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- OS/2 Warp Version 3
- README
-
-
- Welcome to OS/2* Warp Version 3 (OS/2 Warp).
- This README contains the latest information available.
- It also contains helpful hints found in our testing.
-
- The README is only one source of information provided
- with OS/2 Warp. Greater detail can be found in:
-
- o User's Guide to OS/2 Warp
- o Using OS/2, a new tutorial
- o The Information Folder located on the Desktop,
- which provides new online books to help you learn
- and develop skills using OS/2 Warp:
-
- - Master Help Index
- - Command Reference
- - REXX Information
- - Multimedia
- - Printing in OS/2
- - Performance Considerations
- - Application Considerations
- - Windows Programs in OS/2
-
- The Application Considerations online book, for
- example, contains helpful hints on running games
- under OS/2 Warp. The Printing in OS/2 online book
- helps with installing new printers or solving
- problems. These are a few of the many items
- found in the new online books.
-
- To help you locate information in this README, you
- can use the Find option in the Edit menu of the OS/2
- System Editor. You can print the file by dragging it
- to your printer object or by using the Print choice
- on the pop-up menu.
-
-
- CONTENTS
- ________
-
- 1.0 Creating Diskette Images from the OS/2 CD
-
- 2.0 Enhanced IDE Hard Drives Greater than 528MB
-
- 3.0 Multiple Versions of Windows**
-
- 4.0 Win32s** Versions 1.0 and 1.1 Applications
-
- 5.0 Repetitive Sounds or No Sound After System
- Installation
-
- 6.0 Desktop Settings Notebook
-
- 7.0 Monochrome Monitors
-
- 8.0 Lotus** Notes Does Not Support Comet Cursor
-
- 9.0 Lotus Approach 3.0 Needs to Have Memory Setting
- Adjusted
-
- 10.0 Pen for OS/2
-
- 11.0 Startup Warning Message
-
- 12.0 Changing Display Resolution Using the System Object
-
- 13.0 Trademarks
-
-
- 1.0 CREATING DISKETTE IMAGES FROM THE OS/2 CD
- _________________________________________
-
- To create diskette images from the OS/2 CD after OS/2
- Warp has been installed, you must first find out how
- many diskettes you will need. Follow these
- procedures:
-
- 1. Place the OS/2 CD in the CD-ROM drive.
- 2. Type DIR X:\DISKIMGS\OS2\35 /W (where X: is the
- CD-ROM drive) and press Enter.
- 3. When a list of files appears on your screen,
- count the files that end with the .DSK extension.
- Each .DSK file requires one formatted diskette.
-
- Use the following command to create each diskette
- image:
-
- X:\DISKIMGS\XDFCOPY X:\DISKIMGS\OS2\35\diskname.dsk A:
-
- where:
-
- X: Is the drive letter of the
- CD-ROM drive.
-
- \DISKIMGS\XDFCOPY Is the location and name of
- the program used to create
- the diskettes.
-
- \DISKIMGS\OS2\35 Is the location of the files
- containing the diskette
- images.
-
- DISKNAME.DSK Is the diskette image file
- name (for example,
- DISK0.DSK).
-
- A: Is the drive letter of your
- 3.5-inch diskette drive.
-
- For example, to create the Installation Diskette
- (DISK0.DSK), type the following and press Enter:
-
- X:\DISKIMGS\XDFCOPY X:\DISKIMGS\OS2\35\DISK0.DSK A:
-
- (where X: is the CD-ROM drive and A: is the diskette
- drive.)
-
-
- 2.0 ENHANCED IDE HARD DRIVES GREATER THAN 528MB
- ___________________________________________
-
- If you have an Enhanced IDE hard drive that has a
- capacity of greater than 528MB (greater than 1024
- cylinders), note the following restrictions:
-
- The FAT file system is limited to partition sizes of
- less than 1024 cylinders.
-
- The HPFS file system can support data partitions that
- are greater than 1024 cylinders. However, the partition
- from which OS/2 is started cannot be greater than 1024
- cylinders. The HPFS file system can support drives up
- to 2GB.
-
-
- 3.0 MULTIPLE VERSIONS OF WINDOWS
- ____________________________
-
- OS/2 Warp does not support multiple versions of
- Windows (for example, Windows 3.1 on drive D and
- Windows for Workgroups** 3.1 on drive E) or multiple
- installations of the same Windows version (for
- example, Windows 3.1 on drive D and Windows 3.1 on
- drive E).
-
-
- 4.0 WIN32S VERSIONS 1.0 AND 1.1 APPLICATIONS
- ________________________________________
-
- Install your Win32s applications in a WIN-OS/2*
- Full-Screen session. You can then run your Win32s
- applications in either a WIN-OS/2 Window or Full-Screen
- session.
