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System asking for diskette 16 4/28/94
File:DISK16.fax 4/19/94
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SYSTEM ASKS FOR DISK 16 BUT THERE ARE ONLY 15
PLUS THE PRINTER DRIVER DISKS
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DESCRIPTION OF SYMPTOMS:
The installation of OS/2 2.0 goes fine up to disk 15 but then the
system prompts for disk 16, the problem is there are only disks
0-15 for installation and the printer driver diskettes.
SUMMARY OF RESOLUTION:
This problem usually occurs on systems which have had the A: and B:
drives switched because OS/2 has to install from drive A: but drive
A: was a 5.25 inch drive and the install disks are 3.5 inch. The
drive cables must be physically switched and the CMOS setup has to
be updated as to the new configuration.
DETAILS OF RESOLUTION:
Go inside the machine and swap floppy drive cable connectors, use
the system's setup utility to set the new CMOS parameters, and then
install OS/2 from the "new" Drive A. Sometimes the floppy drive
cable connectors will not be the same. If so an adapter plug can
be obtained.
12/31/99