This.
Is.
Starting.
To.
Be.
So.
Damn.
Annoying.
How could one write such a messed up installation system?..
Okay, I've tried eCS 2.1 installation disc, which ended up with the same message in the same place.
Then I've figured out this is because of the PCI PATA controller I use. So I've temporarily connected the hard disk drive to the motherboard one. The first stage has finished (I've returned back to 2.2).
And here I already have questions. How exactly did it manage to fail? The target installation drive is ACCESSIBLE from the management console. I can read, write and even reformat it with no apparent problem. No, really, WTF?
Okay, then I've assured myself NOW it's 100% gonna be okay and rebooted the machine from the hard disk drive to finish the installation process. But with eComStation you can never be sure. The second stage has started, then the progress bar has reached the 50% mark. Cool for now. One more minute and it ... no, silly me, it didn't finish the installation, it has JUST SUDDENLY REBOOTED. Just in the middle of something it has INSTANTLY, without any message, started from BIOS POST... what else can I say?
Mensys, HOW!?
Of course, the halfway installed OS/2 was kind of corrupted (although it has booted to the desktop), so I went to the installation disc over again, filled all that forms and checked the needed check boxes, completed installation stage 1 and booted from the HD again. Again just to be sure it will fail to instant reboot the second time in the very f*cking same place.
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