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OS/2 Warp 3 Connect CD Install / Boot Disk Update Help
Marc Galloway:
Motherboard disk controllers are disabled and all drives are connected to a 16-BIT EIDE controller. The HD (CF card) is attached on the primary IDE interface and set as master, the CD-ROM is connected to the second IDE interface but I believe its set as secondary.
Dave Yeo:
Perhaps try setting it to master or leave it as a slave and try adding it to the first port.
It's been a long time but I seem to remember Warp V3 being particular abut this stuff, and the CDRom blue box Warp V3 should install fine from CD.
You could also try installing with the MB's controller and once installed and drivers updated, move back to the eide controller.
Marc Galloway:
So I was able to get the install going using the original disks and floppy's that came with Warp Connect. When setting the CD-ROM to primary on the second IDE interface the computer would not recognize the drive. After trying multiple combinations the one that worked was this:
-Moved Compact Flash (C drive) to the secondary IDE interface and set as master
-Moved CD-ROM to primary IDE interface and set as master
-Verified motherboard IDE interfaces were disabled in the BIOS
-Booted from OS/2 Warp Connect install floppy and install proceeded
I think I got lucky with the IDE card being smart enough during the bus scan to figure out the order of devices and let me boot in this odd configuration.
I'm waiting on a new compact flash card to be delivered so my next question is what is the largest primary partition I can use with the stock OS/2 Warp Connect FDISK?
Dave Yeo:
--- Quote from: Marc Galloway on April 28, 2023, 09:12:07 am ---I'm waiting on a new compact flash card to be delivered so my next question is what is the largest primary partition I can use with the stock OS/2 Warp Connect FDISK?
--- End quote ---
The limitation is the hard drive size that your version of ibm1s506.add supports, probably 4.3 GB. It is easy to update to a newer ibms1506.add or maybe better with your EIDE card, DaniS506.add, in which case the limit is likely 64 GB, the largest partition that HPFS supports (actually more stable at about 60GB). Other things might need updating to boot from that partition, it's been a long time.
Marc Galloway:
Great! thank you Dave and Martin. First hurdle is clear. Now trying to get network and sound going. If I can't figure it out I'll start another thread.
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