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From: dennis.powell@brent.uucp (Dennis Powell) 
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: RE: CHKDSK CAN'T FIND ROO
Date: 26 Sep 92 22:33:00 GMT
Distribution: world
Organization: The Brentwood BBS Harrison, NY  914-835-7898
Reply-To: dennis.powell@brent.uucp (Dennis Powell) 


JD: Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
    From: jdecarlo@mitre.org (John DeCarlo)
    Subject: Re: CHKDSK can't find root
    Message-ID: <jdecarlo.241.716129014@mitre.org>
    Sender: news@linus.mitre.org (News Service)
    Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 12:43:34 GMT

    In article <wefB7ZK00Vp8IDxoNC@andrew.cmu.edu>
     pd2n+@andrew.cmu.edu (Peter W. De Bonte) writes:

>I'm starting to get rather tired of constantly booting off the
>installation floppies to reconstruct the root directory of my OS/2 boot
>partition whenever I bump the switch on my computer or loose power or
>whatever.
>
>Does anyone know if there is work being done to prevent this from
>happening in future versions or is it just an accepted annoyance?

    I get that message every time I lose power or turn off the computer on my 
    PS/2 model 70 with SCSI hard disk and Future Domain controller formatted 
    HPFS.  However, it seems to work things out by itself somehow and ends up 
    booting.  Still, it makes me nervous.

    Anyone have any idea why this would happen?  Doesn't happen on my system at 
    home with an IDE hard disk.

    John DeCarlo, MITRE Corporation, McLean, VA--My views are my own
    Fidonet:  1:109/131  Internet:  jdecarlo@mitre.org

dunno  why  it happens; do know that if you set config.sys to run chkdsk
c:/f at bootup, it will run on itself, without need  of  floppies,  just
fine. yes. 'tis a fact.

dep
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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: kotulla@talisker.informatik.rwth-aachen.de (Axel Kotulla)
Subject: 256 colour pictures on OS/2-desktop ???
Summary: How is it possible to get a 256 colours picture on the desktop ?
Keywords: colours OS/2 desktop picture
Organization: Rechnerbetrieb Informatik  /  RWTH Aachen
Date:  2 Oct 92 16:49:09 GMT

Hello !

Whenever I used Windows, I put a 256 colours BMP-Picture in the
background of the desktop. Now I tried the same with OS/2 and got an
unexpected result. I use an ATI Graphics Ultra with the standard
8514/A driver shipped with OS/2. The colours of every picture were
very strange. It seems that the palette had changed. But as far as I
know the 256 colours are fixed so that it must be possible to show the
picture in it's original colours.

Does anybody solve this problem. I don't want to convert the picture
to a 16-colour standard VGA-picture. In WinOS/2 I got no problems. The
picture was on the desktop in it's original colours.

Thanks in advance

Axel Kotulla

(E-Mail: kotulla@talisker.informatik.rwth-aachen.de)
From: hank@ducvax.auburn.edu
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: Looking for Screen Saver
Date: 26 Sep 92 20:44:41 GMT
Organization: Auburn University, AL

In article <6SD7W1T@netmbx.netmbx.de>, fischer@netmbx.netmbx.de (Axel Fischer) writes:
> after looking thru the Manuals and various ftp Servers I couldn't find
> a screen saver programm for OS/2 2.0

You forgot to read through a few posts on comp.os.os2.misc and
comp.os.os2.apps--this has been recently discussed.  Summary:
  1. deskpic is fancy, but needs tuning for OS/2 2.0.
 
  2. scrutl by Kai Uwe Rommel is plain and almost bullet-proof.

Look for additional information in recent posts. Get these at ftp-os2.nmsu.edu.

--darrel hankerson hank@ducvax.auburn.edu
From: azzarito@cse.fau.edu (Doug Azzarito)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: Turn Help Off?
Date: 29 Sep 92 04:18:20 GMT
Organization: Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL, USA

In article <1992Sep28.135943.6934@persoft.com> johnf@persoft.com (John Freeborg) writes:
>
>(1) How do you turn off BY DEFAULT the annoying little help line at
>    the top of the screen of OS/2 or DOS sessions when you are sitting
>    at the prompt?

