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- From: canty@vlsi.polymtl.ca (Yves Canty (Hiv91))
- Subject: Re: Various OS/2 2.0 problems
- Message-ID: <1992Aug30.145039.10754@vlsi.polymtl.ca>
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- Organization: Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal
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- Date: Sun, 30 Aug 1992 14:50:39 GMT
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- I think I found my problem with OS/2 2.0. See my original post in this thread
- for the exact symptoms.
-
- I exchanged all my computer components, one by one, with a friend who has
- a system very similar to mine and who has no problem installing and running
- OS/2 2.0. More precisely, I put his RAM, I/O card, graphic card and
- Hard Disk in my computer. Everything went OK, so it's not my motherboard.
- Then I replaced my components one by one and checked if OS/2 would install
- OK. It did, until I replaced my Hard Disk. Then the problems came back.
- I also tried my Hard Disk with all his components. Same problems. In other
- words, every combination we tried with his HD worked, and every combination
- we tried with my HD didn't.
-
- Therefore, the problems are caused by my Connor Hard Disk. It's an IDE, so
- it must be the controller attached to the drive which is not compatible
- with OS/2.
-
- This means I'll have to buy a new HD. Any suggestions as to what type
- of HD I should buy? I'm looking for 200 Megs capacity or more, and
- which would run OS/2 2.0 on a 486 33 MHz computer with 8 Megs of RAM.
- Something like a price/performance table would be nice. And one last
- thing: I don't want to put more than 1000$ on a new HD. And even then,
- around 500$ would be much better. :)
-
- Thanks in advance to all who will answer.
-
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