From: samiam@netcom.com (Scott Moore)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.win32
Subject: Re: Installing October 1992 beta
Date: 27 Dec 92 20:15:35 GMT
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest)

jeroenp@rulfc1.LeidenUniv.nl (Jeroen W. Pluimers) writes:

>[stuff deleted for the hell of it]

>I had to use the WINNT method of installation (as I don't have a SCSI/CDROM
>combination that is supported), and it hangs when it shows
>`Examining disk configuration' on the screen. At that moment, the floppy
>drive keeps spinning, without moving its heads.

>- Hard-disk 1 contains two partitions:
>  - 1Mb BootManager
>  - 199Mb OS/2 HPFS (bootable OS/2 2.0)
>- Hard-disk 2 contains one partition:
>  - 200Mb DOS FAT (bootable MS-DOS 5.0)

Welcome to the world of the File Transfer Check (er, FTC for short). 
WIN NT checks the partition table of the drive looking for the partition 
marked for the os/2 2.0 boot manager. When it sees this, it locks up.

Fortunately, it is (relatively) easy to get around. The simplest way is
to reformat your disk, install DOS, then WIN NT, then os/2 2.0, using dual
boot mode (NOT BOOT MANAGER). This works because the FTC only works during
NT installation.

But you want to keep your HPFS, don't you ? I'll copy here a method obtained
from CIS that describes how to keep the boot mangler working. Unfortunately,
you will still have to reformat and reinstall, but the finish should be
what you want (a good *TAPE* drive would do wonders here :).

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This is for all the people who want to try and install DOS, NT, and OS/2 2.0. But

before I go into how to do all this I want it understood that this is a try at
your own risk option. I do not work for Microsoft, and this is an unofficial
workaround.

To begin make sure DOS is 100% functional. Then install NT. Verify that NT is
also 100% functional. Then install OS/2 2.0.

Once OS/2 2.0 is installed run FDISK or FDISK PM and make all of your BM Menu
modifications, because once the changes are made this will no longer be an
option, unless you reinstall BM and go through the disk edits again.

This is an example using Norton's Disk Editor (ver. 5.0), any other disk
editor should have similar functionality.

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1) Boot DOS.

2) Load the Disk Editor.

3) Press Alt-D. This will bring up the drive menu. Tab to the type group box.

Select "Physical disks". Then select hard disk drive 1. The boot drive.

4) Press F6. Partition view.

5) A table will appear with a "System "Boot", "Starting...", "Ending ..."
"Reletive", "Number" columns. Look for the BM partition entry. It should appear
as a "?" in the System column. Verify that this is the correct entry by it's
starting/ending cyl locations. Hilite that entry in the system column.

6) Press the space bar. This will select a system type of unused.

7) Exit and save your changes. You may have to allow writes to the disk in the
Configuration section.

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When you reboot, the BM will appear. If you select OS/2, then OS/2 will boot.
If you select DOS, then FlexBoot should appear with NT or Previous OS entrys.
When you select NT it should boot. 

I have had the best success by using a single primary partition per drive
with a single extended partition with multiple logical drives, and the IBM boot
manager installed at the end of the free space.

I hope this helps ...

Arthur Knowles
71041,2613

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The above copied without permission from CIS. Contact the author Arthur
(sorry) at cis.com.

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