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Date:	Tue, 15 Apr 2008 09:08:33 -0700
From:	Ray Davison <raydav@charter.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: eCS 2.0 Didn't Last Long.

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Colin Campbell wrote:
> After I posted that I had successfully installed eCS 2.0, I immediately
> started getting
> "OS/2 is unable to operate your hard drive." messages.
>
> I booted once with Alt+F2, and the last driver loaded before the message
> was issued was OS2LVM.DMD.
>
> Each time I boot eCS 1.2, CHKDSK runs against the G: drive and
> pronounces it fine.
>
> What do I do to determine what the problem is, and correct it?

Attached are two files. Put ALTF2ON.$$$ in X:\OS2\BOOT. That will
cause boot to always have Alt F2 on. This will cause all driver loads
to echo.

Put DELAY.SYS IN X:\OS2

Put the following as the top line in CONFIG.SYS.
DEVICE=X:\OS2\DELAY.SYS /K 10 BASEDEVS LOADED
This will then be the first thing to load after BASEDEVS, and it will
stop the boot process for ten seconds.

When I get "unable to operate" it is always drive letter confusion.
BASEDEVS don't care about drive letters; they always come from the boot
partition. All other drivers can be loaded from anywhere, so drive
letters are important.

The above gives you a break point in the boot process. That is, the
BASEDEVS have all loaded. If all is well the next thing to load is
PAUSE. It helps you narrow the search.

Ray

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