Warp Tips

by Irv Spalten

Information current as of December 12, 1994

These are solutions to problems encountered in OS/2 Warp.

TITLE: 941027 INSTALLATION OF WARP HANG ON DISK #1 WHEN INSTALL ON GATEWAY COMPUTERS.
Hang on DISK #1 when installing WARP on Gateway machines. If you are having this problem, please check the level of BIOS on your system. If you have a Gateway 1.00.03.AF1 BIOS, then you need to update your BIOS (see the README). A fix is available from Gateway.
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TITLE: 941028 Problem installing "Internet Connection for OS/2" portion of the Warp BonusPack from CDROM on Mitsumi CDROM drives.
User experiences XDFCOPY error message XDF3507 when trying to make the diskettes for the Internet portion of the Warp BonusPack. The error occurs ONLY on the INETCON1,2,3 & 4.IMG files. The rest of the BonusPack installs fine from the CDROM. If the user tries to install directly from the CDROM using the BonusPack installation menu instead of making the diskettes using XDFCOPY, he'll get UNZIP errors as shown below (in this example G: is the CDROM drive letter): g:\internet\iak1.zip" did not unzip correctly (rc=-51). Do you wish to continue the installation? If the user chooses to continue installation he'll get the same error on iak2,3 & 4.zip files as well. Finally the BonusPack installation program will error out by reporting similar to the following: The exit program for "IBM Internet Connection for OS/2" gave a bad return code of 65535.  Continue with the installation?  If the user selects OK then the system will abort the install. The user has the following options:     1.) Try and run the XDFCOPY on another machine with a          different CDROM drive.  The resulting diskettes can be          used to install on the machine that is failing.     2.) Have the customer attempt to copy the .IMG files from          the CDROM to a temporary subdirectory in his disk drive          and run XDFCOPY from the .IMG files on the disk drive.     3.) Have the user check the BonusPack CDROM for any dirt or          scratches. CDROMs can suffer from the same read problems as audio CDs can. Also inspect the CD CADDY it is installed in or the CDROM drive drawer area for any dust or dirt. 4.) If none of the above suggestions work, recommend that         the user obtain a replacement BonusPack CDROM This problem has been observed to occur on Mitsumi CDROM drives (FX-001D and FX-100D).  It may occur on others too. It appears to be a CDROM drive read problem.  It is possible that the drive electronics and/or mechanics are not aligned (i.e. out of tolerance or spec.)  such that a read error occurs on the BonusPack CDROM.  The customers that experienced this problem, were able to install the Warp product CDROM with no problems and all of the other BonusPack components without error.  The failure was only seen on the "Internet Connection for OS/2" component of the Warp BonusPack CDROM.
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TITLE: 941114 Configuring the NEC 260 IDE cdrom under OS2 Warp.
DESCRIPTION OF SYMPTOMS: A NEC 260 IDE cdrom is not being recognized by OS2 Warp. SUMMARY OF RESOLUTION: Make sure the proper drivers are loading in config.sys and that the necessary files are located in the proper directories. DETAILS OF RESOLUTION: If you have already installed OS2 Warp, and are trying to get the cdrom recognized, follow these instructions: 1. Go to the OS2 Selective Install utility. From the list of         cdrom's, select the NEC 260. Click OK. At the System Configuration window, click OK again. At the Setup and Installation window, select the Install button. 2. Insert the OS2 diskette when prompted. 3. Edit the OS2 config.sys in the root directory of the hard drive. Find the line: BASEDEV=IBM1S506.ADD Add switches to this line so that it reads: BASEDEV=IBM1S506.ADD /A:x /U:y /ATAPI The /A switch refers to the adapter number that the cdrom is attached to. The /U option references the unit or device number on a particular adapter. The /ATAPI parameter enables ATA Packet Interface protocol for the NEC 260. If the cdrom is attached to the second IDE port or adapter in a         system and is the only device on the adapter, you would enter BASEDEV=IBM1S506.ADD /A:1 /U:0 /ATAPI in the config.sys. If the cdrom is configured as a slave, or sec device, you would specify /U:1. The config.sys should also conta the statements: BASEDEV=IBMIDECD.FLT DEVICE=C:\OS2\BOOT\OS2CDROM.DMD IFS=C:\OS2\BOOT\CDFS.IFS These should have been added by the Selective Install program. If you are trying to install Warp from the NEC 260 cdrom, simply configure the BASEDEV=IBM1S506.ADD line per above. If you find that OS2 still does not recognize the cdrom, make sure that the /A and /U parameters are specified

