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- File:OSINHD5.fax 4/19/94
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- During the installation of OS/2 2.1 the process hangs after the
- first reboot, (DISK #5).
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- SUMMARY OF RESOLUTION:
- Workaround is to reinstall OS/2 2.1 using a Response file.
-
- DETAILS OF RESOLUTION:
-
- WARNING: All installation selections must be made in the Response
- file BEFORE the installation begins.
-
- 1. Copying the Response file to Diskette #1.
- a. To copy the response file onto a diskette,
- you must make some modifications to Diskette 1.
- These modifications make room on the diskette
- for the response file.
- b. Make a copy of Diskette #1. You will modify
- the copy.(Ex. DISKCOPY A: B:)
- c. Make extra room on the copy of Diskette #1
- by deleting files that will not be needed
- in a response file installation:
- 1) Delete the MOUSE.SYS file from the copy of Diskette 1.
- 2) Delete the SYSINST2.EXE file from the copy of
- Diskette #1.
- 3) Delete the BUNDLE file from the copy of Diskette #1.
- 4) If you are installing OS/2 2.1 on a Micro Channel(*)
- computer, delete the following file from your copy of
- Diskette #1:
- DEL IBM1*.ADD
- 5) If you are installing OS/2 2.1 on a non-Micro Channel
- computer, delete the following files from your copy of
- Diskette #1:
- DEL IBM2*.ADD
- DEL *02.SYS
-
- d. Edit the CONFIG.SYS file that exists on
- the copy of Diskette #1.
- 1) Change the SET OS2_SHELL statement
- from: SET OS2_SHELL=SYSINST2.EXE
- to: SET OS2_SHELL=RSPINST.EXE A:\OS2SE21.RSP
- 2) Delete the following statement:
- DEVICE=\MOUSE.SYS
- 3) If you are installing OS/2 2.1 on a Micro Channel
- computer, delete the following statements from the
- CONFIG.SYS file on your copy of Diskette #1:
- BASEDEV=IBM1FLPY.ADD
- BASEDEV=IBM1S506.ADD
- 4) If you are installing OS/2 2.1 on a non-Micro Channel
- computer, delete the following statements from the
- CONFIG.SYS file on your copy of Diskette #1:
- BASEDEV=IBM2FLPY.ADD
- BASEDEV=IBM2ADSK.ADD
- BASEDEV=IBM2SCSI.ADD
- e. Unpack the SAMPLE.RSP from disk#13, This file is in
- directory REQUIRED.
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-
-
-
- Pg 2
-
- UNPACK A:REQUIRED /N:SAMPLE.RSP) to the copy of diskette #1.
-
- f. Use an editor (such as the System Editor) to modify and
- save the file. The file contains comments that explain
- each of the installation options.(Default setting has
- worked fine in all cases)
- g. Copy the modified response file to the copy you made of
- Diskette #1. Use the name OS2SE21.RSP when you copy
- the file.
- EX. COPY SAMPLE.RSP A:OS2SE21.RSP
- h. Copy the RSPINST.EXE file (located in DISK#7 under
- directory REQUIRED
- UNPACK A:REQUIRED /N:RSPINST.EXE)
- to the copy of Diskette #1.
- 2. Begin the installation of the workstation by inserting the
- Installation Diskette and restarting the system.
- 3. When prompted for Diskette #1, insert the
- modified copy of Diskette #1, and press Enter.
- 4. From this point, the installation program will
- prompt only for the insertion of diskettes. No
- other installation screens will appear.
- 5. When prompted to insert Diskette #1
- again, insert the original copy of Diskette #1.
-
- NOTE: This procedure can be used to install the same
- set of options on multiple workstations. Using
- a response file, you can make sure that a group
- of workstations is set up with the same set of
- options and HARDWARE
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