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Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2003 09:26:46 PDT7
From: waynec@linkline.com
Reply-To: scoug-help@scoug.com
To: scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject: SCOUG-Help: Installation woes

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eyeleica@lvcm.com writes:

> I just recently was given an old IBM 300GL computer by a friend. Never
> having owned an IBM, I thought it proper to install IBM's OS/2 Warp 4 on
> an IBM computer. This 300GL comes with 128 mgs ram and is powered at
> 266mhz. Considering its age, I decided to go with the original install
> diskettes. No problem with the Installation diskette, go to disk #1, no
> problem. Insert disk #2 and after a short wait for loading, this black
> screen appears:
>
>
> OS/2 Warp 4 System Installation
>
> Sys0039: The C: device is not ready
>
> ______________________
>
> Return error code to program
> End program/command/operation
> Retry Command or Operation
>
>
>
> I have tried the original diskettes on other computers of the same vintage
> and have been getting the same result. Could it be the install diskettes
> are corrupted? There appears to be nothing wrong with the computer; I can
> install Windows 98 without a problem. I've tried using updated diskettes
> #1 and #2 with the install going well until the end when the system locks
> up with a black screen and a blinking white dash in the upper left corner.
> Right now, I think I am caught in the insanity mode (following Einstein's
> definition of insanity: doing the same thing over and over expecting
> different results). Any thoughts or ideas to get the installation
> complete?
>

This may be simplistic, if so, please forgive me...

1. You do have the Warp installation cdrom, right?

2. What size is the C: hard drive? Is it formatted (what is the format)?
What size is the first partition on the drive? I think large drives (over
4gb?) may require an updated driver on disk 0 (the first install diskette)
or disk 1; unfortunately I'm travelling this week and can't check my
diskettes).

3. When you say you've used "updated diskettes", what do you mean by that?
Did you download new diskettes 1 & 2 from the IBM OS2 driver pack online?

4. Have you taken a look at the config.sys on disk 1 (second diskette) to
see if something there is forcing it to go to C:?

5. Have you tried holding alt-F2 keys when the install diskette first
started loading OS/2 so that you could follow along as drivers are loaded
from disk 1 and disk 2? What was the last driver loaded?

6. Are disk1 and disk 2 a matched pair, ie, came from the same source at the
same time rather than just one being substituted for the original?

7. Do you have a running OS/2 machine from which you could create a new set
of utility disketttes (disk 1 and disk 2 from utility diskettes can be
substituted, I believe, for the corresponding install diskettes).

I'm not sure I'm qualified to help, considering all the problems I went
through on my install diskettes recently, but I think the answers to my
questions above may help someone else to assist you.

Wayne

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