From: andreast@athena.mit.edu (Andreas Turanski)
Subject: Re: Problems installing BETA OS/2
Summary: maybe try the ibm506 ???XXX file swap
Keywords: beta file install
Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1992 04:59:21 GMT

In article <1992Oct13.200802.26869@cu23.crl.aecl.ca> GUTZ@CC49.CRL.AECL.CA writes:
>HELP!  I'm having some problems installing the beta version of OS/2
>with 32bit GRE on my Gateway 486/33.  After the reboot before Disk 6,
>I get the OS/2 graphic, but then all I see is a grey screen with no
>mouse pointer and no subsequent install info.
>Incidentally, the GA release installs just fine, so there must be
>some new file that Gateways dislike.
>
>Steven Gutz

Steven,
  I was having somewhat similar weird problems installing the beta
(i.e. after the install a boot would get a hard disk error and halt!)
which was fixed by following the advice to backup the BETA file
ibm1s506.add to some other name and copy the file of the same name
from the 2.0 GA release.  I did this on both the floppy (either install
or the first OS disk I don't remember) and on the HD before I had trouble
because the install program copies a bundled copy of the file to the HD
instead of the one you/I already changed!  I got this from a number
of postings including excerpts from these two by Ed Goldman:

>From: edg@Ingres.COM (Ed Goldman)
>Subject: Re: PLUS hardcards and the 32 GRE beta ( an  answer to my own question)
>
>Hmmm. Very Interesting.  In another post I detailed a workaround for
>folks unable to install the beta because fdisk fails.  I narrowed it
>down to 3 drivers: ibm1s506.add, os2dasd.dmd, and ibm1flpy.add.  I found
>thru trial and error that replacing these on the installation disks will
>allow the install to continue.
>
>Subject: Re: PLUS hardcards and the 32 GRE beta ( an  answer to my own question)
>Message-ID: <1992Sep25.160401.26963@pony.Ingres.COM>
>References: <#=0n1kf.msmith@netcom.com>
>
>Incidentally, during installation, on OS disk 1, the install program rep-
>orted an error and told me I couldn't continue.  FDISK could not be run.
>Turns out they shipped a bad IBMS506.ADD driver with the beta and I copied
>it over to OS disk 1 and restarted the procedure and it worked.  Only thing
>is that while it's copying files to the HD from disk 2, somehow it puts
>the buggy version on the HD (it must be hidden away in disk 2 somewhere)
>and you have to boot from the install disks, copy the old (from 2.0GA disks)
>one into /os2 and then re-reboot to jump into the second installation phase.
>Hopefully, this little hint qill help someone avoid the headache I went 
>through to figure this out.  Thanks to those that helped me by replying to
>my post about the problem.


I hope it works and have fun!! NOTE: I had all but given up on actually
putting the beta to better use than as blank disks when I was pulled out
of the clutches of despair.
...NOT that I would have gone back to the company with the same initials
as a disease and their windoze!!

BTW (from the Vice-Presidential debate tonight, Oct.13)...
   we should all heed the CURRENT VICE-PRES's advice AGAINST
    MS and Bush:

Andreas.
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     "You can not lead the country by lying to people"
        -QUALE, in the MISTAKEN belief that he was putting
             down Clinton more than BUSH...
ex:
    BUSH                                Microsoft-trying to lead the WORLD
'environmental' president             The whole ugly thing
'education' president                 about the undoc'd windoze
"NON-'tax & spend'" president         calls used in W for Windoze,
who is the "NO NEW TAXES" president   etc.

APOLOGY: some things are too important NOT to be said, even if
 you all flame me. Because I LOVE THIS WORLD & its people. SORRY!
GIVE EVERYONE A GOOD EDUCATION AND GOOD HEALTH AND WE'LL BE SET!
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