J. Pfisterer schreef:

>I'm trying to build an OS/2 bootable diskette,
>
Just one? Hardly doable.

> using the instructions
>from the 1995 New Riders Publishing: OS/2 Certification Handbook.  
>It's based on Warp 3; but I used files from the v4.52 convenience 
>package and my current OS/2 installation.
>
>Attempting to boot from the resulting diskette produces errors:
>  OS/2 !! SYS2025: A disk-read error occurred.
>  OS/2 !! SYS2027: Insert a system diskette and restart the system.
>
>  
>
Of course ...

> 10-29-01  9:00p  849,407  0 a---  OS2KRNLI
> (Also tried with OS2KRNLI renamed to OS2KRNL)
> 10-29-01  9:56p   44,544  0 a---  OS2LDR
> 
>
... as these kernell files need LVM and os2lvm.dmd ...

>BASEDEV=OS2DASD.DMD
>
... as well as the kernell files above need an lvm aware os2dasd.dmd.

>       
>  
>
IIRC since lvm made his appearance, it's not doable anymore to create 2 
bootable diskettes size 1.4 inch. With 2.8 drives and diskettes it can 
be done, but 2.8 drives and diskettes are far few and in between as you 
sure are aware of.

-- 
Groeten uit Gent,

   Kris



 
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