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- OS/2 Warp Installation Hints (and fixes) v1.0
-
- Warp Installation Notes
- -----------------------
-
- Release 1.0
- November 27, 1994
- Compiled by Frank McKenney
-
- Copyright (c) 1994 by Frank McKenney
- All rights reserved.
-
- This document may be freely re-distributed for non-commercial
- purposes.
-
- Caveat: the material included has been compiled from verbal comments,
- e-mail messages posted in public locations (e.g. the Internet
- NewsGroups), the occasional manual, and my own interpretations of all
- of the above. I do not have access to all (or even most) of the
- equipment and software described (I had to sell my favorite 486DX
- 33&1/3 with 6.7 Mb RAM, two 4300 Baud serial ports, an ESDI adapter
- using IRQ1, and a 108 Mb RLL+ drive), so I am unable to personally
- verify all of its content. While I have tried to avoid excessive
- jargon whereever possible, describing an OS/2 installation is a
- technical topic and requires a certain number of technical terms. I
- also make the occasional typographic eror.
-
- In all cases, you should use your own best judgement as to which of
- the following material applies to your situation. Corrections, more
- detailed explanations, and additional material will be welcomed If,
- for example, you see a BBS telephone number but know of an FTP site
- for the same information, please let me know. We're all in this
- together.
-
- Changes, additions, and comments should be directed to rrs0059@ibm.net
- or mailed to:
- Frank McKenney
- McKenney Associates
- 3464 Northview Place
- Richmond, Virginia 23225
- (804) 320-4887
-
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- General Hints, Suggestions, and Warnings
- ----------------------------------------
-
- I have several pieces of "non-standard" (e.g. not officially
- supported) hardware in my system. As a result, I had always needed to
- do some tweaking after an OS/2 installation before everything was
- running smoothly (and the Warp betas were just as bad). I did not
- look forward to installing Warp GA; in fact, I set aside a whole day
- to do it.
-
- I was <almost> (but not quite!) disappointed when OS/2 Warp GA
- installed from its CD with no problems. Instead, I spent the rest of
- the time playing with the IBM Internet Connection software, IBM Works,
- and the other BonusPak applications. Result? The installation <did>
- wind up taking all day (;-).
-
- However, certain configurations do run into problems installing Warp
- GA. I have listed a number of known problems and workarounds in the
- following pages to help those of you already stuck, and to forewarn
- those of you who might need new drivers prior to starting up. I'm
- hoping that this will result in more people wasting(;-) their time
- <running> OS/2 Warp and fewer people wasting their time pounding on
- walls or flaming on the Usenet newsgroups because of snags in
- installing Warp (;-).
-
- Before starting your installation, read the documentation. This
- includes:
-
- The new "User's Guide to OS/2 Warp", and in particular,
-
- Chapter 1 - Before You Begin
- Chapter 2 - Using Easy Installation
- Chapter 14 - Solving Installation Problems
- Chapter 15 - Solving System Problems
- Chapter 16 - Video Procedures
- Chapter 17 - Using Advanced Installation
- Chapter 18 - Setting Up a Hard Disk
- Chapter 19 - Special Hardware Considerations
-
- The README file (root drive of the OS/2 Warp V3 CD)
- (Diskette ?? for the Diskette version)
- The README.INS file (Warp Installation Diskette)
- The README.CID file (Warp Installation Diskette)
-
- Manufacturers' README files for any device drivers <not> included with
- the OS/2 Warp GA package.
-
- (other suggestions will be welcomed).
-
- Warnings:
-
- 1) Before performing ANY OS/2 maintenance, including the installation
- of OS/2 Warp GA, be sure to have a CURRENT backup of ALL of your
- programs and data.
-
- 2) Before performing ANY OS/2 maintenance, including the installation
- of OS/2 Warp GA, be sure to have a CURRENT backup of ALL of your
- programs and data. This is not a typo; it is a redundant copy of
- my text for backup purposes (;-).
-
- 3) Have a set of <tested> OS/2 bootable diskettes ready with the
- usual system utilities (FDISK, FORMAT, TEDIT, etc.). Be aware that
- a set of (e.g.) 2.11 bootable diskettes created with BOOTOS2 will
- not be able to run some of the system utilities <from> an
- installed copy of Warp due to version level differences.
-
- Beta Testers:
-
- Remember that warning when you received your Beta code that you would
- have to re-format your Beta partition before installing Warp GA? Yes,
- it's a pain to do. Yes, it would be nice if IBM would dedicate the
- resources to testing all possible combinations of Beta1, Beta2, Gamma,
- and Gamma+ systems with GA installed over them, but lazy as I am, I'd
- rather see the time spent on improving the base operating system.
