DD>  I know Andy's gonna be "pi**ed" at me for what I did, but here's
 DD> the way  I have the system's setup at present. Warp 4 on both.

Which Fixpack? Try FP11.

 DD>  AMD K6/2-350 10.3GB Seagate, all OS/2, with 96MB memory.  OS/2
 DD> only see's  8.3GB of the drive so the other 2GB is wasted.
 DD> Haven't really done much  with that machine as I'm waiting to
 DD> finish the P120 which will be  dedicated to OS/2 with the 10.3GB
 DD> and a new 8.3GB HD's and 96MB Ram.

A newer IDEDASD.DMD (Fixpack 11) should help.

 DD>  AMD K6/2-450 8.3GB Seagate 4.3GB WD Caviar, both IDE drives,
 DD> with 128MB  Memory. Dual Boot with WIN98 & OS/2. OS/2 has ALL the
 DD> WD 4.3GB drive and  "shares" two (2GB) logical drives with WIN98
 DD> using FAT16. The "shared"  drives are for primarily for
 DD> compressed files used by the BBS plus for  data to be burned to
 DD> CD under WIN98. I also have Terminate on one of  those "shared"
 DD> drives, so both OS's can use the same copy. So far, each  OS
 DD> _seems_ to be working OK, with a few OS/2 exceptions noted
 DD> below...

Oh, don#t use Dual Boot in production environment! Use Bootmanager and spen
OS/2 its own HPFS partition(s). With Bootmanager you can boot OS/2 from each
partition 

 DD>  (1) When I open the DRIVE Icon to see the list of available
 DD> drives, how      can I prevent the error message regarding DRIVE
 DD> A not ready, simply      because there isn't a disk in the drive?

Insert a disk, open the drive, close it and then remove the disk. Make a
shutdown. After reboot the WPS knows that nothing is in the drive.

Then you should always close any view of a removeable drive if you would
remove the medium and NOT insert another. After changing the volume you should 
make a refresh for one open view to see the change.

 DD>  (2) I have two Internal USR/3Com Sportster 56k modems on COM3
 DD> and COM4,      neither of which, is a "WINModem". SIO only
 DD> registers COM1 and COM2      when OS/2 is loaded and as a result,
 DD> neither modem is available under      OS/2. I _did_ add the line
 DD>   to the      DEVICE=SIO line
 DD> in the config.sys file. Is there anything else I need      to do?

No. But you don't need SIO. Since years the com.sys is changed to fix some
speed problems.

 DD>  (3) With FP9, my Internal ATAPI ZIP Drive _IS_ recognized and
 DD> used by OS/2      however, the ONLY way I can eject a ZIP disk is
 DD> to exit OS/2! I can't      swap disks while in OS/2, even if I'm
 DD> not using it. Is this normal 

Yes and no. If you#re using HPFS it is normal.

 DD> or      am I missing something here as well?

Yes, but I can't say what for now. Because I does not own that. Read the
readmes coming with each fixpack. I think there is a hint to change the
behavior.

 DD>  (4) Is there any way to get rid of the Blue background with the
 DD> OS/2 WARP      Logo on the desktop? I would prefer a totally
 DD> black background with      just the Icon's and tool bar, etc.,
 DD> displayed. Is this possible and if      so, how?

Klick right on an empty area on your

Desktop -> Settings -> background.

This is the same as for each other folder. The desktop is a folder like any
other on your desktop.

 DD>  (5) I haven't tried it yet, but the question still remains....
 DD> Will DOS      Communications programs bomb under OS/2 with a
 DD> ScreenSaver active as      they do with WIN9x? 

No. But why would you use DOS? Native OS/2 programs are more powerfull.

 DD> Keep in mine I've been using WIN9x for a few years      and it
 DD> may take a while to get over the "WIN think" as well.
 DD> 
 DD>      Specifically, Terminate! 

Urgs. Try to find ZOC. Then you'll never start terminate.

 DD> Under WIN9x, it will #NOT# answer the phone      when a screen
 DD> saver is active. To get around this, I use the Power     
 DD> Management to turn off the Monitor after 30 minutes. Will I have
 DD> to do      the same with OS/2? 

No.

 DD> Is there a "Power Management" feature easily      assessable
 DD> under OS/2?

I know nothing about Power Management. Because if my computer has to sleep I
will ever shutdown. It will save more power than each power management can do.

 DD>  As I mentioned in previous posts, now that I have OS/2 up &
 DD> running, I'm  full of questions that I either couldn't find
 DD> answers to in the manual or  simply didn't understand. I have a
 DD> feeling this is just the beginning.

Then ask us.

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