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- From: sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu (Timothy F. Sipples)
- Subject: Re: OS/2 installation woes
- Message-ID: <1992Jul25.175941.1385@midway.uchicago.edu>
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- Organization: Dept. of Econ., Univ. of Chicago
- References: <1992Jul23.044539.5971@CS.ORST.EDU>
- Date: Sat, 25 Jul 1992 17:59:41 GMT
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- In article <1992Jul23.044539.5971@CS.ORST.EDU> lafourc@storm.CS.ORST.EDU (Chris LaFournaise) writes:
- >While installing OS/2 2.0, shortly after inserting "Diskette #1" which is the
- >second disk in the procedure (I love IBM), the phrase "Operating System/2"
- >appears on the screen (in graphics mode I believe) and the system hangs.
- >I HAVE:
- >An ETEQ-486/33, 4mb ram, 64K cache. (Yes, I will buy more memory if I can get
- >this working!) AMI Bios dated 5/5/91. I have three floppy drives; 1.2mb (A:),
- >360K (B:), and 1.44mb(D:), as well as a colorado Jumbo 120 tape drive connected
- >to the floppy controller. I have a 155mb SCSI hard drive (brand unknown) with
- >a Future Domain TMC-885 controller which is combined with the floppy
- >controller. (the TMC-885 has both a HD and 4-FD controller on one board). The
- >Bios revision for the controller is 5.xx.
-
- Try disconnecting the Colorado tape drive from your floppy controller
- while installing.
-
- >In addition, I have a Paradise VGA+/16 video board with 256K, a multi-io board
- >with 1 parralel and 1 serial and a game port, which is disabled through a
- >jumper setting. I have a soundblaster pro (default IRQ/interrupt settings) as
- >well as a "Hook Up" 2400 baud modem.
-
- Move the Soundblaster off IRQ 7 (which is used by printer port one) --
- this conflicts when trying to print. On most systems IRQ 5 is free
- (normally LPT 2).
-
- Also, obtain the bvhsvga.zoo file, available via anonymous ftp from
- ftp-os2.nmsu.edu. That patch will fix potential problems with the
- Paradise adapter.
-
- >Been in contact with IBM tech support. Following their suggestions I have
- >tried the following:
- >1) Remove ALL expansion boards except for Video and HD/FD controller. Disable
- >16bit processing on the video (back to 8-bit). Unplug tape drive. NO
- >EFFECT.
-
- Ah, OK. I would also unplug that third floppy drive for the time being.
-
- I am fresh out of ideas otherwise. Do take a look at both the OS/2
- FAQ List and the IBM Tips and Techniques file, both available from
- ftp-os2.nmsu.edu.
-
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