-
- It's not that GA-over-Beta is guaranteed to fail. It's that mixing
- various levels of similar-but-not-identical code creates an incredibly
- large set of possible combinations of software, and the problems that
- result are likely to (a) be subtle, (b) remain hidden for some time
- after Warp GA is installed, (c) be difficult to pin down, and (d) be
- highly individualized (one of a kind).
-
- Imagine the long-term results of (say) an OS/2 INI file mangled by the
- Warp Beta code being passed on to Warp GA. Result: much time could
- be spent, both by IBM and you, in tracking down a problem that could
- have been avoided by a clean install. There are already enough
- possibilities for conflicts, don't add new ones.
-
- Have Someone To Talk To
- -----------------------
-
- Finally, if you're only moderately technical but know someone who is
- familiar with OS/2, it doesn't hurt to let them know that you're about
- to start an installation and <might> be calling on them for help if
- you encounter problems.
-
- And even if you <are> intimate with all the idiosyncracies of OS/2
- Warp, it still doesn't hurt to have someone else to share your
- problems with - or to whom you can announce that you did the whole
- thing in 45 minutes flat (;-).
-
- ======================================================================
-
- Reported Problems and Fixes / Workarounds
-
- ======================================================================
-
- Symptoms:
-
- Warp installation program is unable to find CD-ROM drive, system
- hangs during installation.
-
- Hardware:
-
- Buslogic BT946C SSCI Adapter
-
- Problem:
-
- Warp-shipped BTSCSI.ADD (10/05/94, 20953 bytes) may not work
- properly on some(all?) systems.
-
- Fix:
-
- Use an earlier release of the BTSCSI.ADD driver, either from a
- previous OS/2 release or from the Micron BBS (208-465-8982). Look
- for a file date of 04-07-94 (possibly 06-07-94) and a size of 20162
- bytes.
-
- Notes:
-
- The BT946C BIOS Setup can be invoked by pressing Ctl-B at boot
- time.
-
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- Symptoms:
-
- Unable to install, unable to access drive, intermittent and odd
- effects after installation (HPFS, possibly FAT as well). One user
- reported the loss of pop-up menus (mouse RMB and Shift-F10)
- persisting even over a power-down and a MAKEINI rebuild of both
- OS/2 INI files.
-
- Hardware:
-
- Promise Technology, Inc. DC4030VL-2 4-drive IDE adapter and
- PTI1S506.ADD driver.
-
- Problem:
-
- It appears that there are problems with the PTI driver, at least
- with v1.2.3, v1.3, and v1.40. PTI Tech Support has said that there
- are problems related to the PTI driver writing to the OS/2 boot
- partition at shutdown, which is assumed to be FAT.
-
- Fixes:
-
- Install to a FAT partition. Or, Use the IBM1S506.ADD driver
- shipped with Warp by removing the PTI1S506.ADD line from CONFIG.SYS
- and adding the following line in its place (assuming 2 drives):
-
- BASEDEV=IBM1S506.ADD /A:0 /U:0 /!SMS /U:1 /!SMS
-
- Notes:
-
- Writing to an OS/2 HPFS partition as if it were a FAT partition is
- not generally recommended.
-
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- Symptoms:
-
- Installation from CD-ROM drive locks up on Diskette 1 following the
- "Loading, please wait..." message.
-
- Following the message from the Installation Diskette, the OS/2 logo
- appears, there is further diskette and CD-ROM drive activity, the
- screen goes black and the "Loading..." message appears. After
- further CD-ROM activity the acreen goes black and the cursor sits
- in the upper left-hand corner (indefinitely).
-
- Hardware:
-
- CD-ROM drive
-
- Problem:
-
- There is a known problem with the Warp GA IBMKBD.SYS driver which
- can produce this symptom (APAR PJ16077). To verify that your
- symptoms match this APAR, do the following:
-
- Add the line SET PROTSHELL = CMD.EXE to your CONFIG.SYS file and
- re-boot. You should see an OS/2 full-screen command prompt which
- will scroll rapidly, as if the Enter key were being pressed
- repeatedly.
-
- Fix:
-
- Replace the Warp GA IBMKBD.SYS driver (5548 bytes, dated 10-03-94)
- with a copy from Warp Beta2 (4677 bytes, dated 7-30-94,). It may
- also be possible to use the KBD01.SYS driver from OS/2 2.1+XR06200
- (29525 bytes, dated 01-29-94) or the one from 2.1 or 2.11 GA.
-
- Notes:
-
- An "updated" version of the IBMKBD.SYS driver was made available
- during the course of Warp Beta testing to fix another problem.
- That driver should <not> be used, as it has the same bug.
