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Article #15Re: OS/2 ver 3 won't re-install
From: Mark Dodel
Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2006 19:31
Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2006 19:31
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On Wed, 18 Oct 2006 14:19:47 UTC, "Bob Eager" <rde42@spamcop.net> wrote: -> On Wed, 18 Oct 2006 13:44:58 UTC, "robin" <robin_v@bigpond.com> wrote: -> -> > Hi, -> > Just re-installing OS/2 ver 3 from floppies. -> > The configuration of the computer is exactly -> > the same as before, except that the C: drive (540Mb) -> > that died has been replaced by an 840Mb unit. -> > Get as far as disc 1, when it says that there's not enough -> > space on C: (there's 340Mb), and says to do a custom install. -> > Which I did. -> > Both attempts at a custom install failed at Disc 1 -> > with failure on FDISK command. -> > Any suggestions? -> -> You need a later disk driver. Download the IDEDASD package (numerous -> sources) and update the install floppies. Its been a decade since I played with W3. Will Daniela's driver work with Warp3? I see no mention of a minimum required level ofOS/2 for it in danis506.doc file. If the original poster wants to try it, the latest danis506.add can be found on hobbes - http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/os2/system/drivers/storage/danis506r177.zip As to idedasd, Oliver Rick's site http://www.warpupdates.mynetcologne.de shows the last free version as http://service.software.ibm.com/os2dd/free/idedasd.exe Mark -- From the eComStation of Mark Dodel http://www.os2voice.org Warpstock 2006, Windsor, Ontario, Canada, Oct 12-15, 2006 - http://www.warpstock.org
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