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Article #646Re: Help needed: IBM OS/2 1.20 hangs during boot
From: Eirk Peterson
Date: Mon, 04 Jun 1990 06:56
Date: Mon, 04 Jun 1990 06:56
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In article <1990Jun2.034210.10279@oracle.com> tslee@oracle.uucp (Terry Lee) writes: > >Upon booting the hard disk, OS/2 cranks with informative messages for about >40 seconds, clears the screen, then hangs. The disk becomes quiet. Keyboard >input is to no avail, eventually filling the input buffer and beeping >thereafter. > >This system has been able to run OS/2 only when ESCaping out of the Install >boot diskette, otherwise hangs everytime. The installation was absolutely >vanilla, no hacks, etc. and has been repeated without any luck. > >Hardware is a Mini 386/20, 8 Megs 80ns Ram, ST4096 80 Meg drive, EGA, Microsoft I'm not sure if a 4096 is SCSI or not. I will guess that it is. What type of controller are you using?? Many DOS uses will use a Future Domain SCSI controller instead of buy a better, faster, more expensive 7000 FAST card. If it is a SCSI system and you are using a FD card, that is your problem. FUTURE DOMAIN SCSI CARDS DO NOT WORK WITH OS/2 If it isn't scsi, then I'm not sure what the problem is. Erik Petersen Canadian Vertical Systems
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!torsqnt!lethe!tvcent!erik From: erik@tvcent.uucp (Eirk Peterson) Newsgroups: comp.os.os2 Subject: Re: Help needed: IBM OS/2 1.20 hangs during boot Message-ID: <1990Jun4.065604.14537@tvcent.uucp> Date: 4 Jun 90 06:56:04 GMT References: <1990Jun2.034210.10279@oracle.com> Distribution: na Organization: TVC Enterprises Lines: 24