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- From: widow@camelot.bradley.edu (Shaun Burnett)
- Subject: Re: Making a hardcard, the boot drive for OS/2
- Message-ID: <widow.726189338@camelot>
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- Organization: Bradley University
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- Date: 4 Jan 93 23:15:38 GMT
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- In <1i3btcINNogi@news.umbc.edu> gottlieb@umbc8.umbc.edu (Robert Gottlieb) writes:
-
- >I just installed OS/2 and unfortunately couldn't figure out how
- >to get it to install to my hardcard. I'm using a Quantum Hardcard
- >XL 105. I got the new drivers from their BBS, so at least OS/2
-
- This was a dream I had long ago when I first installed OS/2.
- The problem is that OS/2 wants to be able to write drive,
- before the driver had been loaded. Since the driver has to
- be loaded before writing to the disk can occur, it's a no go.
-
- You could relocate the swapper.dat file to the hardcard, by
- changing the path reference in the config.sys. I suppose you
- could also move the mini-apps and such to your hardcard also.
- This may become tedious after a couple of installations.
-
- Being a Hard Card owner, here are some things you'll need to
- keep in mind ...
-
- - When you go to install the SPP make sure you replace the
- SPP IBM1S506.ADD with the GA version (Disk 2). (The
- alternative is to remove the Hard Card for the install.)
-
- - After you reboot the SPP you'll need to boot from an DOS or
- OS/2 floppy (OS/2 floppy if OS/2 is installed on a HPFS
- partition) or DOS (if OS/2 is installed on a DOS partition),
- and replace the SPP IBM1S506.ADD with the GA version. (The
- alternative is to remove the Hard Card for the boot so that
- you can replace the file.)
-
- - If you have an SVGA card, you may want to change the address
- on the card via the dip switches (if in the default setting).
- If you do this before you install the SPP, it will prevent the
- OS/2 installation program from thinking that you have an XGA
- card installed and installing the XGA drivers. (No big
- problem if you don't feel like changing the address. See
- below.)
-
- - Make sure that when you use SVGA.EXE to generate the
- svgadata.pmi that the Adapter type and ChipSet listed in the
- svgadata.pmi file reflect your actual SVGA Card.
- Problem: OS/2 will think you have an XGA card installed if
- you haven't corrected the address conflict. (The alternative
- is to boot standard DOS, run "SVGA.EXE ON" and copy the
- svgadata.pmi to the "\OS2" directory.)
-
-
- Shaun Burnett | "You can't survive on a new planet with a
- widow@camelot.bradley.edu | soul full of hope and fresh air you know."
- OS/2--Happy Happy Joy Joy--OS/2 - Dr. Who (Tom Baker)
-