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- OSDADOS6 - INSTALLING MS-DOS 6 UPGRADE ON OS/2 2.X
- 12/19/94
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- INSTALLING THE MS-DOS 6 UPGRADE TO CO-EXIST WITH OS/2 2.x
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- Please Read Entire Document for Full Explanation of Procedures
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- Start the system from the current version of DOS installed, not
- from an OS/2 VDM or VMB.
-
- A: Prepare the Uninstall Diskette:
-
- The Uninstall diskette safeguards the files on the computer
- while you install MS-DOS 6. The Uninstall diskette protects the
- files if SETUP cannot finish installing, or if you encounter
- problems with MS-DOS 6 after SETUP. You can restore your
- previous version of DOS if you need to.
-
- 1. Write "Uninstall #1" on the label of a formatted diskette
- compatible with drive A. If you are using 360K diskettes,
- you might need two diskettes. Label the second "Uninstall
- #2".
-
-
- B: Disable Disk-Caching, Delete-Protection, and Anti-Virus
- Programs:
-
- Some disk-caching, delete-protection, and anti-virus programs
- conflict with SETUP. You do not need to disable the startup
- command for the MS-DOS SMARTDrive program.
-
- 1. Edit the DOS CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT files. Type REM
- and a space at the beginning of each command line that
- starts a disk-caching, delete-protection, or anti-virus
- program. Save these files.
-
- C. Disable Automatic Message Services:
-
- 1. Disable any automatic message service, such as a network
- popup or a printing notification, that prints directly to
- the screen. These message services are incompatible with
- SETUP.
-
- 2. Save the changes to the CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT files.
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- 3. Press Ctrl+Alt+Del to restart the system.
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- 4. Run SETUP. After you set up MS-DOS 6, EDIT the CONFIG.SYS
- and AUTOEXEC.BAT files and remove the REM commands you
- added previously.
-
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- RUNNING SETUP
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- OS/2 DUAL BOOT:
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- 1. Start the system in DOS, not OS/2 VDM or VMB.
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- 2. Insert MS-DOS 6 SETUP Diskette 1 in drive A or B.
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- 3. Type: A:SETUP or B:SETUP at the DOS C:> command prompt.
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- 4. MS-DOS 6 finds non MS-DOS operating system files (OS/2) on
- the drive and prompts you to remove the files from the hard
- disk. If you choose to remove the files, MS-DOS 6
- re-partitions the entire first hard disk as one MS-DOS
- partition, removing OS/2 from the system.
-
- Select "DO NOT REMOVE THE FILES".
-
- 5. MS-DOS warns that the "Operating system on the drive (OS/2)
- may be disabled". Ignore this message.
-
- Select "CONTINUE SETUP".
-
- 6. Follow the prompts on the screen. If you have questions
- about the procedures or options press F1 for Help.
-
- 7. When SETUP prompts you for the Uninstall diskettes, insert
- the diskettes in drive A.
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- 8. Restart the system when you complete the SETUP program. The
- system should start in MS-DOS 6.
-
-
- 9. To go to the OS/2 partition type: BOOT /OS2.
-
- 10. Copy COMMAND.COM from the C:\DOS directory to the C:\root
- directory. This lets you boot back to DOS when you are in
- OS/2.
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- NOTE: SETUP places your previous DOS files in a directory
- named OLD_DOS.x. If you are sure you do not want to restore
- your previous version of DOS, you can delete the OLD_DOS.x
- directory and its filess by typing DELOLDOS at the command
- prompt.
-
-
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- OS/2 BOOT MANAGER:
-
- 1. Start the system in DOS, not OS/2 VDM or VMB.
-
- 2. Insert MS-DOS 6 SETUP Diskette 1 in drive A or B.
-
- 3. Type: A:SETUP or B:SETUP from the DOS prompt.
- (Do not install directly from A or B).
-
- 4. MS-DOS 6 detects a non MS-DOS partition and states that
- "This partition will not be available when using MS-DOS 6".
- Ignore this message.
-
- Select - CONTINUE SETUP.
-
- 5 Follow the prompts on the screen. If you have questions
- about the procedures or options, press F1 for Help.
-
- 6. When SETUP prompts you for the Uninstall diskettes, insert
- the diskettes in drive A.
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- NOTE: SETUP places your previous DOS files in a directory
- named OLD_DOS.x. If you are sure you do not want to restore
- your previous version of DOS, you can delete the OLD_DOS.x
- directory and its contents by typing DELOLDOS at the command
- prompt.
-
-
- TO MAKE THE OS/2 BOOT MANAGER PARTITION ACTIVE AGAIN:
-
- 1. Type FDISK at the MS-DOS 6 C:> command prompt. The FDISK
- OPTION screen appears.
-
- 2. Select 2 and press ENTER. The Set Active Partition screen
- appears. The Boot Manager partition appears as a 1-MB
- non-MS-DOS partition.
-
- 3. Select the number that corresponds with the Boot Manager
- partition, and press Enter.
-
- 4. When the confirmation screen appears, press Esc. The Fdisk
- Options screen appears.
-
- 5. Press Esc to exit FDISK.
-
- 6. Restart your computer, your Boot Manager should be active.
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- WARNING
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- At the end of the installation process, Microsoft's DOS 6.0
- installation program suggests that you run the "Microsoft
- DEFRAG", and the "Microsoft DOUBLE SPACE" utilities. These
- utilities are NOT COMPATIBLE with the OS/2 environment, and may
- cause data loss in OS/2 if run on partitions accessible by OS/2
- while running in the Microsoft DOS 6.0 environment. Microsoft
- DOS 6.0 utilities that perform direct diskette I/O (eg.
- Interlink, undelete) are NOT SUPPORTED under OS/2. These
- utilities compromise OS/2's filesystem.
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- If you followed the above steps and are still having having an
- installation problem with MS-DOS 6, but not with OS/2, please
- contact the Microsoft Corporation Technical Support Center.
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