-
-
- 5.0 REPETITIVE SOUNDS OR NO SOUND AFTER SYSTEM
- __________________________________________
- INSTALLATION
- ____________
-
- If your computer produces unusual or repetitive
- sounds, or no sounds at all, after you have installed
- OS/2 Warp, you might have a mismatch between the device
- driver parameters supplied by OS/2 and the sound
- adapter card or the BIOS setting of your computer.
-
- To determine if this situation exists, use the RMVIEW
- utility program to display the OS/2 device driver
- types and parameters installed on your computer. The
- program quickly scrolls through the device types.
- The audio card is in the last section of the devices.
-
- 1. Open an OS/2 Window or Full Screen session.
- 2. Type the following:
-
- RMVIEW (press Enter)
-
- 3. Note the following parameters (where X will be
- replaced by a value):
-
- I/O = 0X0XXX
- IRQ Level = X
- DMA Channel = X
-
- These are the parameters that OS/2 is using for
- your audio device.
- 4. Refer to the hardware documentation that came
- with your audio card to determine the hardware
- settings of your audio card. Note the following
- parameters:
-
- Port address or I/O = 0X0XXX
- Interrupt level or IRQ Level = X
- DMA Channel = X
-
- 5. If hardware and software settings are not the
- same:
- a. Select OS/2 System from the OS/2 Desktop.
- b. Select System Setup.
- c. Select Selective Install.
- d. Select the Multimedia Device Support icon.
- The Device Selections and Settings window
- appears. The audio card appears in the
- Devices(s) in System to be Installed window.
- e. Select the Device Settings push button. A
- window appears with your port address, DMA,
- and Interrupt Level settings.
- f. Select the values that match the hardware
- settings for your audio card. Then select
- OK.
- g. When the Device Selections and Settings
- window reappears, select OK.
- h. When the System Configuration screen
- reappears, select OK.
- i. At the OS/2 Setup and Installation screen,
- select Install.
- j. When the Source Directory window appears,
- select Install.
- k. Follow the instructions that appear on your
- screen.
- 6. Shut down and restart your computer so that these
- changes will take effect.
-
- If the sound problem continues, there might be a
- conflict with the BIOS settings of your computer. To
- determine if this condition exists, you will need:
-
- o The hardware utility diskette for your computer
- o The documentation that came with your computer
-
- When you have the diskette and documentation, follow
- these steps to determine the hardware configuration:
-
- 1. Insert the hardware utility diskette into drive
- A.
- 2. View the BIOS settings that are configured for
- your computer. Refer to your hardware
- documentation for details about viewing this
- information.
- 3. Compare the IRQ Level from the RMVIEW utility
- program display with the hardware IRQ or
- Interrupt Level found in the hardware
- documentation. If the hardware IRQ or Interrupt
- Level for the LPT port is set to enable at 5 or
- 7, disable it. Refer to your hardware
- documentation for details about disabling and
- saving the new settings.
-
- NOTE: OS/2 Warp parallel printing no longer requires
- an IRQ setting.
-
- If you experience unusual sounds in a WIN-OS/2*
- session, refer to the online help contained in the
- Multimedia book located in the Information folder on
- your Desktop.
-
-
- 6.0 DESKTOP SETTINGS NOTEBOOK
- _________________________
-
- When using the Archive page of the Desktop Settings
- notebook, specify a drive that is managed by the same
- file system as the drive on which your Desktop
- resides. For example, if your Desktop is managed by
- the FAT file system, do not specify a drive for an
- Archive location that is managed by HPFS.
-
- Use the FDISK OS/2 command to display the file system
- of the drive on which your Desktop resides. The file
- system is displayed in the FS Type field.
-
-
- 7.0 MONOCHROME MONITORS
- ___________________
-
- If you are using a laptop computer (such as the IBM*
- ThinkPad* 750 or 750P) with a monochrome display and
- the Western Digital** display driver is installed,
- you might experience problems with the way the cursor
- is displayed. For example, when you use Alt+Esc to
- switch from a full-screen session to the OS/2
- Desktop, the cursor might appear completely black
- until it is moved. In addition, changing the size of
- a window with the mouse can leave a trail of
- discolored pixels as the cursor moves. These
- problems do not occur on an external color monitor or
- when the VGA driver is installed.
-
-
- 8.0 LOTUS NOTES DOES NOT SUPPORT COMET CURSOR
- _________________________________________
-
- You cannot use the OS/2 Warp Comet Cursor with
- Lotus Notes.
-
-
- 9.0 LOTUS APPROACH 3.0 NEEDS TO HAVE MEMORY SETTING
- _______________________________________________
- ADJUSTED
- ________
-
- To use Lotus Approach 3.0, change the DOS memory
- setting DPMI_MEMORY_LIMIT from 64 to 10 before you
- run the application. Do the following:
-
- 1. Display the pop-up menu for the Lotus Approach
- 3.0 object, the WIN-OS/2 Window object, or the
- WIN-OS/2 Full Screen object.
