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Installing OS/2 from a 3.5 B drive 8/12/94
OSINBINS.FAX
INSTALLING FROM a 3.5 B DRIVE:
This document is intended to address installing OS/2
when your 3.5" drive is your B drive and your OS/2
package is 3.5 diskettes. The following choices are available:
1- Exhchange the OS/2 package for a 5.25" version.
NOTE: This is the only choice supported by the IBM Service
Organization.
2- You can download the images of 5.25" disks for installation
from B: drive. If your OS/2 2.1 disks have a blue label then you
need to download INS21L.ZIP. If your OS/2 2.1 disks have salmon
or green colored labels then download INS21M.ZIP. These files
are on IBM NSC BBS (919-517-0001) and Compuserve.
3- Create 5.25" OS/2 bootable disks using follwing procedure and
install OS/2 from drive B:.
4- Change your cables internally AND CMOS to reflect the physical
changes made.
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You will need DOS Debug utility, about 1.5MB space on the hard drive
and two 1.2MB 5.25" floppy disks.
Label one 5.25" floppy disk as
"OS/2 v2.1 525DISK 0" and the other 5.25" floppy disk as
"OS/2 v2.1 525DISK 1".
Insert the disk marked 525DISK 1 in drive A: and
from DOS command prompt do,
C:\>FORMAT A: /U <ENTER>
When prompted for volume label do,
DISK 1 <ENTER>
When prompted
Format another diskett (Y/N)?
Y <ENTER>
Remove the disk and insert 525DISK 0 in drive A:
<ENTER>
when prompted for volume label
DISK 0 <ENTER>
When prompted
Format another diskett (Y/N)?
N <ENTER>
Insert the OS/2 v2.1 Installation Diskette in drive B: and
C:\>DEBUG <ENTER>
-L DS:0 1 0 1 <ENTER>
-E 13 60 <ENTER>
-E 14 09 <ENTER>
-E 15 F9 <ENTER>
-E 16 07 <ENTER>
-E 18 0F <ENTER>
-W DS:0 0 0 1 <ENTER>
-Q <ENTER>
C:\>COPY B:\OS2BOOT A:\ <ENTER>
C:\>COPY B:\OS2LDR A:\ <ENTER>
C:\>COPY B:\OS2LDR.MSG A:\ <ENTER>
C:\>COPY B:\OS2KRNLI A:\ <ENTER>
C:\>COPY B:\ABIOS.SYS A:\ <ENTER>
C:\>COPY B:\*.BIO A:\ <ENTER>
Remove the OS/2 Installation Diskette from drive B: and 525DISK 0 from
drive A:. Insert 525DISK 1 in drive A: and OS/2 DISK 1 in drive B:.
C:\>MD BINST <ENTER>
C:\>COPY B:\*.* BINST <ENTER>
C:\>DEL BINST\BUNDLE <ENTER>
C:\>DEL BINST\SYSINST2.EXE <ENTER>
C:\>COPY BINST\*.* A:\ <ENTER>
C:\>ECHO SET OS2_SHELL=CMD.EXE >> A:\CONFIG.SYS <ENTER>
C:\>ECHO SET DISKETTESOURCE=B:\ >> A:\CONFIG.SYS <ENTER>
You are done with creating 5.25" OS/2 v2.1 bootable disks!!!
Insert 525DISK 0 in drive A: and reboot your system.
When prompted for Diskette 1, insert 525DISK 1 in drive A: and press <ENTER>
This will bring you to an OA:\C prompt.
Now insert OS/2 Diskette 1 in drive B: and on A: prompt do
B:\SYSINST2 <ENTER>
OS/2 installation will start from drive B: and prompt you to insert
OS/2 v2.1 installation diskettes in drive B:. Leave the 525DISK 1
in drive A: until you are prompted to remove all disks for a reboot.
12/31/99