Name: Robert Date: March 23, 2002 at 15:45:26 Pacific Subject: Installing OS/2 Warp 4
Comment:
I'm trying (for a great while I might add), to install OS/2 Warp 4 on my pc with no luck. Here are my pc specs.
Gateway Essential 433 (Intel Celeron) 256 PC100 memory (dumbed down to Pc-66) 20 gig HD Front partition is 18.5gigs Fat32 running Win2k & Win98. Back partition is 1.5gigs FAT
I try to install OS/2 on the back partition I cannot seem to get it to accept that partition as being installable (I used PM7 to create the partitions), I made both partitions Primary, hiding the first partition to install OS/2. Anyone have any ideas how I can accomplish this amazing task?
I confirm what Hmmmm said, you have to update your install diskette, to support disks more than 8,4GB. Try ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/ps/products. More, as I remember you cannot have FAT partitions greater than 2 GB.
40 Gb IDE - 1) Boot Manager 2) Win98SE 3) FAT (designated for W2K or NT) 4) OS/2 Warp v4 5) OS/2 WSeB
and it messes up my MBR, so I have to reinstall Boot manager all the time. I took it off. I can't install Boot Manager at the end of the drive like I use to in the past... so be careful.
The OS/2 boot partition must start and end within the first 1024 cylinders. Depending on the drive's geometry, this range will end at approximately 8GB. So, your approach of splitting the disk into two partitions is correct. However, to get OS/2 to recognize the new partition as 'installable' you will have to move it to the front of the disk. Before you do this, add an additional entry to the boot.ini with boot location of 0-0-0-2 . Otherwise you will end up with OS/2 up and running and Win2K broken.
Thank you. You answered my next question. But here is another. I've installed OS/2 (with the updated Disk 1 & 2). I've run the "fixvga c:" before the 1st reboot. I got it to boot to OS/2, but after OS/2 runs the Enhanced IDE deal, I get an A: Drive not ready, error message that I can bypass eventually. But once it goes to continue the screen gives me an "Frequency out of range", error. That I can't seem to bypass. Any ideas?
'frequency out of range' means your monitor can't handle what the video driver is throwing at it. I do not fully understand what led to this condition, namely: what did you run fixvga for?
There is a standard command 'setvga' which resets the system to the standard vga drivers and might help you: - boot the system - when the xxxOS2 'blob' appears in the upper left hand corner, quickly press Alt-F1 - either select command prompt and run setvga manually - or select 'reset to vga' (I don't rembember the exact wording)
Ok I got OS/2 installed and working, sort of. I have a few more things I need to configure.
1. I need to install my Ensoniq 1371/1373 sound card. I used the Ensoniq driver, I can play my cd's, and that macaw.avi plays music. But all other sounds won't function. 2. I need the driver to my ATI Rage 128 video card. 3. I use 3 ISP's. I dunno if I can get all to work on OS/2. I use AOL, Compu-Serve & Roadrunner (the latter I assume will work no problems).
Any help in this matter would be greatly appreciated.
