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Date:	Sun, 30 Jun 2002 16:37:26 PST7
From:	Harry Chris Motin <hmotin@attglobal.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: Basic Help

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Harry Chris Motin wrote:
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> ______________________________________________________________________________________________
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> Butch,
>
> First of all, the CONFIG.SYS is on Diskette 1, only (not on Diskette 2).
> Most of the drivers needed to install and boot OS/2 are also on Diskette
> 1. A few are on Diskette 2. The ones that are have a special notation in
> the CONFIG.SYS (on Diskette 1) that tells the system to look for the
> driver on Diskette 2, instead of Diskette 1. You probably need not worry
> about that tidbit!
>
> Steven is right about the OS/BIOS limit on <= 8GB partition sizes. As
> long as you are installing OS/2 Warp 4 from the installation diskettes
> and CD-ROM, you will have the 8GB limit. No changing of the CONFIG.SYS
> on Diskette 1 will change that.
>
> In addition to the <= 8GB limit on the OS partition, the IBM IDE driver
> probably has a <= 2GB limit (its an old driver). I'm guessing about the
> exact limit, but I KNOW that it will not work with, say 8GB, partition
> sizes. You can change out the IBM1S506.ADD driver on Diskette 1 to a
> newer version of the driver, which I emailed to you. That version will
> work on > 8GB partitions. I used it for several months. The Daniella
> Egbert driver, DANI1S506.ADD, also works on > 8GB partitions. It is a
> better driver that the one from IBM.
>
> If you decide to install a Boot Manager partition, using FDISK, it will
> be 7MB in size. Furthermore, the Boot Manager partition must be
> "Startable". It will be the selection that you must make, when you
> select Boot Manager as the partition.
>
> Whatever size you use for your C: partition, 8001 MB (= 8GB), or 500 MB
> as Steven suggested, it will have to specified as "Bootable".
> Furthermore, with your OS version it must be <= 8GB
>
> The diagram that I showed you from my previous email to you is also an
> exact copy of how FDISK looks after you have finished creating your
> partitions. The thing that I was trying to emphasize is the "Startable"
> requirement for the Boot Manager partition, the "Bootable" and <= 8GB
> requirements for the OS partition.
>
> Whatever Diskette 1 that you used to make the edits to the CONFIG.SYS
> file (the replacement diskette or the original), you will have to use
> that diskette to install the OS. If you make any changes to the
> diskettes, I recommend that keep the original diskettes clean and
> unchanged. Therefore, make an exact copy of the diskette (like Diskette
> 1) and make the changes on the copy. Install using the copy with the
> changes.
>
> Lets worry about FixPaks and updates only after you are up and running
> with an installed system. That's the important part.
>
> HCM
> ________________________________________________________________________________________________
> Butch Langel wrote:
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> > Well,
> > I was successful in putting in:
> > set copyfromfloppy=1
> > reservedriveletter=r
> >
> > in the config sys file located in diskette 1 that will replace the original
> > diskette 1.
> >
> > So, this manuever will allow larger installation partitions? Dumb question,
> > but I've gotten very confused.
> >
> > Do I need to make config sys file change like above with diskette #2
> > replacement ?
> > Is it recommended to make the boot manager startable primary partition 7 mb,
> > the bootable primary partition C: 801 mb,
> > and several other partitions of 5 gigs each ?
> >
> > Now I edited the #1 replacement diskette using Notepad in Windows 2000. I
> > made the change, took out the floppy and examined the contents. The change
> > in the config sys file was there, so I am assuming the change was made.
> >
> > Now, should installation with replacement floppies be possible?
> > What else must I do as in terms of fixpacks and updates?
> > Thanks
> > Butch Langel
> >
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