LP>Want to know what best way to prep for the install.

As someone else said, make a backup.

LP>Also want a good
LP>bootmanager that will run off a floppy.

Never heard of such a program.

LP>Will the Warp boot manager
LP>work on a floppy? I have 2 HDs & want to put OS2 on the primary of D
LP>drive. The manual isn't very forthcoming.

I believe that BM needs to be installed on the 1st HD.  I don't think
there is any way around that.  It requires 1-7M depending on the size of
your drive.  If your drive is >4G, make sure you get the latest IDEDASD
update from the OS/2 device driver site.

LP>Lots of questions.  What best freeware/shareware?

There is freeware for just about anything you want to do.  I use
CDRecord to record CD's, PM123 to play MP3 files, PMJpeg to look at
pictures, TE/2 for communications, etc. etc.

LP>What are the
LP>maintenance releases I need?

There is fixpack 40 out for it, maybe more.
LP>Is there one to put the Win code into the
LP>red as it is on the Blue flavour?

Nope, it will use MS Windows 3.1 if you have it installed though.

LP>How to setup for Dos & Win programs,

Most of them just work.  Have a look at the MIGRATE.EXE program after
installation, it is designed for setting up DOS and Windows apps.

LP>Where the best sites?  I can get a friend with an Inet account to get
LP>the stuff for me.

www.os2ss.com www.os2ezine.com www.edm2.com and IBM's device driver site
as well as the fixpack site, don't have the URL's right now.

Good luck,

Rob.
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