NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #16/NN_1992_16.iso/spool/comp/os/os2/misc/25714

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From: [e-mail] (Alok Dhir)
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Subject: 1.2 mb drive on PS/2 90
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Date: 28 Jul 92 03:37:32 GMT
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I have a rather curious problem.  I use a PS/2 model 90 at work with a 5.25"
1.2mb drive as drive B.  It works fine with 1.2mb disks, but can't read
360k floppies under OS/2 for some reason...keeps coming up with cyclic
redundancy errors.  So I thought "no biggie" and quickly ftped the 360K fix
from hobbes.  Upon unzipping, I found a file called ibm1flpy.add (I think
that's how it is).  The readme said to place this file in place of the file
with the same name in the os2 directory.  Here's the wierd part:  My PS/2
model 90 (486/33) does not have a file called ibm1flpy.add!  It's called
ibm2flpy.add!  (that's a 2 instead of a 1 for you non-careful readers).  So
I thought I'd just replace the ibm2flpy.add with the new ibm1flpy.add and
try it that way.  No luck...all floppy access became impossible.  I also
tried just leaving it in the os2 dir with the name intact (ibm1flpy.add) but
this didn't work either!  Any suggestions?

By the way, OS/2 is VERY stable on the PS/2 90.  I have not had a single
crash in about a week of continuous use.  This is in sharp contrast to the
numerous crashes I experienced on my personal machine.  I am now awaiting
my new machine so I am looking forward to trying OS/2 on it (I traded in
my 486/50 local bus for a 486/50 EISA with an Orchid EISA Prodesigner IIs
card).

Thanks for the help...

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 Al Dhir                                     Technical Consulting Staff
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