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Frippe
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Installation troubles on Gateway laptop
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2010.03.12, 09:52:13 »
I have a couple of old laptops that I planned on doing something with. First in line is a Gateway Solo 2500, it's a 300MHz and strange 18 bit graphics. I originally tried to install Linux on it and tried about a million distributions but couldn't get it right. The closest I get is up and running but the 18 bit graphics doesn't get installed properly so the appearance is close to useless...
So, I wanted to try something different and got my hands on a couple of OS/2 4.52 CD's. The install runs fine up to the point where I'm supposed to reboot off the hd to continue the installation. (Then I have to go into BIOS and change settings to make it boot from C: instead of CD ROM.) And then the computer freezes after the normal BIOS boot sequence. Sometimes filling half the screen with the number 99, sometimes just black screen. I spent a bunch of hours of this with no luck.
I then thought what the h**k and looked at piratebay and got a CD with eCS RC7 instead, just to try if it would work instead. This install runs fine for a while. Then ends with error code 0x50 at the point where I'm supposed to reboot from hd. There it fills my screen with a lot of ASCII in bright colors, and then stops.
Can anyone give some help here? All I want to do is to get this laptop back up running. And I hate the thought of having to try and find those Win98 CD's that came with it. Have no idea where they might be after all those years...
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RobertM
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Re: Installation troubles on Gateway laptop
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2010.03.12, 20:42:34 »
Hi Frippe,
You should not need to change the BIOS settings for v4.52.
Also, in the BIOS:
- Ensure that memory settings are
NOT
set for OS/2
- Try disabling all caches
- Perhaps disable any networking or USB for the installation stage
Other things to try:
- Make sure you have removed all partition information from the machine
- If the drive is larger than 8GB (or larger than 127GB - this number will depend on the BIOS), then install Boot Manager in the beginning of the drive's free space, then create the install partition, and ensure you format it HPFS (not FAT).
Best,
Robert
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