OS/2, eCS & ArcaOS - Technical > Setup & Installation
OS/2 Warp 3 Connect CD Install / Boot Disk Update Help
ivan:
Hi Marc,
Why are you trying to follow the windows way with everything on the boot partition? Doing it that way means that if you ever want to update the operating system to Warp 4 you lose all your installed programs.
When I upgraded from OS/2 2.10 to Warp 3 in 1994 I kept the boot partition to 2 GB and made 2 other partitions on the hard disk (1 for utilities and the other for programs). That setup has stayed through Warp 3 Connect, Warp 4 and now ArcaOS, although from Warp 4 the number of partitions grew to 10 spread over 3 hard disks. I have programs from Warp 3 that still work and are used when necessary. I work on the principle of not putting all my eggs in one basket.
Marc Galloway:
Hi Ivan,
I never even considered separating out the OS partition from a application partition. What your saying makes a lot of sense and if it works well I think I will give it a try. I can't think of a reason not to try it.
Dave Yeo:
Hi Marc, also don't forget that you can install OS/2 to an extended partition.
My usual back then was a small primary for bootmanager, C: for DOS/Win9x, D: for cdrom, E: for OS/2 and F: for programs with E: and F: being extended partitions.
Martin Iturbide:
Hi Marc.
Just some question:
1) Are you using a Compact Flash to IDE adapter as Hard drive? Can you share the model and possible a picture?
2) Is the CD-ROM drive a regular IDE drive
3) Both are connected to your SIIG Fast EIDE Controller as you told, right?
Regards
Marc Galloway:
Hi Martin,
I reconfigured how the CF card and the CD-ROM are attached to the SIIG EIDE controller.
Hardware:
Compact Flash to IDE Adapter - SD-CF-IDE-BR
SIIG FAST EIDE CONTROLLER- CN2419
Mitsumi CD-ROM - CRMC-FX4824T
Setup:
1) Disabled secondary IDE interface
2) Set CF IDE adapter to master
3) Set CD-ROM to slave
4) Connected both to to the primary IDE interface on the SIIG controller
OS/2 installed without issue and boots without any issue using this configuration
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