-
- If this works, please call IBM OS/2 Support and request to be
- added to the IP (Interested Parties) List for APAR PJ16077.
-
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- Symptoms:
-
- No sound from PAS-16 Plus sound adapter following Selective Install
- and alterations to CONFIG.SYS per Warp User's Guide Chapter 19.
-
- Hardware:
-
- Media Vision Pro Audio Spectrum 16 Plus adapter
- (possibly other PAS-16 family adapters)
-
- Problem:
-
- Bad MVPRODD.SYS driver in Warp GA.
-
- Fix:
-
- Obtain a new driver from the Media Vision BBS (510-770-0527). The
- driver is in OS2.EXE, which is a self-extracting archive (194972
- bytes).
-
- For comparison purposes, here are the drivers:
-
- MVPRODD.SYS (BBS) 9-21-93 3:09p 59480
- MVPRODD.SYS (Warp) 10-08-94 4:02a 51246
-
- Notes:
-
- The MVNOTES.DOC file from OS2.EXE also recommends making a change
- to the MMPM2.INI PARMSTRING value.
-
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- Symptoms:
-
- Unable to successfully create an OS/2 bootable partition.
- Unable to allocate a FAT partition.
-
- Hardware:
-
- "Large" drive with more than 1024 cylinders (e.g. most
- drives larger than 500 Mb).
-
- Problem:
-
- DOS and the "IBM PC Compatible" BIOS routines are unable to address
- a cylinder address greater than 1023 without some assistance. The
- resulting "FAT Barrier" forces some restrictions on DOS, OS/2, and
- any operating system which uses the BIOS suport for any part of its
- boot process. For the purposes of OS/2 Warp installation, these
- are:
-
- Boot Manager's partition must reside within the "FAT Barrier", that
- is, below cylinder 1024.
-
- DOS and OS/2 bootable partitions, whether FAT or HPFS, must also
- reside completely within the FAT barrier.
-
- DOS-compatible FAT partitions must reside completely within the FAT
- barrier (no surprise).
-
- OS/2 non-bootable HPFS partitions can go anywhere and be any size
- up to the OS/2 limit of 512 Gb.
-
- Fix:
-
- Some general rules of thumb may help your planning if you just
- picked up one of the new 540 Mb (or even 1 Gb) drives.
-
- Allocate Boot Manager as the first partition (lowest address) on
- the drive.
-
- Next, if desired, allocate a DOS boot partition (possibly with
- space for MSWin as well).
-
- If desired, and if the DOS boot partition is relatively small, add
- a second FAT partition for use by DOS and MSWin when RealDOS
- (PC-DOS or MS-DOS) is booted.
-
- Allocate your OS/2 Warp boot partition, either as FAT or HPFS.
-
- All of the above must fit within the "FAT Barrier".
-
- Finally, allocate the rest of the drive, however large, as one HPFS
- partition.
-
- Notes:
-
- Certain drives and adapters help move the FAT Barrier up above 500
- Mb by making it appear to the BIOS (or the adapter) that a
- "cylinder" contains more data than the physical drive geometry
- actually uses. Thus, 1024 cylinders "contains" more disk space.
-
- If the drive performs the translation, it should be transparent to
- the BIOS, DOS, and OS/2. If the adapter hardware performs the
- translation, the same will hold true. However, if the translation
- is performed by the adapter <BIOS>, problems can result unless the
- manufacturer also provides an OS/2 driver for the adapter or OS/2
- uses the IBMINT13.I13 driver to force all disk I/O through the
- adapter BIOS.
-
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- Symptoms:
-
- OS/2 installation is unable to access drive, or reports unusual
- drive partition sizes.
-
- Hardware:
-
- Large IDE drive with more than 1024 cylinders (presumably SCSI and
- ESDI as well) using OnTrack Disk Manager software (a.k.a. "Drive
- Rocket").
-
- Problem:
-
- OnTrack Disk Manager is incompatible with operating systems
- other than DOS, including OS/2. It uses non-standard partition
- descriptions which can make the drive appear to be unreadable or
- uninitialized.
-
- Fix:
-
- Back up all partitions on drives which are using OnTrak and remove
- OnTrack from the drives prior to installing OS/2. Partitions can
- be created under OS/2 beyond the "FAT Barrier" by using the OS/2
- FDISK or FDISKPM programs, and formatting the new partitions to use
- the OS/2 High Performance File System (HPFS).
-
- Notes:
-
- Specific tips on doing this would be appreciated.
-
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- Symptoms:
-
- Visible mouse pointer is offset (possibly by several inches) from
- the "effective" internal location for MSWin applications run in
- "seamless" mode (windowed on the OS/2 desktop).
