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- From: hank@ducvax.auburn.edu
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- Subject: Re: Installing OS/2 - CAN'T!!!!!
- Message-ID: <1992Jul21.213405.1@ducvax.auburn.edu>
- Date: 22 Jul 92 02:34:05 GMT
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- In article <13623@mindlink.bc.ca>, Brenda_Haynes@mindlink.bc.ca (Brenda Haynes) writes:
- > When I try to install OS/2 on my 386/33 using 5 1/4" disks, the first disk
- > loads the IBM screen that requests the second disk, Disk #1. I then insert
- > Disk #1, press ENTER and wait, and wait, and wait . . . .
- >
- > I phoned IBM and they said that I would have to turn off disk caching and,
- > maybe, asynchronous memory refreshing.
-
- Here's a longshot: I had the same behavior due to a keyboard conflict in
- OS2 1.2. My dipswitches were set for "Enhanced AT, PS/2" which worked fine
- for DOS/Windows, but not with OS2. The setting for "PC/AT" did work.
- My keyboark has a calculator built-in.
-
- --darrel hankerson hank@ducvax.auburn.edu
-