For OS/2 screens, edit CONFIG.SYS, and change your PROMPT.  The $i adds the
help line.  For DOS screens, edit your AUTOEXEC.BAT and take out the HELP ON.

>(2) Some of the icons on my desktop have title text in light grey.

Yep, they're shadows, and you can't change the icon text color.  Sorry!
From: eaj@acpub.duke.edu (Edward A. Johnson)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: The "Red Books"
Date: 30 Sep 92 00:28:40 GMT
Organization: Duke University; Durham, N.C.

As a newcomer to OS/2 2.0, what are the Red Books? Should I want them,
how would I get them and how much would it cost me?

-Ted-
From: ddurby@aludra.usc.edu (Dennis Durby)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: How do you install ATM fonts?
Date: 26 Sep 1992 21:17:36 -0700
Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
NNTP-Posting-Host: aludra.usc.edu

Well, another 3 hours spent trying to get ATM to work under WINOS231, to no 
avail.  In the process, I realized that the BETA provides both the old 
WINOS2 _and_ the newer WINOS231.  One can use windows programs under either.
So,..... I tried getting ATM to work under the WINOS2 version, and it works 
just dandy.  WordPerfect for Windoze recognizes it, etc.  I tried to get it 
working by doing the same "install" into WINOS231, and it was no go.  I got 
the program into the Program Manager, turned it on, and even found its font
files.  But it says (upper left area of it's configuration screen):
	ATM Inactive
while in the WINOS2 vanilla version it says:
	ATM 2.0 
in the very same spot.  Very peculiar, and I would guess it's a bug.  To get 
"working" in WINOS231, I manually copied the atmcntl.exe and atm.ini files 
from the \OS2\MDOS\WINOS directory, and later two files from the 
\OS2\MDOS\WINOS\SYSTEM directory, although the \SYSTEM directory files didn't 
make any difference at all.

I'm not on Compuserve, so don't know how to report these bugs.  Ideas???
And thanks!

-Dennis Durby-				|  From the City of 4,157 points of
durby@aludra.usc.edu			|  light . . . .  A veritable
The University of Southern California	| "Burning Bush"  (poor Barbara)
		    "A signature?  I can't even type!"
From: kiehl@ibt013.ibt.kfa-juelich.de (Horst Kiehl)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: Power failure ate my desktop!
Date: 1 Oct 92 08:01:39 GMT
Reply-To: kiehl@ibt013.ibt.kfa-juelich.de (Horst Kiehl)
Organization: Forschungszentrum Juelich GmbH (KFA), Germany

In article <1992Sep30.160420.2218@sj.ate.slb.com>,
poffen@sj.ate.slb.com (Russ Poffenberger) writes:

>OS/2 boots OK, no error messages (I have tried several times!), but my desktop
>is just a blank blue screen with a mouse pointer. No icons, no nothing. The
>mouse buttons don't do anything. So for now, my OS/2 os no-worky.
>
>Back to Windows 3.1 for now. Any clues?

As a start, try CTRL+ESC. After some seconds, a dialog box should appear
telling you that the desktop isn't responding to the system, and asks if
you want it to be ended. Confirm, if another box appears telling details
'bout the error confirm also, and the dektop will be closed and
restarted automatically. No objects will be opened automatically though.

For more details get IBM's online manual "OS/2 2.0 Tips and Techniques",
available by anonymous FTP ftrom ftp-os2.nmsu.edu as rdmeinf.zip in
pub/os2/2.0/info. (It's the successor of the README file as shipped.)

I hope this helps.

Best wishes,

Horst
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: slumos@unlv.edu (Steve Lumos)
Subject: Re: Running BASICA crashes OS/2
Organization: UNLV Computer Science
Date: Tue, 6 Oct 92 21:46:15 GMT

In article <1992Oct06.172106.21036@watson.ibm.com> cnadler@vnet.ibm.com (Cliff Nadler) writes:
>The beta does NOT include the fixes that will be in the SPP. It was placed on
>a relatively stable base (no changes to the base code except for what's needed
>to run the 32bit GRE and 3.1 support). It was never intended to have all the
>fixes that are in the Service Pack (for the first beta release).

