I am trying to install OS/2 Warp 3.0 on Pentium 4, 2.4GHz system with 256 MB DDR Ram on a HDD of 40GB. I ran WINDOWS 98 bootable disk and ran the FDISK program to create a boot partition of 1GB (though i tried 500MB, 2GB and many other options). I have selected "NO" when it asks for Large Disk Support. Now when I boot the system with the Installation Disk 0, the system shows the OS/2 text on the top left corner for around a minute and then resets and this goes on and on and on and on. Can sombody help me? The OS/2 Warp 3 that I have is the RED version. I even tried creating new Disk 0 using the CD but the same situation remains. PLEASE HELP!!!!!! Regards Vinit

40 GB harddisk. A (big >8 GB ?) fat32 (1995) on it. Warp 3(1994). You are in big trouble when you want to install warp 3 (or DOS or Win16)on it. Obtaining eComstation 1.2 is a much better option to run OS/2 (see www.ecomstation.com). Unless you can afford to spent hours on the installation of Warp 3 and/or are prepared to delete windows. eCS deals with many problems (like the Windows abuse of the bootrecord called fat32x). 1st. You need to install the OS/2 bootmanager and the OS/2 bootpartition in the first 8 Gb of the harddisk (1024 cylinder BIOS limit). 2nd. You need updated IBM OS/2 IDEDASD drivers. The IDE drivers from the warp CD /diskettes do not recognise the >8 GB drives and need to be replaced. Just as the W2K and XP GA cannot handle > 128 (48 bit LBA) GB drives. But warp 3 with updated drivers can.... http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;us;303013 http://www.warpupdates.mynetcologne.de/english/hard_removables.html http://www.warpdoctor.org/walter/articles/2000/aa060700a.html But the best thing to do: use ecomstation if you combine windows / linux with OS/2. It's fun. Really. Sjoerd

Hi Vinit, Even I faced same type of problem while installing warp 3.0 on Pentium 4. Finally I succeeded in installing it on 1 GB primary partition. Please follow the following instructions to install Warp 3 Server on Pentium 4 system. System Configuration Used :- Machine Specification : Netvista Type/ Model : 8305-42A Processor and Bus speed : Pentium-4, 2.4 GHz. 133 MHz RAM & Harddisk : 256 MB ,40 GB Problem Description: FDISK was not detecting partitions on the HD. So unable to create partitions. Problem solution: 1. Download latest IDEDASD.exe package from the site http://www.warpupdates.mynetcologne.de/english/inst_diskettes.html 2.1 UPDATING THE INSTALLATION DISKETTES ________________________________________ If you are attempting to install Warp on a hard drive greater than 4.3GB, or your are attempting to install Warp Server for e-business on a hard drive greater than 30GB, then the Installation diskettes must be updated. a. Make a backup copy of your Diskette 1 (D1). b. Copy the new versions of IBM1S506.ADD, and IBMIDECD.FLT device driver files from IDEDASD.exe onto your diskette-1. c. If the installation diskettes are for Warp Server for e-business, Warp Server for e-business Convenience Pak, or Warp 4 Convenience Pak, copy the DASD32.DMD file to your diskette-1 and rename it to OS2DASD.DMD. Otherwise copy the DASD16.DMD file to your Diskette-1 and rename it to OS2DASD.DMD. 4. Add the statement SET COPYFROMFLOPPY=1 in the CONFIG.SYS on Diskette 1 & REM out the following statements in the config.sys of diskette1. TESTCFG.SYS, AHA152X.ADD & AHA164X.ADD. 5. Save the changes. 6. Start the installation with the Installation Diskette. 7. When you are prompted for Diskette 1, use the diskette-1 you modified. Then install os/2 boot manager from FDISK and create new partitions. 8. Proceed with the installation. Note: 1. There was not enough space in warp 3 diskette 1 to replace the 3 files IBM1S506.ADD, IBMIDECD.FLT and OS2DASD.DMD. So I deleted the following two files (Non Adaptec 7800 family). AHA152X.ADD & AHA164X.ADD & then copied the above 3 files from IDEDASD.exe into diskette-1. After that I was able to create new partitions successfully. Then during first reboot (when the system asks to remove diskette & press Enter) , use the both installation diskettes & un REM TESTCFG.SYS statement in the config.sys . Then exit& restart the system to continue with the installation. After second reboot , it use to give the following error. 2. HFS0019- There is not enough memory for 386 HPFS cache & heap, correct the error & restart the system. Solution : goto c:\ibm386fs. Edit hpfs386.ini. change cachesize to 1024 from its default value 241796. Then restart the system. Hope the above procedure will solve your problem. Thanks & Regards Iranna D Ankad IBM Software Labs, India Ground Floor,Golden Enclave Airport Road, BANGALORE-17 INDIA Direct : (91) 80-25094072 Board:25262355 Internal Ext:2072, Iranna D Ankad IBM Software Labs, India Ground Floor,Golden Enclave Airport Road, BANGALORE-17 INDIA Direct : 91 80-25094072 Board:25262355 Internal Ext:2072,