🚀 go-pugleaf

I have been having REAL problems installing Merlin on a machine with a 1.6Gig
IDE drive plus a Soundblaster 16 PnP with Hex CD-ROM.

The problem fall into 2 groups:

Group 1:
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I get as far as the last part of the install (don't ask how I know this, I
just do) where a whole lot of configuration is going on while those 3 or 4
inane screens (advertising VT etc) are being repeatedly displayed and the
status line shows what's happening while those 2 small black and white
"wheels" are spinning.  At that point, the installation FREEZES but the
display screens continuing cycling, the "wheels" in the status line keep
spinning but no other information shows in the status line.  SO EVENTUALLY I
CRT/ALT/DEL and when it reboots, it looks like everything is installed and
functioning.  UNTIL I realize that none of the TCP/IP (modem) stuff has been
installed - no drivers, documentation files NOTHING - not even a directory
called TCPIP!

This EXACT same problem recurred several times - each time starting with a
newly reformatted HPFS partition.


Group 2
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After the umpteenth occurrence of the above scenario, the next attempt at
install (and each of many thereafter) looses all knowledge of my CD-ROM drive
at some point (different on each subsequent installation attempt) during the
installation.

In desperation, I even tried placing the files OS2CDROM.DMD, IBM1S506.ADD and
IBMCDIDE.FLT which work perfectly well in my Warp 3 installation onto
installation Disks 1 & 2.  But this also didn't work - the installation
program still refuses to "see" my CD-ROM drive.


Any and ALL help is greatly appreciated!

Thanks.

George Wiley
School of Computer & Information Science
University of South Australia
Adelaide, Australia