Then how are we to know whether a certain problem is caused by the GRE
beta, or by a combination of the GRE beta with the fact that we no
longer have any fixes installed? I reported a problem of exiting a DOS
app and immediately running another causing either a trap 000e or a
total lockup (depending on a couple things). Should I go re-FTP all of
the fixes and re-install them on the beta?

-- 
Steve Lumos - slumos@cs.unlv.edu
From: harald@vall.dsv.su.se (Harald Fragner)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: crash.com - should it crash OS/2 on mc?
Date: 6 Oct 92 18:24:30 GMT
Organization: Stockholm University, Sweden
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL5

A few months ago the 3-byte crash.com was discussed here, a DOS-program
looking like this:

100 cli
101 jmp 101

If I remember correctly, the consensus then was this program would crash
OS/2 running on ISA, but not OS/2 running on EISA or MC since they have
some "watchdog timer" which re-enables the interrupts after some time.

Last week I had the opportunity to run crash.com on a PS/2-90 and it
died just as efficiently as my own ISA machine. So what's wrong here?

Besides, I never really understood why this program should crash OS/2. I
realize turning off interrupts and going into an eternal loop should
crash that session, but I don't understand why interrupts outside of
that session are stopped also.

/Harald
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: ajchuah@mtu.edu (Low Profile)
Subject: Multiple OS..help..
Reply-To: ajchuah@mtu.edu
Organization: Michigan Technological University
Date: Mon, 5 Oct 1992 14:12:19 GMT



I know this topic has been covered b4 but i didn't pay much attention..
Anyway...i am currently running OS2 w/o any problems and i intend 
to install other OS such as Linux, BSD and DV/X.  Could someone
give me info on what kind of a boot manager i should use?
If i understand right, i cannot install that many OS using the
boot manager that comes with OS2.  I remember hearing that
there was some shareware/freeware that would allow multiple OS to be
installed.  I would appreciate any comments on using these software
and any problems(known and unknown) which might arise.  Any help 
concerning this topic is very much appreciated.  As i have problems
receving news at my school, i would appreciate e-mails to my account
but it is fine if you do not wish to e-mail me.  I will sum up this
topic later if there is a need for it and if response is good.
Please post as soon as possible as i would like to consider the
options soon.  Thank you all in advance.


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From: rovero@wake.oc.nps.navy.mil (Josh Rovero)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: 3 chip simms and os/2
Date: 30 Sep 92 14:53:50 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Naval Postgraduate School,Monterey CA

As a side note, my 486-33 clone works fine with 3-chip or 9-chip SIMMs.
It will *NOT* work with a mixture, ie 4M of 3-chip in bank 0 and 4M of
9-chip in bank 1 or vice versa.  


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Department of Oceanography, Code OC/Rv |      Bitnet 5346p@NAVPGS 
Naval Postgraduate School              |              
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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: thoth@uiuc.edu (Ben Cox)
Subject: questions about dvips, elm/vi...
Originator: btc30679@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu
Reply-To: thoth@uiuc.edu (Ben Cox)
Organization: Ancient Illuminated Sears of Bavaria
Date: Sun, 27 Sep 1992 09:47:38 GMT

I wonder if anyone can help me out:

1) I'm having a bit of trouble with TERMCAP and TERM.  I set
TERMCAP=D:/emx/etc/termcap.dat, and TERM=rmono.  This works for
xemacs, but not for elvis.  Elvis says simply "Unrecognized TERM
type", and Elm says "Failed trying to initialize your terminal entry:
unknown return code -3" (which I presume means file not found).

Do I need to set something else?  Do these apps not look at TERMCAP?

2) DVIPS can't find "tex.pro".  It is in d:\emtex\ps; what do I need
to tell it to get it to Do The Right Thing?

