I used  DFSee to clone the W2K wWarp 4.0 partition to the laptop.  It
didn't work (OS/2 !! SYS01475).
As I understand it, BootManager won't work with vista, so I am stuck with
the Windows Bootloader which appears to work as OS/2 tries to boot, but
never gets off the ground apparently due to the system files missing
(according to the error message).  I agree with the drive letter
assessment, but as I said, I have a chicken and egg problem in that I
haven't got a clue if OS/2 calls the Vista partition C: and the Warp 4.0 D:
or assigns C: to the Warp 4.0 partition which of course would cause the
"unable to operate".

Jordan Krim
 -------------- Original message ----------------------
From: Ray Davison 
> 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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