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Started by jjustvig, 2011.03.26, 01:55:53

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jjustvig

Hi all, I'm having trouble installing OS/2 v4.52 on my system.  OS/2 is the only OS I want on my system.  I have a Maxtor 34GB HD.   I set my primary disk partition to 2GB.  I select accept volume and the HPFS.  I get to the point of "Formatting Fixed Disk" with the OS/2 Warp installation program.  The progress bar reaches 100%.  It says on the screen that it's loading the system files and just sits there.  After about 20 minutes I reboot and try again.  Any suggestions?

Sincerely,
Jon Justvig

ivan

What CPU and memory size?

Have you updated the ibm1s506.add to the danis506.add (from hobbes)?

Are you using the advanced setup route?

Since this is v4.52 has it set the LVM information on the drive?

In other words please give us as much information as you can.

ivan

jjustvig

Quote from: ivan on 2011.03.26, 02:05:08
What CPU and memory size?

Have you updated the ibm1s506.add to the danis506.add (from hobbes)?

Are you using the advanced setup route?

Since this is v4.52 has it set the LVM information on the drive?

In other words please give us as much information as you can.

ivan

My CPU is a Pentium III at 733MHz.
384MB/100MHz RAM.
Maxtor 93652U8 HD
Maximum Multi-sector transfers
SMART Monitoring enabled
4 PIO, 2 ULTRA DMA
TSSTcorp CD/DVDW TS-H652M

I haven't updated the ibm1s506.add to the danis506.add.  It seems the Hobbes website has been offline the last few days.  How would I go about creating floppies to boot from?  I've read about updating the driver, just unsure the best route to go about doing that.

It didn't give me an advance setup prompt, however, it seems to be since I'm setting things up manually.

It has setup the LVM information, it shows my partition with my drive letter as C: and type as HPFS with 2GB HD.

I hope I've provided enough information.  If you need more, just specify what you need.  Thanks.

Sincerely,
Jon Justvig

RobertM

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You shouldnt need any updates for that system. Some steps that may help (Bolded choices are most likely):

- DISABLE ALL CACHES AND SHADOWING IN BIOS (you can re-enable them after installation*)
- Ensure that you do NOT have OS/2 selected ANYWHERE in the BIOS (usually under memory settings or as a boot option separate from the rest of the boot options).
- Play with Plug and Play settings. I have had the most luck with "Win95" if there is such an option. Otherwise, try "non-PnP" and "PnP"

- Ensure you have no IRQ conflicts for anything controllable in the BIOS
- Ensure your hard drive(s) and optical drive are properly jumpered and cabled
--- You may also wish to try moving the optical to slave position on IDE#2

-> Try installation with Boot Manager installed in beginning of the partition, then add your boot part and install
- Remove unneccessary devices for the installation phase (sound, network, etc) if you think there is an IRQ conflict:
--- You can still install networking - install as normal, but pick "No Network Adapter" as the network adapter. As far as the system is concerned, it is indeed a network adapter. Later, you can swap that with the correct adapter without the hassle of trying to add networking to an already installed system
--- You can still install the multimedia stuff - and install the sound card later using the Device Driver Installer

- Auto configure your hard drive - ensure you are not pushing it beyond what it likes. And you may wish to use a LOWER setting. IIRC, the DiamondMax 36GB does indeed support PIO4, UDMA2, ATA66 - it can be problematic at it's "supported" transfer/interface speeds on certain hardware combinations.**

Also, what type machine is this? Is this a name brand machine? Like an IBM Intellistation/Netfinity workstation?





* Generally, shadowing options are NOT necessary for OS/2, as it shadows what it needs. Enabling shadowing in BIOS will waste memory by making the board shadow various ROM code, while the OS will do so again.

** It *IS* without a doubt, an OS/2 supported and certified drive - BUT, that was tested in various IBM Intellistation M Pro models utilizing Intel PII and Intel PIII chips with the related Intel chipsets.

This drive WILL MOST DEFINITELY be problematic if it is not jumpered correctly and on the correct type cable. (1) Certain PIII machines of that era have dedicated Master/Slave cables. Some do not. Ensure the jumper is consistent with cable position, and for the ones with a CS option, do NOT use it. (2) This drive should have multiple configuration pins - changing a combination of them may be necessary, but off the top of my head, I do not remember what those settings are. (3) Don't use an 80 "pin" IDE cable on this drive. Use an "old style" 40 pin cable that has 3 connectors (mobo, Dr1, dr2) and does NOT have a chunk taken out of one of the wires.


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RobertM

Followup: Try the drive in ATA33 Mode. Some of them are problematic at ATA66 (I knew I'd remember what the problematic nature of the drives were).


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