--
Ben Cox
thoth@uiuc.edu
From: Gary.Woodman@anu.edu.au (Gary Woodman)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: Looking for Screen Saver
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1992 03:22:41 GMT
Organization: Computer Services Centre, Australian National University
NNTP-Posting-Host: gurrung.anu.edu.au

In article <1992Sep26.154441.1@ducvax.auburn.edu> hank@ducvax.auburn.edu writes:
>In article <6SD7W1T@netmbx.netmbx.de>, fischer@netmbx.netmbx.de (Axel 
Fischer) writes:>> after looking thru the Manuals and various ftp Servers I 
couldn't find>> a screen saver programm for OS/2 2.0
>
>You forgot to read through a few posts on comp.os.os2.misc and
>comp.os.os2.apps--this has been recently discussed.  Summary:
>  1. deskpic is fancy, but needs tuning for OS/2 2.0.
> 
>  2. scrutl by Kai Uwe Rommel is plain and almost bullet-proof.

You forgot Lockup, which is better than nothing and (presumably) available 
on every OS/2 system.

--
Gary.Woodman@anu.edu.au         This post made from 100% recycled electrons.
From: lbv2@ns1.cc.lehigh.edu (m.l. gore)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Enabling Lockup on boot?? (was Security)
Date: 2 Oct 92 14:24:14 GMT
Organization: Lehigh University


>know).  There might be a way to trigger lockup upon bootup, I'll have to play
>around with that idea.  Also, I know that there are several screen savers for
>windows that have this feature so there might be one out there for OS/2 (or
>you could probably throw one together yourself if you have the time/exp).  If
>all else fails you could always wait for NT (I heard you have to press CTL+ALT+
>DEL upon startup to make sure it's the REAL login line-- NT traps this by
>default).
>
>-Sean Kelly
>
    Yes, enabling LOCKUP upon boot would be ideal. If you have a password
    protection program ( some friends and I wrote a small one), you can place
    it in your startup folder.

    I wish Lockup had an icon..does anyone know how to enable it to start on
    boot?

    If you are waiting for NT for this option:
             you are wasting your time....NT has a lot more then this..for a
            price :)


                                    later,

                                    bvl

-- 

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  | Lehigh University               |     they cannot rule the application
  | lbv2@ns1.cc.lehigh.edu          |     world anymore.
  |                                 |         Tell Gates that he must make
  | ' You can't change the world    |     good on his promises for support.
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: KOENEN@rzmain.rz.uni-ulm.de (KOENEN JOACHIM)
Subject: Printer Driver for NEC P5/6
Organization: University of Ulm, Germany
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1992 10:29:31 GMT
X-News-Reader: VMS NEWS 1.24

Are there any printer drivers for a NEC P6 or a NEC P5 for OS/2 available?

I am using the Epson LQ 850 driver, but it uses not all features of a NEC P6.

Many Thanks

		Jo	

koenen@rzmain.rz.uni-ulm.de
From: hacker@cco.caltech.edu (Jonathan Bruce Hacker)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: Can someone put Dirman 2.0 on Hobbes?
Date: 28 Sep 1992 18:45:14 GMT
Organization: California Institute of Technology, Pasadena
NNTP-Posting-Host: punisher.caltech.edu

alanr@tekig5.pen.tek.com (Alan N Rovner) writes:

>Hello, I've been trying to download Dirman 2.0 from their BBS but am having
>all kinds of phone line noise problems with their number and my download
>keeps aborting.

>If someone would post this very useful utility to either Hobbes or the
>.binaries net I would be most grateful.

>Thanks in advance,
>Al Rovner
>Tektronix Test & Measurement Group

------

I put the demo version of dirman 2.0 on hobbes this weekend.  It is in
the uploads directory (dirman20.zip 134776 bytes) and I'm sure will be
placed in /pub/os2/new as soon as they can get around to it.


