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Date:	Sun, 12 Oct 2003 11:53:29 PDT7
From:	Tom Brown <thombrown@san.rr.com >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: OS/2 Install problem

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Since you are not using the files that you deleted, why not create
zero-length files on the floppy so that the install program can copy
them and be happy?

Carl Miller wrote:
> Hello All,
>
> I have been trying to install OS/2 ver. 3 on an HP Pavilion. I have created
> an updated install disk 1 with the new drivers so that it will work with the
> larger size hard drive. Everything goes great with the install until the
> program requests install disk 1 again. When I put in the modified disk 1 I
> get an error that a file cannot be found. When I look at the install log it
> says SYS0002: The system cannot find the file specified. It also says Copy
> Error An error occured when system installation tried to copy a file. But,
> it doesn't tell me which file is missing or can't be copied.
> It may be because of the way I modified disk 1. I used a disk image utility
> to copy the original disk 1. I then injected the updated drivers,
> IBM1S506.ADD, OS2DASD.DMD and IBMDECD.FLT per the readme that came with the
> idedasd file that I downloaded from the IBM ftp site. But, in order for the
> new drivers to fit in the image I had to delete the drivers with the IBM2
> prefix. I also updated the CONFIG.SYS file with the SET COPYFROMFLOPPY=1
> statement. I also deleted the BASEDEV statements which referred to the IBM2
> drivers. Would that have been the correct way to do this?
>
> I am really at a loss here. By the way I am installing from diskettes not
> CD-ROM. Is there a way I can update the drivers on the disk 1 without
> deleting anything?
> Any and all help appreciated.
>
> Carl

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Tom Brown
thombrown at san dot rr dot com
Member SCOUG, V.O.I.C.E. & SDAA
running eComStation GA + FP 3
eCS system uptime is 0 days 00:02 hours

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