On (01 Feb 98) T.J. Mcmillen, Jr. wrote to Will Honea...
WH> Just caught the tail of this, but I assume you deleted all the
WH> log????.os2 files and such as instructed by the readme with the
WH> fixpack.  One thing they do not cover is that when applying fixes to
WH> systems installed on other than C:, some files will be created on C:
WH> anyway.  If these are present, subsequent fixpacks will fail.  If this
WH> applies, delete any directories on C: with names IBMxxxx.  This has
WH> been a problem for several folks but I rarely see it mentioned.
 TM> Did that .. a MILLION times. ;)  Finally got FP32 to install, soon as
 TM> it booted, BOOM, system trap error.  I am assuming the HPFS file was
 TM> bad, cause it was the first line, and where OS/2 DIED ... sigh.
Did you try to put the option on the 1bm1s506.add line to disable bus
mastering, and other options? (e.g. /!BM, /!SMS, etc.).  Type "help
ibm1s506.add) on an OS/2 command line to get the full details about
this.  Perhaps some of the newer functions are incompatable with your
current hardware.
TTYL,
Stephen
Team OS/2, Team GEOS
OS/2 & Geoworks Ensemble - What a combo!
... OS/2 Warp does today what Microsoft might deliver in '98
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