OS/2 ver 3 won't re-install

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4 total messages Started by robin Wed, 18 Oct 2006 13:44

#14

Author: robin
Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2006 13:44

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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that died has been replaced by an 840Mb unit.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?
TIA.

Re: OS/2 ver 3 won't re-install

#15

Author: Mark Dodel
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 that died has been replaced by an 840Mb unit.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

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Re: OS/2 ver 3 won't re-install

#16

Author: Trevor Hemsley
Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2006 13:53

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On Thu, 19 Oct 2006 13:21:53 UTC in comp.os.os2.bugs, "robin" 
<robin_v@bigpond.com> wrote:

> However, the original install went OK, using the same DOS.

Yes but there's a bug in the IDE driver at Warp 3 levelt hat restricts it to 
disks < 512MB and you now have hit that bug. Update the driver or replace it 
with danis506.add instead.


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Trevor Hemsley, Brighton, UK.
Trevor-Hemsley at dsl dot pipex dot com

Re: OS/2 ver 3 won't re-install

#17

Author: Bob Eager
Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2006 14:02

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On Thu, 19 Oct 2006 13:21:53 UTC, "robin" <robin_v@bigpond.com> wrote:

> > >     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.
> 
> Thanks for that note.
> However, the original install went OK, using the same DOS.

Yes, but the 540MB point is significant. Bigger disks need the new 
driver.

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