-- 
Jon Hacker
Caltech, Pasadena CA
hacker@tumbler-ridge.caltech.edu
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: soh3@quads.uchicago.edu (min-woong sohn)
Subject: 32 bit GRE bug?
Reply-To: soh3@midway.uchicago.edu
Organization: University of Chicago
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1992 03:41:12 GMT

Has anybody tried to copy and paste text between two os/2 windows? 
It seems that when you copy/paste a block of text from one window
to another, it gets pasted in some weird way: the first line in the
block goes to the bottom of the pasted text, the second line to the
top, the third line to the second line to the bottom, the fourth line
to the second line from the top, etc.  

I also noticed that Solitaire got significantly slower.  Win os2 3.1
was initially very slow ( I have ATI Graphics Ultra card), but after the
tweaks were applied it became very fast (I think it is now as fast as
or even faster than original ms windows 3.1).  

Min


Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: killalea@unix2.tcd.ie (Tom Killalea)
Subject: How to use Adaptec 1542 SCSI Controller with OS/2 v1.3?
Summary: scsi adapters
Keywords: Adaptec AHA 1542, Western Digital Fasst2, OS/2 v1.3, SCSI
Organization: Trinity College, Dublin
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1992 11:43:23 GMT

I'm afraid I haven't been reading this group for long so I apologise if
this has been asked before.

I'm having problems installing MS OS/2 v1.3 on a couple of 486 clones that
have SCSI disks.  (They're eventually going to be Lan Manager 2.1 servers).

The SCSI controllers I've tried are 
	1 Western DIgital WD7000 Fasst2
	2 Adaptec AHA 1542

I've tried installing  from both Install Disk A and Install Disk B -
in either case the machine either hangs as soon as it takes a look at
the disk or else goes into the install program but fails on fdisk
because it thinks there's no fixed disk present.

The readme.txt file on the Systems Support Disk explicitly states that
the above controllers are supported by the LADDR Drivers 
	wd7000ax.bid  and
	aha154x.bid respectively.

I urgently need info on whether or not I can use these .bid LADDR drivers 
in order to help OS/2 see my disks, and whether or not I need additional 
drivers.  (Incidently I can use these disks when I boot from DOS).
I'd appreciate replies by e-mail - I'll summarise if necessary.

Many thanks for your help,

TomK.
--
Tom Killalea       011 353 1 702 2165       Trinity College Dublin
                 killalea@unix2.tcd.ie    
 "Not 100% efficient of course ... but nothing ever is."
        Kirk "Metamorphosis" Stardate 3219.8
From: hank@ducvax.auburn.edu
Subject: Re: ZIPs on Hobbes
Organization: Auburn University, AL
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1992 03:23:57 GMT

In article <BvB46x.DzA@ucunix.san.uc.edu>, loatspa@ucunix.san.uc.edu (Phil Loats) writes:
> tried to unzip them pkzip 1.1 can not uncompress them.  Is there
> something I missed??  ...Yes, I changed to binary mode, I've got .zoo

You missed the release of Info-Zip Zip 1.9. Get UnZip 5.0 from ftp-os2.nmsu.edu
in pub/os2/all/archivers/ or pub/os2/2.0/archivers.

--darrel
From: chandoni@husc8.harvard.edu (John-Marc Chandonia)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: How do you move *.ini
Date: 30 Sep 92 14:33:39 GMT
Article-I.D.: husc3.1992Sep30.103340.15965
Distribution: world
Organization: Harvard University Science Center

I have several .ini files in my root directory left by various
programs (neko, klondike, etc.).  Is there a way to tell OS/2
to put these somewhere else (like \os2\ini)?  If they are hidden,
will any programs they are associated with complain?

JMC
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John-Marc Chandonia           | I will not yell fire in a crowded classroom
Graduate Biophysics Program   | I will not yell fire in a crowded classroom 
Harvard University            | I will not yell fire ...
From: stacyl@matt.ksu.ksu.edu (Stacy Brad Lacy)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Redbooks on watson.
Date: 5 Oct 92 16:04:12 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Kansas State University
NNTP-Posting-Host: matt.ksu.ksu.edu


I noticed today that the redbooks are available on watson and hobbes.  
However, I only found them in .INF format, is there an easy way to convert
these to text, or better yet, postscript?  I really would rather have a
hard copy of the parts that I need.  (Yes, I know you can order them 
cheaply, but I haven't gotten around to it yet.)