- 2. Select Settings.
- 3. Select the Session tab.
- 4. Select the WIN-OS/2 Settings push button.
- 5. Select the last radio button, All DOS and
- WIN-OS/2 settings.
- 6. Select OK.
- 7. Scroll down to DPMI_MEMORY_LIMIT and select it.
- 8. Change the value from 64 to 10. Then select
- the Save push button.
- 9. Close the Settings notebook.
-
-
- 10.0 PEN FOR OS/2
- ____________
-
- When you are installing or reinstalling Pen for OS/2,
- you might receive the following message:
-
- SYS1059: The system cannot execute the specified program.
-
- If you receive this message, you must apply a fix to
- the Pen installation program.
-
- 1. Install the PATCH utilities:
- a. Select OS/2 System.
- b. Select System Setup.
- c. Select Selective Install.
- d. Select OK on the System Configuration window.
- e. Select Serviceability and Diagnostics Aids.
- f. Select Install from the OS/2 Setup and
- Installation window and follow the
- instructions on the screen.
- 2. To apply the fix to the Pen for OS/2 installation
- program, follow these steps:
- o If you are reinstalling Pen for OS/2:
- a. Copy the PEN.DAT file, which is located
- in the \DISK10 directory on the OS/2
- CD-ROM, to the drive and directory where
- you have Pen for OS/2 installed.
- b. Change to the drive and directory where
- you have Pen for OS/2 installed. At an
- OS/2 command prompt, type:
-
- PATCH PEN.DAT /A (press Enter)
-
- o If you are installing Pen for OS/2 for the
- first time:
- a. Copy the PEN.DAT file, which is located
- in the \DISK10 directory on the OS/2
- CD-ROM, to the PEN for OS/2 Diskette 1.
- b. Insert the Pen for OS/2 Diskette 1 into
- drive A.
- c. From an OS/2 command prompt, switch to
- drive A, and type:
-
- PATCH PEN.DAT /A (press Enter)
-
- A message is displayed confirming that
- the fix has been applied.
- 3. Install Pen for OS/2.
-
-
- 11.0 STARTUP WARNING MESSAGE
- _______________________
-
- If you select the option to archive system files from
- the system settings page of your Desktop, you might
- receive the following warning during system startup:
-
- There may not be enough room at the target to
- create an archive. Do you wish to continue?
-
- This message is generated to inform you that there
- will be less than 10MB of free space available in the
- selected archive hard disk partition after the archive
- is performed. If you select Yes, the archiving process
- will continue. If you select No, the archiving process
- will not be performed.
-
-
- 12.0 CHANGING DISPLAY RESOLUTION USING THE SYSTEM OBJECT
- ___________________________________________________
-
- You can use the System object to change the resolution
- for many of the display drivers supported by OS/2. Do
- the following:
-
- 1. Open OS/2 System on your Desktop.
- 2. Open System Setup.
- 3. Open System.
- 4. Select the Screen tab. If the Screen page says
- "Page 1 of 2" at the bottom, go to page 2 and
- select your display from the list. If the Screen
- page does not have a page 2, go to step 5.
- 5. Select the screen resolution that is supported
- by your display from the Screen resolution
- list. (Refer to the documentation that came
- with your display for a list of supported
- resolutions.)
- 6. Close the System object, shut down OS/2, and
- restart your computer so that these changes will
- take effect.
-
-
- 13.0 TRADEMARKS
- __________
-
- The following terms, denoted by an asterisk (*) in
- this README file, are trademarks of the IBM
- Corporation in the United States or other countries:
-
- o IBM
- o OS/2
- o ThinkPad
- o WIN-OS/2
-
- The following terms, denoted by a double asterisk
- (**) in this README file, are trademarks of other
- companies as follows:
-
- TRADEMARK OWNER
- Lotus Lotus Development
- Corporation
- Microsoft Microsoft Corporation
- Windows Microsoft Corporation
- Windows for Workgroups Microsoft Corporation
- Win32s Microsoft Corporation
- Western Digital Western Digital Corporation
-
- THIS DOCUMENT IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF
- ANY KIND. IBM DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, WHETHER
- EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION,
- THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
- PURPOSE AND MERCHANTABILITY WITH RESPECT TO THE
- INFORMATION IN THIS DOCUMENT. BY FURNISHING THIS
-
-
- DOCUMENT, IBM GRANTS NO LICENSES TO ANY PATENTS OR
- COPYRIGHTS.
-
- (C) Copyright IBM Corporation 1994. All rights
- reserved.
-
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