jkrim{at}comcast.net wrote:
> Ray,
> 
> I was trying to avoid the really, really , really long story, but...
> 
> I have a new laptop. (acutally my wife's).  Just for fun I am trying
> OS/.2 Warp 4.0 on it.  So, I cloned it from the old machine.  Problem
> is, it won't boot and I need to sysinstx to it to get it to boot.   

No, you just need a clone tool that works.  I too have a laptop, running 
W2K, XP, eCS 1.2RM and 2.0RC3.  The following are my opinions on the 
subject.

I can offer two tools that will copy a partition, and it will boot.  One 
is Partition Magic.  I have used that since probably version two.  More 
recently I have also been using DFSee.

If you have a laptop you need a USB drive.  The cases and the drives are 
cheap.  The first use is to back up the HDD.  DFSee, a USB drive and a 
half a dozen mouse clicks and you have a copy, that will work when 
copied back to the internal.  It will also get your W4 partition onto 
the laptop, and it will boot.

You do need some sort of boot manager.  My laptop is a simple machine 
and it uses IBM Boot Manager installed by DFSee.  My desktops are not so 
simple and they all now use Acronis OS Selector.

If your laptop is new I assume it came with Win preloaded.  I have only 
worked with XP and below; I don't intend to ever touch Vista.  With XP I 
just shrunk the existing C: and created an extended for the OS/2s.

The primary cause of the "OS/2 cannot find the HDD" error is drive 
letter confusion.  In the case of copying W4 partitons.  You just need 
to make sure you put the partition in the same physical position it was 
installed to; if it was D: on the desktop, it must be the second 
partition on the laptop.

Somehow the subject of LVM came up.  It is optional in W4 and eCS.  I 
don't use it in either one.

Does this touch at all on what you are trying to do?

Ray



 
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