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- From: sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu (Timothy F. Sipples)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
- Subject: Re: White screen on installation. Please help!
- Message-ID: <1992Nov14.003346.1452@midway.uchicago.edu>
- Date: 14 Nov 92 00:33:46 GMT
- References: <1992Nov12.112259.140440@ipgaix.unipg.it>
- Sender: news@uchinews.uchicago.edu (News System)
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- Organization: Dept. of Econ., Univ. of Chicago
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- In article <1992Nov12.112259.140440@ipgaix.unipg.it> luca@dedalo.unipg.it (Luca Priorelli) writes:
- >I am trying to install OS/2 2.0 on a PS/2 80. When the installation is
- >completed and the system is restarted everything is OK until the moment
- >the desktop is supposed to apper. Insted the PC shows a white screen
- >and there is periodic activity on the disk.
- >What happens? Can I fix the problem without having to reinstall OS/2
- >(I already reinstalled it a couple of times but I keep having the same
- >problem).
-
- If you are talking about the period just after installing, this is
- completely normal. Just wait -- it takes a little while for the
- desktop to be built the first time. That Tutorial is there for a
- reason -- go through it. You will regret it later on if you don't.
-
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