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- From: hstarke@europa.eng.gtefsd.com (Hal Starke)
- Subject: Re: CD Beta Installation
- Message-ID: <1992Nov5.210854.25219@europa.asd.contel.com>
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- Reply-To: hstarke@europa.eng.gtefsd.com (Hal Starke)
- Organization: GTE Federal Systems Division
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- Date: Thu, 5 Nov 1992 21:08:54 GMT
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- >I tried to install the OS/2 2.X beta from CD-ROM last night, with no luck.
- >On the second disk, "Disk One", after a lengthy wait looking at the
- >"Loading, Please Wait" message, the system got stuck in what seemed to be a
- >loop: The Diskette would be accessed, the CD activity light would blink
- >for a second or two, the message "CD-ROM not found, installation aborted"
- >would flash on my screen, and the process would repeat. I let this
- >continue for 20 or 30 cycles before resetting the system.
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- I have the same behavior with my system. What works for me is to Ctrl-Alt-Del
- at this point and start over with the Installation disk followed by disk 1.
- For me, it always works after the second try. I also have to do this after
- each cold start. The boot will stop saying "No SCSI devices found...", but
- will find the CD after Ctrl-Alt-Del.
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- I just went through this with an Adaptec 1542b. What I found was the DMA transfer rate
- was set to fast for OS/2. The higher rate worked fine for DOS and WINNT. Seems OS/2
- is sensitive to this also. Slow down your DMA transfer rate.
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- Hal Starke, GTE Federal Systems
- My views are my own!
- Internet: hstarke@europa.eng.ftefsd.com
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