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Date:	Sun, 30 Jun 2002 06:52:13 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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Butch,

I believe that I can partially help you. Your boot partition, the one in
which you install OS/2 will have to be <= 8 GB. That's a absolute limit
for the HPFS (high performance file system). Perhaps it's a limit for
the OS/2??

Your OS/2 Warp 4 should have to come with a set of installation
diskettes and a CD-ROM containing most of the OS installatin. I believe
that there are 3 diskettes as follows:

Installation Diskette
Diskette 1
Diskette 2

You will use the 3 diskettes to prepare your system for the majority of
the installation, which will come from files on the CD-ROM.

Start your computer and insert the first diskette (Installation
Diskette) for the bootup on that diskette. Follow the instructions on
the diskette. You will have to first partition you hard drive, using the
FDISK.COM program (on the diskette). The partition into which you
install OS/2 must be <= 8GB, as stated above. You will want to first
create a small partition for the Boot Manager (7 MB). Make it a
startable partition. Next, you will want to create the partition for
installing OS/2. Make it a bootable partition. It will have to be <=
8001MB, or you will not be able to set the bootable flag. After that,
you will have approx 5GB left on your hard drive. You can create none,
one or more partitions with the remaining.

After you create your partitions, using FDISK.COM, you will have to
reboot on the first floppy (I think). After rebooting you will have to
format the partitions you have created. You can format them as HPFS or
as FAT. I prefer HPFS; it's much better.

After you format the partitions the installation will continue and you
will have to make several choices. Eventually, the installation will
switch to the CD-ROM for the bulk of the work.

Hopefully, your installation will go without a hitch. If not, hopefully
we can get you through it via email.

Good luck

HCMotin
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Butch Langel wrote:
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> I just received my box of os2 warp 4 operating system from eBay
> auction.
> I have a 13 gig hard drive for the system. I have an old AMD Athlon
> 650 processor. 512 mgs of Ram, a cd rom and a Plexwriter cd-rw. I have
> read thru the install and user guide and read that I might need
> different install floppies so the system will install on the larger
> than 8 gig hard drive. I have warp iu 1 EXE and 2 EXE I downloaded
> from IBM downloads.
> What else must I have or do to make my initial install a success? What
> about updates, fix packs, etc ?
>
> I am a computer dufus and usually it takes 4-5 attempts to get
> something right, but I am willing to try.
>
> I am available for any and all help and support.
>
> Butch Langel
> Las Vegas, Nevada
>
> ps. I've never seen os/2 in action, but anything to get away from the
> tentacles of MS is what I am looking for.
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