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Joseph Katz (jkatz@netcom.com) wrote:
>> In article <27uc2oINNhtb@nestroy.wu-wien.ac.at> warmuth@wi-pc7.wu-wien.ac.at (Michael Warmuth) writes:
>> >For some weeks, my system at home (386sx, 16 Mhz, ISA-bus, 8 MB RAM,
>> >2 IDE Drives with 50 and 200 MB, 256 KB OAK VGA card) hangs during boot:
>> >Performing a cold boot the system hangs after showing the grey PM screen
>> >and having some disk access. The mouse pointer shows sometimes the
>> >clock, sometimes not. If I do a Ctrl-Esc the disk light flashes once,
>> >but nothing else happens. After the three finger salut (C-A-D) the
>> >system boots correctly and works without problems.
>> >
>> >The first time I mentioned this strange behaviour was after I installed
>> >the MMOS/2 with the speaker driver (SPKRDD.SYS). Maybe this is the
>> >reason for the problem.
>> >

>> Well this is quite a coincidence, I was just about to send out a request
>> for help on a similar (exact?) problem I just encountered.  My system also
>> hangs when the grey screen (after the OS/2 logo screen) appears (always with
>> the clock showing).

>> However, my system refuses to boot OS/2 no matter what I try.  On some
>> reboot attempts CHKDSK is run, but on others CHKDSK is not run.  I do NOT
>> have SPKRDD.SYS installed.

>> Now the bizarre part...My system was working just fine last night.  Today
>> its gone and I've changed NOTHING!  I'm at a loss to explain what's going on.
>> Is there some procedure to try that can give me some clue as to why its hung?
>> I can boot DOS from diskette and things seem normal, but I want my OS/2 back!  

>> For informational purposes I'm running 2.1, have a SoundBlaster card
>> installed, my machine is a 486-66 EISA with an AMI caching SCSI controller and
>> 500 Meg hard drive and Toshiba 3401 CD-ROM.  Oh yea, I am using a Sixgraph
>> P9000 card.

>> Any help would be greatly apprecieated!!!!!



>> --Joe Katz
>> jkatz@netcom.com


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Hey...ME TOO!

I bought a brand new PS/Value Point 486DX2, 66 MHz, 8 Mb RAM, 500 Mb HD,
SoundBlaster OPL3, Novell NE2000P/3  When I installed OS/2, same
thing would happen on boot.  I have set up Boot Manager and it seemed to
happen more often when booting from DOS to OS/2 2.1  Never would happen
when re-booting to OS/2.

THEN...I did a little more reading.  Print or read the README.INS on Disk
#3 of your OS/2 (Salmon label) disk set.  It says if you have
a NON-MicroChannel (IE; ISA or EISA) computer, install OS/2 with BIOS
caching and Video Caching OFF. Install OS/2, then you can turn the caching
back on.  The hangs we were getting are called "Trap 2" hangs, (no details
of what a Trap 2 is.)  It says if you install OS/2 2.1 with caching
enabled, system will experience random "Trap 2" hangs.  These hangs may
occur immediately, a week later, a month later.  

After re-installing OS/2 2.1 with the above piece of info, I have
experienced NO HANGS on OS/2 boot.  I also found the above suggestion in
the Prodigy OS/2 Club as a downloadable textfile.

Good luck.  

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