Hi Kris,
 
On the A7N8X mb I have with a WORKING ECSv1.1, both of those files
os2scsi.dmd and os2lvm.dmd are present in the OS2 boot directory. On the
partition I am trying to install v1.2 it also shows those files in OS2
boot.
 
I read the help os2scsi.dmd and I don't have a scanner attached, nor any of
the other items mentioned, it just explains that this is a replacement for
scsi.sys
 
The partitions I am using are accessed using Dani and were formatted and
labelled by ECSv1.1, all drives are lvm'd.
 
There was no help file for os2lvm.dmd
 
I did swap out a new dvd r/rw with the original cdrom drive, as I did
notice losing the focus on the newer drive. That IDE channel consists of
now a CDrom drive and a dvd r/rw drive.
 
With the present setup the ECSv1.1 works perfectly, and access to the scsi
drive is not a problem.
 
Using DFSEE I would clone that working partition, to another HPFS volume,
change the config to point to the drive letter, and then try to migrate to
v1.2, at which point it hangs.
 
Later I reformat that partition and try a virgin install, again it hangs.
 
What more information would help?
 
TIA
 
kevinJ.
 


Kris Steenhaut  wrote:



Kevin Johnson schreef:

>Hi Kris,
> 
>I have tried both a fresh install and a migrate install. I didn't have
that os2scsi.dmd file installed to my knowledge on any previous ECS
installation. In fact in order to install ECSv1.1 I had to ignore the scsi
and install the driver after ECSv1.1 was active. You actually gave my the
pointers about the scsi problem.
> 
>So I have no idea where this os2scsi.dmd file has appeared from.
> 
>
So, there can be no doubt, this is an install glitch.

> 
>Now I will advise that I swapped out a half height scsi drive of 4.3
megs with a 1.25inch High? 32meg unit, which perhaps you class as an old
thingy, which it is although it's actually brand new. This would be a
change from the oringinal 1.1 install and the 1.2 attempts.
> 
>
I have oldies like that myself. (and 6 Quantum Atlas MKiii-IV ranging 18 
Gig --> 72 Gif). But they don't belong yet to the range of archeologics. 
And, more important, os2scsi.dmd has no relation to harddisk. 
os2scsi.dmd refers to hardware prior to 1991, and in computer land alas 
that is already the age of archology. :-)

Type "help basedev" at a command line, you'll see os2scsi.dmd listed, 
click on it and then you'll learn everything there is to learn about 
os2scsi.dmd and you'll know exactly about it as much as I do. And more 
important, you'll now for sure the install program shouldn't call 
os2scsi.dmd at all.

> 
>I assume that the OS2lvm.dmd is also an archaic beast?
> 
> 
>

Good heavens, NO!

OS2lvm.dmd is the mandatary companion of the 32-bit os2dasd.dmd. eCS 
just can't do without, it is impossible to boot when with these *dmd 
files something went wrong. Both manage the harddisks' (by assigning the 
letters at boot for example - the former 16-bit os2dasd.dmd did it at 
his own).

And as your boot operation stalls at the *dmd files, we know for sure 
there is something wrong at that stage. With as a result the system 
can't boot the second go. Remember, the install's first go boots from a 
virtual disk (in RAM memory), and that is drive Z: .

>Is it possible that I have a screwed up installation disk?
> 
>
Most likely not.

But allow me to ask, prior to continue the first go (ot beter, at the 
initial stage of the first go), have you lvm-med your entire system? No, 
not formatted, but lvm-med?

Anyway, we, you should know prior to everything why the hell eCS1.2 
installs os2.scsi.dmd at your systems.

-- 
Groeten uit Gent,

Kris





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