Thanks for any help you can provide
Stacy Lacy
stacyl@matt.ksu.ksu.edu

-- 

Stacy Lacy
stacyl@matt.ksu.ksu.edu
From: sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu (Timothy F. Sipples)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: HELP! HELP! ATI drivers
Date: 30 Sep 92 00:31:34 GMT
Reply-To: sip1@midway.uchicago.edu
Organization: Dept. of Econ., Univ. of Chicago

In article <y%#@byu.edu> earlyd@newt.ee.byu.edu (David Early) writes:
>Has anyone ever heard of an ATI Integra card???
>I need drivers for this card, but can't find anything.  
>Does another driver work for this card??  Please
>help us out...or we'll loose another almost satisfied
>OS/2 customer.

I believe the Integra is a low end VGA Wonder-type card.  If so,
drivers are available via anonymous ftp from ftp-os2.nmsu.edu.  Look
for filename ati256c2.zip.

-- 
Timothy F. Sipples      | The OS/2 FREQ. ASKED QUESTIONS LIST is avail. from
sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu | 128.123.35.151, anonymous ftp, in /pub/os2/all/faq.
Dept. of Econ., Univ.   | Or from LISTSERV@BLEKUL11.BITNET (send "HELP").
of Chicago, 60637       | Family Values Means a Job
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: ddulay@jarthur.claremont.edu (Daniel Dulay)
Subject: winos2 3.1 & After Dark
Organization: Harvey Mudd College, Claremont, CA 91711
Date: Mon, 5 Oct 1992 23:26:54 GMT

Has anyone been having problems w/ the winos2 beta and After Dark
2.0?  W/ the modules Mountains and Satori I have been getting
GPFs in OS2GDI.EXE @ location 0016:04C6.
Also is hitting [ctrl][esc] from full screen winos2 and then ending
up in the WPS supposed to be a "feature" or a bug?

Daniel Dulay
ddulay@jarthur.claremont.edu
From: tanith@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Michael D Kretzer)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: Where is ibmcua1/2.zip?
Date: 1 Oct 1992 01:31:34 GMT
Organization: University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
Reply-To: tanith@csd4.csd.uwm.edu
NNTP-Posting-Host: 129.89.7.4
Originator: tanith@csd4.csd.uwm.edu

From article <1992Oct1.010711.22503@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu>, by gbauer@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (German W Bauer):
> Where is ibmcua1/2.zip?

In /pub/os2/2.0/demos on ftp-os2.nmsu.edu
From: sjohnson@dg-webo.rtp.dg.com (Sharon Johnson - IMG - Oracle Port Group)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: OS/2 1.3 Installation Problem
Date: 2 Oct 92 14:34:04 GMT
Distribution: comp.os.os2
Organization: Data General Corporation, RTP, NC.


I'm new to this group, so I don't know if this problem has been discussed
before, but here goes:

I am having a problem installing OS/2 1.3 on a Data General 486/33LE with
an Adaptec 1740 SCSI controller.  During the installation process, I get
the error message "FDISK Unsuccessful."  Unfortunately, my installation
manual has been misplaced so I am not sure what is causing the problem.
The installation manual for version 2.0 says that this error may occur if
the controller is not recognized and to solve the problem I should copy
the OS/2 device driver to the first installation diskette.  Since I don't
have the installation guide for 1.3, I don't know if this applies to 1.3
as well.  Thus far, IBM tech support has been unable to help me.  Have
any of you experienced or heard of this problem before?  How do I get
around it?  I was told someone using a Gateway 2000 had a similar problem,
but I don't know how it was resolved.

By the way, the reason I need to use 1.3 instead of 2.0 is that I have a
software package that requires OS/2 but has problems with 2.0, and it was
recommended that I go with 1.3 until the problems are corrected.

Any and all responses will be appreciated.  Thanks.

Sharon
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc