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Morton F. Kaplon CompuServe ID 73457,437 Wed 05-13-1992
Voice : (215)758-9686
Creating a Boot Disk for a 1.2M Floppy using FAT file system
The listing below contains the rock bottom minimum I have been
able to achieve and still boot from the from A: drive using the
FAT file system and a 3 1/2 " Drive. The total file size should
fit on a 1.2M floppy. With the list of files below and the accompanying
CONFIG.SYS file you should be able to create a bootable 1.2M floppy.
The procedure has changed from the Beta Versions. The Installation disk has
SYSINSTX.COM on it as well as OS2KRNLI, OS2LDR, OS2LDR.MSG and a lot of
other files which are not needed. Copy SYSINSTX.COM to your C: drive
and from there give the command "SYSINSTX A:", where you have a formatted
hi density disk in A:. All SYSINSTX does is copy the hidden file OS2BOOT
to the A: drive. The other three OS2*.* files on the installation disk are
not hidden and you can copy them to a: via C: or by whatever means you want.
It is important to rename OS2KRNLI to OS2KRNL on the boot disk being created.
The rest of the required files are all on Disk 1 of the Installation Set
and they are listed below. There are a number of files with the numeral 1
in their names. These files are for a CLONE. If you have a PS-2 machine
there is a corresponding set, also on Disk 1 which have a 2 in place of the
1. Use those. If you have a PS-2 you MAY(??)) also need to copy the file
ABIOS.SYS which is on Disk 1 also. On Disk 1 there is a file named OS2SCSI.DMD
which is not listed below. That is presumably their generic driver for SCSI
drives and MAY BE needed for those with that kind of hard drive, and
for which there should be a corrsponding statement in config.sys.
My system is a Gateway 2000 33 MHZ 386. Using the list below you will
not be able to print. The file to do that is PRINT01.SYS and there should
be a corresponding BASEDEV=PRINT01.SYS in CONFIG.SYS. It will be a tight
fit if it fits at all.
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I have heard from one or 2 users that the file (not listed) NPXEMLTR.DLL
seems to be required to boot on their systems. It definitely is not
required on my system. With the list below I do not get any error messages
when I boot from the floppy.
Since the main point of having a single bootable floppy is to be able
to do CHKDSK C: /F or CHKDSK D: /F on you hard drives it would appear
the game is still lost.
HOWEVER if you have at least 2 logical hard drives, you can copy
C:\OS2\CHKDSK.COM to another hard drive and then do from A:
D:CHKDSK C: /F
and
C:\OS2\CHKDSK D: /F
etc.
If you do not have a d:drive but do have another floppy, then just keep a
copy of CHKDSK.COM on that floppy along with any other desireable files.
Volume in drive A is DISK 0 Serial number is A4D6:CC14
Directory of a:\*.*
<----------- Where Located ------------->
bkscalls.dll 401 ___A_ Copied From Disk 1
bmscalls.dll 398 ___A_ Copied From Disk 1
bvhinit.dll 9203 ___A_ Copied From Disk 1
bvscalls.dll 454 ___A_ Copied From Disk 1
clock01.sys 3666 ___A_ Copied From Disk 1
cmd.exe 87552 ___A_ Copied From Disk 1
config.sys 273 ___A_ Copied From Disk 1 and amended as listed below
country.sys 24604 ___A_ Copied From Disk 1
dos.sys 1142 ___A_ Copied From Disk 1
doscall1.dll 87884 ___A_ Copied From Disk 1
ea data. sf 3584 RHSA_ Created when os2krnli copied from Installation disk
harderr.exe 14436 ___A_ Copied From Disk 1
ibm1flpy.add 24026 ___A_ Copied From Disk 1
ibm1s506.add 12908 ___A_ Copied From Disk 1
kbd01.sys 29013 ___A_ Copied From Disk 1
kbdcalls.dll 858 ___A_ Copied From Disk 1
moucalls.dll 1010 ___A_ Copied From Disk 1
msg.dll 477 ___A_ Copied From Disk 1
nampipes.dll 711 ___A_ Copied From Disk 1
nls.dll 465 ___A_ Copied From Disk 1
os2boot 1099 RHSA_ Created on boot disk by sysinstx
os2char.dll 56320 ___A_ Copied From Disk 1
os2dasd.dmd 31994 ___A_ Copied From Disk 1
os2krnl 716044 ___A_ Copy os2krnli from Installation Disk to os2krnl
os2ldr 32256 ___A_ Copied from Installation Disk
os2ldr.msg 8440 ___A_ Copied from Installation Disk
quecalls.dll 14994 ___A_ Copied From Disk 1
screen01.sys 1441 ___A_ Copied From Disk 1
sesmgr.dll 31256 ___A_ Copied From Disk 1
sysinst1.exe 4224 ___A_ Copied From Disk 1
viocalls.dll 1825 ___A_ Copied From Disk 1
1,202,958 bytes in 31 file(s) 1,209,344 bytes allocated
248,320 bytes free
<----- A:CONFIG.SYS ----->
buffers=32
iopl=yes
memman=noswap
protshell=sysinst1.exe
set os2_shell=cmd.exe
diskcache=64,LW
protectonly=yes
libpath=.;\;
pauseonerror=yes
device=\dos.sys
set path=\;\
set dpath=\;
set keys=on
basedev=ibm1flpy.add
basedev=ibm1s506.add
basedev=os2dasd.dmd