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- OS2BMWOR - BOOT MANAGER WITHOUT REPARTITIONING, 2.X, WARP
- 12/19/94
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- BOOT MANAGER WITHOUT REPARTITIONING, 2.X, WARP
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- Please Read Entire Document for Full Explanation of Procedures
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- INSTALLING BOOT MANAGER WITHOUT REPARTITIONING ENTIRE HARD DISK
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- In this example, a hard disk of 80MB currently consists of a
- primary partition of 10MB (containing DOS) and a logical drive
- of 70MB. The primary (DOS) partition is preserved, but the
- logical drive is deleted and replaced by:
-
- 1MB Boot Manager partition
- 49MB logical drive, where OS/2 is installed
- 20MB logical drive, used for programs and data
-
- In this example, you will put the Boot Manager partition at the
- END of the hard disk.
-
-
- 1. Back up any data you want to save from the existing logical
- drive. (Use the BACKUP command from your existing operating
- system.)
-
- 2. Insert the Installation Diskette into drive A: and restart
- your system. If you are installing from a CD, also insert the
- CD into the CD-ROM drive.
-
- 3. Remove the Installation Diskette, insert Diskette 1, and press
- Enter. Files are loaded into memory, a message asking you to
- wait appears, followed by a black screen.
- - For OS/2 WARP:
- A. An option to select an Installation Method appears,
- 1. Select Advanced Installation with your arrow keys.
- 2. Press Enter and the Installation Drive Selection
- screen is displayed.
- - For OS/2 2.X, follow the instructions on the screen until
- the Installation Drive Selection screen is displayed.
-
- 4. On the Installation Drive Selection screen, select option 2,
- SPECIFY A DIFFERENT DRIVE OR PARTITION.
-
- 5. Delete the existing logical drive (which you have backed Up):
- A. Highlight the line that contains information about the
- logical drive.
- B. Press Enter to display the Option menu.
- C. Select Delete Partition and press Enter.
-
- 6. Create the Boot Manager partition and install the Boot
- Manager:
- A. Make sure the FREE SPACE line is highlighted.
- B. Press Enter to display the Options menu.
- C. Select INSTALL BOOT MANAGER and press Enter.
- D. Select CREATE AT END OF FREE SPACE and press Enter.
-
- 7. Create the first logical drive (for OS/2 2.1):
- A. Highlight the FREE SPACE line.
- B. Press Enter to display the Options menu.
- C. Select CREATE Partition and press Enter.
- D. Type the size of the extended logical drive (in this
- example, 49) and press Enter.
- E. Select EXTENDED Logical Drive and press Enter
- F. Select CREATE at START of FREE SPACE and press Enter.
- G. Press Enter to display the Options menu.
- H. Select ADD to BOOT MANAGER MENU and press Enter.
- I. Type OS/2 2.1 and press Enter.
-
- 8. Create the second logical drive (for programs and data):
- A. Highlight the FREE SPACE line.
- B. Press Enter to display the Options menu.
- C. Select CREATE Partition and press Enter.
- D. Accept the size of the extended logical drive (20) by
- pressing Enter.
- E. Select EXTENDED LOGICAL DRIVE and press Enter.
-
- NOTE: If you entered a number smaller than 20 for the size of
- the logical drive, you will need to select from CREATE
- AT START OF FREE SPACE or CREATE AT END OF FREE SPACE.
-
- 9. Set up OS/2 2.1 as the default:
- A. Highlight the OS/2 2.1 line.
- B. Press Enter to display the Options menu.
- C. Select SET STARTUP VALUES and press Enter.
- D. Select DEFAULT and press Enter.
- E. Press F3.
-
- 10.Indicate which partition should be used for the OS/2 2.1
- installation:
- A. Highlight the OS/2 2.1 line.
- B. Press Enter to display the Options menu.
- C. Select SET INSTALLABLE and press Enter.
-
- 11.Add name for DOS partition to Boot Manager startup menu:
- A. Highlight the line that contains information about the DOS
- partition.
- B. Press Enter to display the Options menu.
- C. Select ADD TO BOOT MANAGER menu and press Enter.
- D. Type DOS and press Enter.
-
- 12.Exit FDISK:
- A. Press F3 to exit FDISK.
- B. Select SAVE and EXIT and press Enter.
-
- 13.Continue with OS/2 installation until you see the OS/2 Setup
- and Installation window.
-
- 14.Format the logical drive:
- A. When the OS/2 Setup and Installation window is displayed,
- select SELECT FEATURES AND INSTALL.
- B. Specify any changes to the System Configuration window.
- C. When the second OS/2 Setup and Installation window is
- displayed, select OPTIONS from the menu bar.
- D. Select FORMAT.
- E. Indicate which file system you want to use to format the
- logical drive.
-
- 15.Finish the installation of OS/2 2.1.
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-
- See OS/2 documentation for additional information.
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