Greetings and Salutations,

     -=> Peter Knapper wrote to Linda Proulx <=-

 LP> Well won't do anything DOS or Win-OS,

 PK> First, to make sure we are all talking the same language, what version
 PK> of OS/2 are you installing, EG: Warp 3 Connect RED spine...

Blue.  Borrowed a CDROM & created the disks.  Thought I'd better
do a test on a system that would be easy to put back if I had to. (And
everything is backed up...) Wouldn't load DOS at all & therfore no Win.
Put the VVGA.SYS as a device line. DOS but no WIn.  Reinstalled the WIN.
Voila working.

 PK> Ok, some questions before we start on this -
 PK>  - In what way "it wont do" DOS (we need some more details)?
See above

 PK>  - Do you have a "DOS Window" Icon in the COMMAND PROMPTS folder?

Had Icon but no loading.

 PK>  - What is the size of the partition that OS/2 installed to?

@250 MB

 PK>  - Is it FAT or HPFS?

HPFS.  Put the swap on D FAT 16.

 PK>  - How much FREE disk space does it have?

Sorry forgot.

 PK>  - If you are really game, try posting the contents of your CONFIG.SYS

Already posted.

 JP> and won't read the DOS C drive

 PK> If you are using multiple primary partitions then that is not
 PK> surprising.

In multiboot says it's hidden.  How do I change this with the Fdisk.  D
is fine.


 LP> Lost my inport mouse

 PK> It probably can't autodetect one of those, you may need to go into

It auto detected but it keeps disappearing & had to use the keyboard
to load down.  That is a real oucher.  Mine is an MS Buss mouse.

 LP> & hung playing a game.

 PK> What "hung"? In many cases a system that does not respond to keystrokes

Oh, it hangs.  C-A-D won't even work.  Little reboot button time.


 PK> Also try CTRL-ESC and ALT-ESC, but after pressing either of these WAIT

Nada

 LP> And want to see the DOS C.

During the Fdisk I didn't want to play with the DOS C.  I think I
assigned it as bootable but can't remember at the moment.

 PK> primary partitions on that drive, then you really are up the creek
 PK> without a paddle, however some of the other folks here may be able to
 PK> provide a few tricks to resolve this.

I think Fdisk will fix this.  After all I'm using Drive D.  Just ansy
about playing with the DOS partition at the moment.


 LP> And it doesn't have an Epson FX-80 printer driver.

 PK> While not specifically for the FX-80, there is another Epson printer
 PK> which is almost identical to the FX-80 that is there, but I can't
 PK> remember which one it is.  Its been MANY years since I used a Dot
 PK> Matrix.

It has an FX-850 which I picked but my RolandDG PR-1012 is officially
classified as an Epson FX-80.

 PK> Start with the "Epson Generic 9 pin" driver for the FX-80 and checkout

Never thought of that one.

 PK> the other Epson printers, the FX-80 was rebadged under another name for

Also a Panasonic but I couldn't remember which one.  After all it is a
panasonic OEM.

 LP> But then it only has 6 MB

 PK> That should have no affect on the issues you have seen. It will inhibit
 PK> some things, but it should still run (walk.....;-)).

Stutter?

 PK> TIP: If you change the location of the SWAP file, make sure that after
 PK> re-booting using the NEW loaction, you DELETE the OLD swap file to
 PK> regain the disk space it used!

Did.

 PK> And that is TOTALLY out of the picture now that OS/2 has booted. Forget
 PK> it!

If you say so .

 PK> I hope some of this helps........pk.

Oh yeah.

Anon,

Linda

... Computer Lie #1: You'll never use all that disk space.
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