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smetan@titan.trl.OZ.AU (Bohdan Smetaniuk) wrote:

>I submitted the following question several days ago with no responses:

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>Can anyone help me?

>I am trying to install Warp Connect (red) on an IBM 350 - P90.

>The partitions on my disk are approximately as follows:

>    250MB Primary - DOS/Windows.
>      2MB Boot Manager
>    120MB Logical HPFS (for installing Warp Connect)
>    700MB Free space
>    120MB Logical (to be formatted as HPFS after installation)

>After the installation program copies whatever it requires from the
>CD ROM, it tells me to press enter to restart the machine. Instead of being
>rebooted into OS/2 to complete the install, the following happens:

>    - The message "Error reading Disk 2. Press any key" appears (I only
>      have one disk).

>    - After I press a key, the boot manager shows a menu. Only the DOS/Win
>      partition appears on the menu.
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>Since then I've discovered that my 1.08 GB disk has 4896 cylinders and
>that Boot Manager must be loaded in the first 1024.

>Anyway, I shrunk the first partition to 180 MB, but have the same problem.
>A little further reading reveals that all partitions containing an operating
>system must be within the first 1024 cylinders (thanks IBM for making
>your software and hardware work together so well :-( ).

>Some questions:

>+ Do I have to put OS/2 in a partition which is *fully* within the first
>1024 cylinders? If yes, I assume that this means that it must be a primary
>partition.

>+ What are the implications if I want to run Windows programs on the
>first partition? (my OS/2 version is without Windows)?

>+ I had hoped to have several operating systems running on my PC but the
>cylinder problem could make this difficult. Would System Commander overcome
>the difficulties?

>+ Can the OS/2 version of Partition Magic function in a DOS environment? i.e.
>can I use it to further shrink my first partition before I install OS/2.

>Any other words of wisdom on this topic will be greatly appreciated.


>Bohdan Smetaniuk

1) Yes, OS/2 must be completely within the first 1023 cylinders.
     OS/2 can boot off of a LOGICAL partition i.e. it doesn't have to
     be primary. 
    NOTE: unless you have a recent bios which maps the drive to 
    within 1024  cylinders or less only HPFS will be able to use the 
    remaining space..

2) You can set up a primary partition with DOS+WIN or just win95.

3) I don't know System commander. I suspect you would have to
    upgrade your bios. You might also have to do a low level format
   although I'm not sure. You'd better ask a hardware person.

4) I've just been using Partition Magic (for the first time) and it's
    quite neat. My copy of version 2 came with dos executables
   as well as OS/2 ones. The DOS executable will be limited
  by the bios i.e. 1024 cylinders.
 
Good Luck