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- By popular demand!
-
- OS/2 V2 is available on BOTH 3.5 inch and 5.25 inch diskette versions.
- Unfortuately, some users have received (or can only obtain) the 3.5 inch
- versions, while their systems are setup with a 5.25 inch A: drive and a
- 3.5 inch B: drive. Most users can swap these around (change cables, reset
- cmos) and boot the OS/2 install from the 3.5 inch versions. But some systems
- are restricted by cable connectors or cable length. For those users which
- have the wrong diskette sizes, and cannot change the system hardware setup
- the following should help....
-
- NOTE: OS/2 is *NOT* an application, and as such MUST be booted from a drive.
- There is no "install" procedure on the diskettes. If you were running
- UNIX on your PS/2, and decided to install DRDOS, you would not expect
- to be able to run a UNIX "install" script from the DRDOS install diskette
- to install.. OS/2 is in a similar position, it is a "foreign" operating
- system to the current running one, and as such cannot use a "install"
- procedure. It MUST be booted to install...
-
- These are the instructions to use when installing OS/2 V2 with the modified
- install procedure for a 5.25 (1.2 meg) inch A: drive and a 3.5 inch (1.44)
- B: drive and you cannot swap them to use the 3.5 inch as an A: drive.
-
- REQUIRED:
- 2 X 5.25 inch ** 1.2 MEG ** formated diskettes
- INST525I.EXE - A 5 1/4" OS/2 2.0 Install diskette image.
- INST525B.EXE - A 5 1/4" special diskette image required to allow you to
- install from the B: drive with 3 1/2" diskettes.
-
- You will need to create working 5 1/4" (1.2 meg) diskettes from the
- above 2 files.
-
- The syntax to unpack the files is
-
- INST525I A:
-
- NOTE: Label this diskette Install Diskette.
-
- INST525B A:
-
- NOTE: Label this diskette MODIFIED Install Diskette.
-
- There is a file on the MODIFIED Install Diskette, README2 which follows
- here... This is how to use the 2 diskettes in this package, and your
- 3 1/2" diskettes to install OS/2 2.0 WITHOUT altering your system setup
- using both the A: bootable 5 1/4" diskettes created with these images and
- the 3 1/2" diskettes OS/2 2.0 was shipped to you on.
-
- --------------------
-
- This modified version of the 5.25 inch IBM OS/2 2.0 Diskette 1 allows
- you to install on a system with a 5.25 inch, 1.2 MB (bootable) drive A
- and a 3.5 inch, 1.44 MB drive B. To install, you will need a 5.25 inch
- IBM OS/2 2.0 Installation Diskette, this Diskette 1 and all of your 3.5
- inch Installation diskettes.
-
- To install, follow these steps:
-
- 1. Insert the 5.25 inch OS/2 Installation Diskette into drive A.
-
- 2. Insert the 3.5 inch OS/2 Installation Diskette 1 into drive
- B.
-
- 3. Turn on your computer or press Ctrl+Alt+Del.
-
- 4. When prompted, insert this modified version of the OS/2
- Installation Diskette 1 into drive A and press Enter.
-
- NOTE: Do NOT remove this diskette from drive A until
- hard disk preparation is complete.
-
- 5. The panels during install will ask you to remove
- the diskette from drive A and insert the next diskette
- into the drive. At these panels, remove and insert
- the requested 3.5 inch diskettes into drive B.
-