DD>  Now that I have OS/2 loaded and "running", the questions are
mounting.....

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

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

   IIRC, the latest IDE driver package and a reboot will give you 
   all of that drive...


DD>  Most of these questions are probably relatively simple for old OS/2
user's
  >  but remember, I'm a _newbie_ with a lot of "DOS think" to get rid of. 

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

   Hmm...that's odd. No matter what I try, I can't duplicate that 
   behaviour. Have you tried opening the drives folder and selecting 
   another drive, then close the folder? 


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

   Try specifying the IRQ to use. The SIO docs tell how.



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

   Right click on the desktop, select "Properties" and the 
   "Background" tab. Pick what ya want.


DD>  (5) I haven't tried it yet, but the question still remains.... Will DOS
  >      Communications programs bomb under OS/2 with a ScreenSaver active as
  >      they do with WIN9x? Keep in mine I've been using WIN9x for a few
years
  >      and it may take a while to get over the "WIN think" as well. 
  >      Specifically, Terminate! Under WIN9x, it will #NOT# answer the phone
  >      when a screen saver is active. To get around this, I use the Power
  >      Management to turn off the Monitor after 30 minutes. Will I have to
do
  >      the same with OS/2? Is there a "Power Management" feature easily
  >      assessable under OS/2?

   Don't be silly, this is OS/2. Your DOS com program won't know 
   whether there is a screen saver or not. Note that you will have 
   do some fiddling with the DOS properties to get things perfect, 
   but hey, that's half the fun!


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

DD>  Thanks...
  >  
  >  Have a GREAT one!

   I did !

                                       LRA


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