From: 5692330@mcimail.com  (Robert Gammon)
Subject: OS/2 2.1 beta install problems
Nntp-Software: PC/TCP NNTP
Organization: Texas Instruments Materials and Controls Group
Date: Sat, 9 Jan 1993 17:40:30 GMT

I was really looking forward to trying this, but no luck so far.  Machine
config follows, then problem description.

486-33   128K cache
32MB RAM
Paradise 1024i SVGA
Nanao 9070S
3C605 TokenRing
3C501 Ethernet
PSI EasyCache 400 - 4MB RAM - ESDI
Micropolis 1654-7 ESDI (maybe 1674-7, can't keep the numbers straight)
   Boot Manager
   Beta 2.1 primary partition  64MB
   OS/2 2.0 GA+SP primary partition 50MB
   OS/2 1.20.1 primary partition 27MB
Maxtor 4380E ESDI
   one 300 MB extended partition - apps, data, swapfile
Both drives HPFS for all partitions
Future Domain FD850MEX SCSI host with CD Technology CD-ROM at SCSI 2

Got the beta CD-ROM.  Created the install from CD-ROM disks.  Booted from
them and successfully installed all the initial code that gets copied on while
the screen is in text mode (install + 1-5 of the 3 1/2 inch floppy set - man
does this CD-ROM install FLY - 2min 15sec from last keypress to re-boot
notice).  Re-boot and wait for Learn to use Mouse, Install pre-selected,
Install All, Select and Install screen appears.  Learn to use mouse works ok,
but EVERY other button will lock the machine when OK is selected.  Waiting
10 or so minutes to see if anything happens is not productive.  Nothing
happens on the screen, mouse is dead, keyboard locked, etc.

OK, so what next.  Booted from CD install disks and ran chkdsk from CD-ROM
to repair C:.  Edited config.sys (using t2.exe) to remove SCSI support for all
adapters except for my Future Domain, and re-booted.  Same result, lockup
after selecting OK.

Next attempt.  Make disks to install from floppy.  Install plus disks 1-5
proceed normally.  Re-boot, get to Install menu, pick something, select OK,
still hangs the machine.  As in previous attempts, re-boot, run chkdsk (from
disk 2) to repair C:, edit config.sys to remove ALL SCSI, and re-boot.
Still no change, machine locks up on selecting OK.

Data drive is big enough, so copy CD-ROM install directory (OS2SE21) to
Maxtor (D:), edit config.sys to point source to this directory, edit user.rsp
in \OS2\INSTALL to also point to this directory, and remove all SCSI
references.  Re-boot to try again, but no luck.

I may try at home on my less complex system to see if anything changes.
If anyone has any ideas, I want to hear them.

The system has been an OS/2 machine for many years.  Various things have
changed from time to time, the SCSI CD-ROM was the latest thing to be added.
OS/2 2.0 has been on the machine since late summer 91 when the 6.307E beta
was released.  I consider OS/2 2.0 to be the most stable OS to ever have run
on any computer that I have ever owned (since pre-IBM PC days back in 1979
when I got my first computer).  I measure stability by the number of reboots
per poweron time (days, weeks, etc.) when I am not reconfiguring H/W or
System S/W (OS, LAN, Comms, things that result in Config.sys changes).

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Regards,
Robert Gammon
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