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- From: laird@stable.ecn.purdue.edu (Kyler Laird)
- Subject: Northgates (and others) won't install OS/2 2.0!
- Message-ID: <laird.714615414@stable.ecn.purdue.edu>
- Sender: news@noose.ecn.purdue.edu (USENET news)
- Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network
- Date: 24 Aug 92 00:16:54 GMT
- Lines: 32
-
- Harsh reality hit last week when I tried to upgrade my depatrment's
- network from OS/2 1.3 and MS LAN Manager 2.0 to OS/2 2.0 and IBM
- LAN Server 2.0 (Advanced).
-
- The Northgate (Elegance 333 - 386DX-33) server won't access the A:
- drive during the second part of installation (after reboot, when
- it says "insert disk 6 in drive A:"). It didn't lock, didn't give
- an error message, just kept asking for the disk and beeping (and
- redisplaying the message) when I hit "OK".
-
- BTW, I tried it on another Northgate (386SX-20 Slimline) and got
- the same result.
-
- I used two different OS/2 copies and have successfully installed
- OS/2 2.0 on a Gateway 2000 486, Zenith 386 and Dell 386SX laptop.
-
- After many calls to IBM (and a couple of days of waiting), I restored
- the network to its previous state. Then I received a call from yet
- another IBM tech (by mistake - long story). I decided to go ahead
- and tell him about my problem even though it was in queue for an
- engineer.
-
- Strangely enough, he said that it was common, they knew about it,
- and they didn't have a fix! So here I was beating myself up for
- three days trying to solve a known problem that doesn't have a
- solution! (But no one I had talked to could find any record of
- any similar problem!)
-
- Just wanted everyone else to know about this. Maybe it will save
- some head/heartache...
-
- --kyler
-