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to: Charles Gaefke
from: Andy Roberts
date: 1999-10-29 22:38:20
subject: Re: M$ `screw you` FAT32

 Charles Gaefke,

26-Oct-99 12:06:55, Charles Gaefke wrote to Andy Roberts
          Subject: Re: M$ "screw you" FAT32

 AR>> I would appreciate any suggestions in detail that I can forward
 AR>> to him to do.

 CG> It sounds like the OS/2 IDE drivers are at fault.  I've seen this
 CG> type of problem when OS/2 can not read the drive properly.

 CG> In fact, I had this problem when trying to install Warp 4 GA right
 CG> after it was released.  IBM Tech had no clue what was wrong.

 CG> A couple fixpacks later they officially released a patch for
 CG> reading IDE drives on secondary channels.

Now that's an interesting twist.  But I think he tried each of those 3 HDs 1
at a time, which implies it should have been on the primary channel.  I'll
Forward your msg to him just in case.

     Thanks and Good Luck,        Andy Roberts
                                  andy@shentel.net
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