>

Neil <n.crombie@unitronnedworks.nl> schrieb in im Newsbeitrag:
943371106.8777.0.pluto.d4ee0cab@news.demon.nl...
> Can anyone help my poor system administrator, he's trying to install os2
> warp4.The package consist of 4 cd's and 3 disks (dutch version) and at the
> end of the install it asks for the "Introduction disk" to be inserted in
> drive a.
> We have tried creating new install disks but it still asks for the
> "Introduction disk" after the first reboot in the installation. Are we
> missing a disk or is this a known bug?
> We tried IBM but they were usless...
>
>
> Neil & Manole
>
> bios-hdd-normal not lba while installing-after the first wright back
correct bios
>


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