eCS second stage install fails on boot. error message is something like "can't operate hard disc or diskette drive, restart the system " Any help is wellcome, thanks.

Something that'll definitly do fine: repartition with Warp4 FDISK ;) There could be a possibility that LVM cannot read from partition, since it is formatted with an incompatible file system. These errors do occur from time to time, though not a lot, only with unknown and new file systems. Do you use ext3? Greetz/2, JB

wrong... the install put an older ver of IBM1S506 on the drive that can't read the drive. You will need to go to Hobbes FTP to grab Daniela's 506 Driver replacement. Read the docs, but the basic thing is to boot with floppy once you got the drivers on a floppy. At prompt, go TEDIT x:\config.sys Press ESC Look for IBM1S506.ADD REM it out Put the same syntax but using: DANIS506.ADD instead F2 - Save F3 - Exit Copy the Danis drivers to x:\OS2\BOOT and reboot. This happens many of times to me and that is how I fix it..