On 21 Oct 99  11:02:00 MIKE RUSKAI wrote to JAN DEBOER...

 JD> Oh dear. I don't use my OS/2 machine for the internet. No browser
 JD> installed, since it only has total 1Gb HD capacity. Any alternative?

 MR> Only 1GB?  You're new to computers, aren't you?

Not really - started out with Sinclair ZX80, then Vic20, Commie 64,
386DX20, then this 486. Currently, a P233mmx desktop, and P266mmx
notebook are the 'state-of-the-art' machines here. As well, there is a
basement full of sundry XT's, 2,3,486's built from upgrade
leftovers and yard sale acquisitions, including a WFWG3.11 network,
Linux running on a 386, and an xt and 286 or two running Opendos.

This 486 was current technology when bought (expensive mistake, best
buy = LAST generation!), and Warp3 was installed when it was released.
Eventually, the original 540 Mb HD's were replaced by a 2.6Gb using
OnTrack disk manager (no LBA support) and W95 was installed. My
experience was that IE gave far better 'net performance than Netscape.
However, the upgrade options ran out - no LBA, no PCI slots, and only 72
pin memory slots, so we bought a Pentium system, and this 486 sat
unused, until I dusted off the OS/2 Warp CD, and decided to have another
go at it, now that I have more time and patience for the learning curve.

 MR> The alternative is to download the fixpack in the form of
 MR> diskette images, create the diskettes, boot from the first one on
 MR> the OS/2 machine, and sit there swapping disks for a while.

That is what I preferred to do. If I used the (probably easier and less
problematic) remote install offered from the IBM site, then, if at a
later date I needed to re-install OS/2 for any reason, I would have to
return to the site for another remote fixpak install, and it is my
understanding that free access to fixpaks will end at year-end.
So, I thought it preferable to have the disk images, and do my own
fixpak install.
However, I have been thwarted, because, despite several attempts, disk
image xr_w032.4dk will not download from the site.

 MR> There is a way around that, but it'd require doing what you
 MR> probably don't know how to do, yet.

Try me   :)


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