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- From: sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu (Timothy F. Sipples)
- Subject: Re: Do ARCHIVES of this newsgroup exist?
- Message-ID: <1992Aug29.164127.14274@midway.uchicago.edu>
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- Organization: Dept. of Econ., Univ. of Chicago
- References: <anderson.24.714921056@mayo.edu>
- Date: Sat, 29 Aug 1992 16:41:27 GMT
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- In article <anderson.24.714921056@mayo.edu> anderson@mayo.edu (Alfred I. Anderson) writes:
- >Several months ago there was a discussion about installing the OS/2 ver 2
- >upgrade package on a virgin disk. The upgrade wants to find either DOS or
- >OS/2 v1.3 on the disk before allowing installation to proceed. There were
- >comments as to how to circumvent this.
-
- A zero length file named RUP.RUP on Diskette 1, I believe, was the
- solution. Just create such a file using your favorite utility.
-
- However, putting DOS on the hard disk, first, is trivial -- a FDISK
- followed by FORMAT C: /S is sufficient.
-
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- Timothy F. Sipples | The OS/2 FREQ. ASKED QUESTIONS LIST is avail. from
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- Chicago, 60637 | Hey GOP: The Economy, Stupid!
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