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- From: anzick@watson.ibm.com (Bill Anzick)
- Subject: Install problems on IBM PS/2 M80
- Summary: CD-ROM read errors installing on IBM PS/2 M80
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- Message-ID: <1992Dec15.202054.16098@watson.ibm.com>
- Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 20:20:54 GMT
- News-Software: IBM OS/2 PM RN (NR/2) v0.16 by O. Vishnepolsky and R. Rogers
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- Organization: IBM T.J. Watson Research Center
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- I spent several days trying to install NT October Beta on an IBM PS/2 M80 A31
- machine. I would get through the phase 1 portion fine, but when phase 2 was
- entered (system booted NT) and the rest of the system was being installed off
- of the CD-ROM, the system would hang. If I changed the amount of system memory
- the hang would occur at a different place (% install complete).
- After each hang, I would have to go back and reformat the partition because
- the install process would not let me re-install over the same directory name.
-
- I then attempted to install the July Beta. With this system, instead of a
- hang I got an error popup window stating that there were nonfatal read errors
- on the CD-ROM drive.
-
- In desperation, I removed the CD-ROM from the M80 and installed it in an
- IBM PS/2 M95. On this system, I had no problems with the install.
-
- It would appear that there is some problem with the CD-ROM device driver
- when running on the M80 A31 hardware. That system has the IBM internal
- SCSI adapter card, just as does the M95. The BOOT install operating system
- does not have any problems reading the drive nor does OS/2.
-
- Has anyone heard of this problem before?
-
- Bill Anzick
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