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- From: sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu (Timothy F. Sipples)
- Subject: Re: OS2 won't install, need quick help
- Message-ID: <1992Aug18.214452.22212@midway.uchicago.edu>
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- Organization: Dept. of Econ., Univ. of Chicago
- References: <1992Aug14.163846.9139@donau.et.tudelft.nl>
- Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1992 21:44:52 GMT
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- In article <1992Aug14.163846.9139@donau.et.tudelft.nl> linstee@dutecaj.et.tudelft.nl (Erik van Linstee) writes:
- >I may have missed a few things or so, but I haven't had time to go
- >through the manuals thouroughly and won't have for a while. So I
- >need someone to clear this matter in very few words.
- >I am trying to install OS/2 2.0 on a 486-33, 17Meg RAM, Seagate ST-1102
- >harddisk, AMI BIOS, 3.5 and 5.25 floppy, 4*serial, 2*parallel, no-name
- >IBM clone. It reads the install disk fine, asks for disk 1 and when inserted
- >complains "disk read error, insert install disk and try again" or something
- >similar. I tried doing as it says in the readme when not installing on
- >a MCA-bus machine, but no go. What's up?! Anybody seen this and knows
- >the answer? Will I be able to ever install OS/2 (then HOW?) or not at all?
-
- Try switching the system to its slower speed (often 8 MHz) -- some
- floppy drives have subtle timing problems when running on very fast
- systems.
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