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- From: jld@datascope.com (Jay L. Davis)
- Subject: Re: Northgates (and others) won't install OS/2 2.0!
- Message-ID: <1992Aug31.213857.2914@datascope.com>
- Organization: Datascope Corp.
- References: <laird.714615414@stable.ecn.purdue.edu>
- Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1992 21:38:57 GMT
- Lines: 42
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- In article <laird.714615414@stable.ecn.purdue.edu> laird@stable.ecn.purdue.edu (Kyler Laird) writes:
- >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...
- >
-
- I installed OS/2 2.0 on my Elegance 333 with no problem (don't have LAN
- Server though). Check you BIOS dates; if it is an older AMI BIOS, that
- may be the problem. My BIOS was the first release that didn't have any
- problems. Also, what other hardware is in your system (video, disk
- controller, etc.) ?
-
- ---Jay Davis
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