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- OSIN1201 - SYS1201 ERROR MESSAGE OS/2 2.X, WARP
- 10/19/94
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- SYS1201 ERROR MESSAGE OS/2 2.X, WARP
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- Please Read Entire Document for Full Explanation of Procedures
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- This document provides information for resolving SYS1201 errors
- when starting OS/2. The information is for the general
- availability release of OS/2.
-
-
- SYS1201 - VMOUSE NOT INSTALLED
-
- RESOLUTION:
-
- There is a problem with the OS/2 installation program if
- there is any MOUSE.* on the drive where OS/2 is being
- installed. The symptom is the SYS1201 - VMOUSE NOT INSTALLED
- error.
-
- PROCEDURE:
-
- 1. Review the CONFIG.SYS file for OS/2 and verify that the
- DEVICE= statement points to MOUSE.SYS in the x:\OS2 directory
-
- where x: is the drive where OS/2 resides.
-
- No reference to MOUSE.COM should be in the CONFIG.SYS file
- for OS/2.
-
- 2. Copy the MOUSE.SYS file from Program Diskette 1, to the
- X:\OS2 directory. Where X: is the drive where OS/2 resides.
- Shutdown OS/2 and restart the system.
-
- 3. If the problem continues, unplug the mouse, wait a short while,
- and plug the mouse in again. If this fixes the problem and
- you used the mouse under OS/2, you can try using the
- MOUSE.SYS from OS/2. This is also located on Program
- Diskette 1 of the install series of OS/2.
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- AFTER INSTALLING OS/2 FOR WINDOWS THE MOUSE DOES NOT WORK
-
-
- You have installed OS/2 for Windows. After restarting the
- system, the mouse does not work. When using DOS, mouse
- works fine.
-
- RESOLUTION:
- If there is a DOS-based mouse device driver installed,
- sometime, the OS/2 mouse device driver does not get copied
- over. The solution is to unpack and copy over the OS/2
- mouse device driver.
-
- PROCEDURE:
- The OS/2 mouse device driver is on diskette 1 of the
- installation package.
-
- 1. Copy the file MOUSE.SYS from the installation diskette 1
- to \OS2 directory on the boot drive.
-
- 2. Check the CONFIG.SYS to ensure the line containing the
- MOUSE.SYS is in the file. You need to restart your system
- for the device driver change to take effect.
-
- If MOUSE.SYS is not in the file, use selective install to
- reinstall the mouse device driver support.
-
- A. Open the OS/2 System folder. Open the System Setup
- folder. Open the Selective Install item.
-
- B. Select the appropriate mouse for your hardware and
- select OK. Select the Install pushbutton to reinstall
- the mouse device support.
-
- C. Restart the system.
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- SYS1201 - COM.SYS NOT INSTALLED. or IRQ NOT AVAILABLE.
-
-
- 1. If you only have one serial port and you have a MOUSE
- plugged into the port, you get the above error. Edit the
- CONFIG.SYS file and place a remark (REM) statement before
- the following lines:
-
- REM DEVICE=OS2\COM.SYS
- REM DEVICE=OS2\MDOS\VCOM.SYS
-
- 2. If you have a PS/2 or equivalent Microchannel Architecture
- (MCA) computer, you should not pass any parameters to the
- COM.SYS device driver. Only ISA and non-ABIOS computers
- require parameters for serial ports greater than COM2:.
-
- 3. If you have an Industry Standard Architecture (ISA or AT)
- computer, you need to provide the CORRECT Input/Output
- (I/O) address and Interrupt Request Level (IRQ) for serial
- ports greater than COM2:. The parameters must match the
- PHYSICAL settings of the serial adapter(s). Review the
- documentation, that came the serial adapter, to determine how
- to physically change or "jumper" the adapter. If you have an
- internal modem and have two external serial ports, it is
- recommeded that you try to set the modem to I/O address "3E8"
- and IRQ 5.
-
- NOTE: You can only use IRQ 5 if you have only one (1)
- parallel port (LPT1:). The parameter line is:
-
- DEVICE=...\COM.SYS (p,addr, irq)
-
- For example, if you have PHYSICALLY configured your internal
- modem to I/O address 3E8 (or COM3:) and have set the PHYSICAL
- IRQ to level five, you would set the following parameters:
-
- DEVICE=X:\OS2\COM.SYS (3,3E8,5)
-
- 4. If you provide an invalid address or IRQ, messages indicate
- that the "COMx" port was not installed or that the IRQ is not
- available. You should verify that the serial adapter (i.e.
- internal modem) is configured correctly.
-
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- Three Button Mouse Not Working Correctly
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-
- You have a 3 button mouse and the SYS1201 error message appears
- on the screen.
-
- OS/2 only supports the 2 button mode on a 3 button mouse. If
- your mouse has a switch to change to a 2 button mode, change
- the switch. If not, you need to get a 2 button mouse.
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