-
- Hardware:
-
- Dell Computer systems with MSWin pre-installed.
-
- Problem:
-
- This appears to be the result of a Dell-specific version of the
- MSWin MOUSE.DRV driver.
-
- Fix:
-
- Obtain a copy of MOUSE.DRV from a standard version of MSWin, or
- download an updated driver from Dell.
-
- FTP: dell1.us.dell.com, file /dellbbs/os2/mouse.zip
- (possibly ftp.dell.com)
- BBS: 512-728-8528, OS/2 directory, file MOUSE.ZIP
-
- Rename the current driver (e.g. to DELMOUSE.DRV) and copy the new
- driver into the MSWin SYSTEM directory (usually named
- \WINDOWS\SYSTEM)
-
- Notes:
-
- This has also been reported as a fix for a similar problem for Zeos
- computers.
-
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- Symptoms:
-
- Following installation, OS/2 displays the new logo screen and
- hangs.
-
- Hardware:
-
- Problem:
-
- IRQ conflict.
-
- Fix:
-
- Ensure that no two adapters share an IRQ setting. To help
- determine which driver is being loaded at the time of the hang (and
- thus which adapter may be a part of the problem ), re-boot and
- press Alt-F2 when the "boot-blob" (small white rectangle in the
- upper left corner of the screen) appears. This will list each
- driver as it loads.
-
- Notes:
-
- If the hang occurs later in the boot process, try adding /V
- parameters to various drivers; this may yield additional
- information about which drivers are or are not operating as
- expected. If the messages scroll too rapidly to be read, add
- several "dummy" driver lines to CONFIG.SYS (e.g. BASEDEV=STOPHERE)
- to force the boot process to pause with an error message.
-
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- Symptoms:
-
- During installation the following message appears:
-
- "The country information file A:\COUNTRY.SYS is incorrect. The
- system is stopped. Correct the preceding error and restart."
-
- Hardware:
-
- 3.5" and 5.25" floppy drives
-
- Problem:
-
- CMOS not set up properly; it thought the 3.5" A: drive was a 5.25"
- drive and that the 5.25" B: drive was a 3.5" drive.
-
- Fix:
-
- Correct the CMOS settings.
-
- Notes:
-
- This could happen as the result of a bad CMOS battery, or from
- swapping the diskette drive cables and forgetting to re-set the
- CMOS information to match the change.
-
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- Symptoms:
-
- Various problems recognizing CD-ROM drives at installation time
- (e.g. SBCD2 not recognizing drives with unit codes other than
- zero), possibly other CD-ROM-related problems as well.
-
- Hardware:
-
- Any of the following CD-ROM drives:
-
- Philips LMS CM205, CM225 (single session)
- Philips LMS CM205, CM225 (multisession)
- Philips CM206, CM226
- Sony CDU-531, 535, 6150, 6201, 6205, 6251, 7201, and
- 7205 CD-ROM drives attached to a Sony CDB-240 series (or
- compatible) host adapter.
- Mitsumi CRMC-FX001 (single speed), CRMC-FX001D (double-speed)
- Mitsumi CRMC-LU005, CRMC-LU002
- Tandy CDR-1000 (Mitsumi)
- BSR-6800 (Mitsumi)
- Creative Labs OmniCD
- IBM ISA CD-ROM Drive
- Panasonic CR-521,522,523,562,563
-
- Problem:
-
- Problems with Warp GA drivers.
-
- Fix:
-
- Obtain an updated driver for your CD-ROM drive. These are
- currently available from the Talklink OS2BBS and CompuServe, and
- will presumably be on ftp.cdrom.com shortly. README files for each
- driver are included showing how to install them and what parameters
- each accepts.
-
- File names:
-
- CDDRVR.ZIP All fixes contained in one file 1.0 11/22/94 93440
- WLM205.ZIP Philips LMS205 CD Driver 1.0 11/22/94 22320
- WLM206.ZIP Philips LMS206 CD Driver 1.0 11/22/94 23680
- WMITFX.ZIP Mitsumi CD Drivers 1.0 11/22/94 16640
- WSBCD2.ZIP SoundBlaster CD Driver 1.0 11/22/94 15600
- WSONY5.ZIP Sony 535 CD Driver 1.0 11/22/94 14720
-
- Notes:
-
- None
-
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- This is a first draft. Please send comments, updates, and suggestions
- to Frank McKenney, rrs0059@ibm.net. Be warned that flames will be
- automatically routed to an attack-trained copy of Warp's UltiMail/2
- Lite; on detecting a flame it will promptly trigger a SYS3175
- self-destruct sequence, taking the offending missive with it.
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