home
***
CD-ROM
|
disk
|
FTP
|
other
***
search
/
OS/2 Shareware BBS: 36 Tips
/
36-Tips.zip
/
INCOIN.FAX
< prev
next >
Wrap
Text File
|
1994-12-12
|
3KB
|
58 lines
Continuing Install (if it fails halfway) 8/12/94
File: OSINCOIN.fax 4/19/94
SHORT CUT IF YOUR INSTALLATION PROCEDURE STOPS
______________________________________________
If the installation procedure stops before completion, you might be
able to complete the installation without reusing all the
installation diskettes. You do not have to use all diskettes again
if the installation stopped after you were prompted to put the
Installation Diskette in the drive the second time (after you are
in the graphical installation). For example, if you were copying
files from Diskette 9 on a 3.5-inch-diskette system, you could resume
the installation at Diskette 9 after doing the following:
1. Identify which diskette was being "unpacked" when the
installation procedure stopped.
2. Subtract the number of that diskette from 15 and add one to the
result if you have 3.5-inch installation diskettes. (Subtract
the number from 18 if you have 5.25-inch installation
diskettes.) For example, if you were on Diskette 9 on a
3.5-inch system, the result would be 7.
3. Start the computer with the Installation Diskette, and then
insert Diskette 1 when prompted.
4. When you are asked to press ESC to cancel, press ESC. You will
see a command prompt.
5. Use a text editor to edit the CONFIG.SYS file on your hard
disk.
6. In the line that starts with FIRSTDISK, change the number to
the number of the diskette that was in the diskette drive when
the installation procedure stopped. In the example, this is 9.
_
FIRSTDISK=9
7. In the line that starts with NUMDISKS, change the number to the
one you reached in step 2. In the example, this is 7.
_
NUMDISKS=7
8. Remove the diskette and press Ctrl+Alt+Del. You will see the
graphical install panel. Click on OK, then INSTALL, and select
all defaults.
9. When you are promptbe Diskette 9, the diskette that was being
loaded when the installation procedure stopped.
All the Selective Install choices that you selected when you first
tried to install OS/2 2.x are preserved.
12/31/99