jkrim{at}comcast.net ha scritto:
>
>
> ------------ -- Original message ------------ --------- -
> From: Kris Steenhaut  >
> > jkrim{at}comcast. net  ha scritto:
> > >
> > >
> > > This is a PIII 500 Mhz, 128 MB RAM and has a HD of ~8 GB which 3GB is
> > > OS/2 on HPFS (and yes I have hpfs.ifs).
> > >
> > Is the CD drive supported by W4? Remember Warp 4 GA had lot's of issues
> > with all kinds of hardware.
>
> Yes. It is accessible when OS/2 is booted normally and it is an IDE one.
>
No, that's not the question. Question is:  does W4 GA hence no fixpak 
know about the drive.
>
> > I once had a W3 stalling at disk stage because Warp couldn't cope with
> > the onboard video. So there are a mass of reasons why the install could
> > crash.
> > And in general the message "can't operate etc..."
refers to *dmd files.
> > Do the alt+F!-->F1 trick and try to figure out if os2dasd.dmd comes up.
> > If not, it is a hard disk problem.
>
> Did that. Still got problem when trying to go to command prompt.
>
What do you mean? The Alt+f1 trick has to happen with early disk zero. 
Disk  zero does complete, doesn't it?
>
>
> > > Since this computer is at work, I will probably abandon it for awhile
> > > and try my PII 400 MHZ 128 RAM one at home. It has 160 GB HD which
> > > only 1 GB is for OS/2.
> > >
> > A PII with a 160 GB Hard disk?
>
> I hae installed a 48-bit LBA aware PCI card to handle it/
>
Something W4 GA hence no fixpak doesn't know a single bit about.
>
>
> > Anyway, Warp's 4 FDISK can't handle disks with that size, so I wonder
> > how you got OS2 onto it al all. IIRC W4 must be at least at level
> > fixpack 13.
>
> Warp 4 is at Fixpak 15 on the hard disk. And it is on a FAT16 
> partition which is bootable even though it is sitting beyond the 1024 
> cylinder limit.
>
Because it is at level FP15.

But the Warp4 GA isn't (obviuously) not fixpacked at all, thus not 
installable onto that system. Elementary, I would say.

>
> > BTW: what the use of installing W4 GA onto a partition Warp still is
> > present?
>
> I don't really want to install it. I just want a way to get to a 
> command prompt with diskettes. This is the method I use for an 
> emergency restore for Back Again/2K. BTW, I have the same set of 
> utility disketttes for Warp 3.0 and they work perfectly on this 
> machine so why can't the Warp 4 ones work??
>

Because your utility diskettes aren't at GA level but at an appropriate 
W3 level. That's why. And now you are telling it, it all reverts to the 
trio Fdisk, os2dasd.dmd and ibm1s506.add.

I guess the files on your W3 diskettes must be at level FP36 or later.

Why can't you do your emergency thing with the W3 diskettes?


Theoretically you should be able to create valid utility diskettes with 
the W4 FP 15 partition. But as the basedevice drivers had grown 
dramatically over the years, it could well be you can't pump all 
necessary files onto disk one, and there is no warning about that IIRC.


For your purpose, imho it would be  more sensible to use bootos2. That 
program never failed in my diskette epoca.

http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/os2/util/system/bootos2.zip

-- 
Groeten uit Gent,

   Kris




 
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