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- │ OS/2 2.0 Technical Tips │
- │ From the │
- │ OS/2 Technical Support Team │
- │ Boca Raton, Florida │
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- │ File Name │ Description │ Number of pages │
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- │ CONTINSL.FAX │ OS/2 Aborted Installation Information │ 2 │
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- SHORT CUT IF YOUR INSTALLATION PROCEDURE STOPS
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- OS/2 2.0, includes an enhanced installation feature that can allow you
- to recover your installation options if your install aborts prematurely.
- If the OS/2 installation procedure stops before completion, you can generally
- continue the installation process without having to start over again with
- the installation disk. You do not have to use all diskettes again once the
- graphical install begins, the Presentation Manager based graphical install
- begins immediately after you are asked to remove your installation disk for
- the second time and your machine is rebooted when you press the Enter key.
- This process occurs on diskette 6 of the 3.5 inch package.
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- The following example assumes that the installation process halted on
- diskette 9 of the 3.5 inch package. To recover the install without
- starting at the beginning, use the following steps:
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- 1. Identify which diskette the installation procedure stopped on. (Disk 9)
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- 2. Subtract the number obtained in step 1 from the total number of OS/2
- program diskettes (15 for 3.5 or 18 for 5.25 inch media). If you were
- on Diskette 9 of a 3.5-inch system, the result would be 7.
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- 3. Start the computer with the Installation Diskette, and then insert
- Diskette 1 when prompted.
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- 4. At the first gray Welcome to OS/2 screen, you will be prompted to either
- Press Enter to continue or Esc to exit. Press the Esc key to obtain an
- OS/2 command prompt.
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- 5. Use a text editor to edit the CONFIG.SYS file on your hard disk.
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- 6. Find the line that starts with FIRSTDISK, and enter the results of step 1
- This parameter specifies the diskette where the install aborted. Per our
- example:
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- FIRSTDISK=9
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- 7. In the line that starts with NUMDISKS, change the number to the one you
- reached in step 2. Per our example:
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- NUMDISKS=7
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- 8. Remove the diskette from drive A: and press Ctrl+Alt+Del. You will
- see the graphical install panel. Click on OK, then INSTALL, and
- select all defaults.
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- 9. When you are prompted, insert the diskette named in the prompt. In the
- example, this would be Diskette 9, the diskette that was being loaded
- when the installation procedure stopped.
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- All the Selective Install choices that you selected when you first tried to
- install OS/2 2.0 are preserved.
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