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- Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
- Subject: Re: Install stuck on Disk 2, any clues?
- Message-ID: <1992Sep3.124447.17327@actrix.gen.nz>
- From: Steve.Withers@bbs.actrix.gen.nz
- Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1992 12:44:47 GMT
- Sender: Steve.Withers@actrix.gen.nz (Steve Withers)
- References: <BtyFFr.4E0@news.cso.uiuc.edu>
- Organization: Actrix Information Exchange
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- In article <BtyFFr.4E0@news.cso.uiuc.edu> freeman@eagle (Jay Freeman) writes:
- > Hello all, I'm trying to install OS/2 2.0 on a new machine here at work.
- > It's a clone mothrboard, with AMD bios, and an AMD 40 MHz processor. The
- > installation starts normally, with the exception of mangled text at the
- > bottom of the initial blue screen. I get as far as fdisk, where I can
- > partition, set up boot manager etc. When I've finished that, I get prompted
- > for Disk 2, Hit Enter. When the enter key is pressed, the machine beeps, the
- > disk light comes on for about 2 seconds, and I'm back at the same prompt.
- > This can be repeated indefinitely. Anybody have a fix or a workaround for
- > this?
- >
- > Thanks, Jay
- >
- > email: freeman@eagle.sangamon.edu
- > o
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- Try these (one at a time):
-
- 1. Check the bus speed. Is it 8 or 10 MHz?
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- 2. Turn TURBO off - just for the install.
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- 3. Got a strange video card?
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- 4. Using mixed-speed RAM? Different manufacturers? Mixed RAM can cause
- problems.
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- 5. Hard disk? What sort is it? SCSI?
-
- Good luck!
-
- Steve
-
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