TITLE: 941027 4030VL, Promise VLB Diskcaching Card IDE controller failed installing Warp.
DESCRIPTION OF SYMPTOMS: Even with cache disabled, the motherboard bios for disk I/O and all ide drives above 0 and 1 disconnected a complete failure with the repeated message that drive C is not available and so forth all the way thru D and the logical drive partitions on both physical drives. Note: the above is an example if the user has 2 physical drives connected to this Promise card. RESOLUTION: Get a newer driver available from the Promise BBS. The file is PTI1S506.ADD. When using this, the IBM1S506.ADD must be remmed out first. The older driver for DV4030VLIDE will not work.

TITLE: 941026 THE SWAPPER FILE IN WARP.
DESCRIPTION OF SYMPTOMS: The swapper file is larger in WARP than in previous releases of     OS2. SUMMARY OF RESOLUTION: This is normal. DETAILS OF RESOLUTION: This is normal. The most significant change that has been made is how system DLL's    get loaded and what is now valid data for swapping. System DLL's include: DISPLAY         SOM          PMMERGE      PMWP DOSCALL1        PMATM        PMMLE IBMDEV32        PMCTLS       PMSPL IBMVGA32        PMGPI        PMVIOP In the previous versions of OS/2, dll code was never copied to the swapper file. In WARP, code for system dll's can be written to     the swapper file and, in adition, during boot, PMMERGE, DOSCALL1, PMGPI, PMWP and PMVIOP will be swapped out. This means that there will be an overall increase in swapper size. This was done to increase overall system perfomance.

TITLE: 941115 Warp TCPIP VERSION 2.0 AND THE INTERNET CONNECTION KIT
DESCRIPTION OF SYMPTOMS: When installing TCPIP Version 2.0 and The Internet Connection Kit you will receive an error message that the products are not supported when running TOGETHER. It will install, but there are several problems and certain features will not work. SUMMARY OF RESOLUTION: Running TCPIP VERSION 2.0 AND THE INTERNET CONNECTION KIT together under WARP is NOT supported. DETAILS OF RESOLUTION: Running TCPIP VERSION 2.0 AND THE INTERNET CONNECTION KIT together under WARP is NOT supported.

TITLE: 941121 TRAP0003 DISK #1 IBM1FLPY.ADD WARP OS/2. CS:EIP=0538:00001a21 CSLIM=000027d7.
DESCRIPTION OF SYMPTOMS: Installing WARP disk #1 failed with TRAP0003 on the following values: CS:EIP=0538:00001a21 CSLIM=000027d7. SUMMARY OF RESOLUTION: On the system setup bios, check the SETUP for the floppy drive setup. Make sure that the floppy drive is setup correctly. Example: If user has 1.44mb (3 1/2") drive, make     sure the setup reflects 1.44mb setup instead of 1.2mb (5 1/4").

TITLE: 941115 CHANGES MADE BY WARP TO WINDOWS FILES
DESCRIPTION OF SYMPTOMS: Changes to several Windows files occur during installation of OS/2 3.0 Warp SUMMARY OF RESOLUTION: The Following Windows files are Modified during WARP installation: WIN.INI SYSTEM.INI WIN.COM CONTROL.INI PROGMAN.INI SETUP.INF CONTROL.INF DETAILS OF RESOLUTION: Changes to the following files are as follows: WIN.INI .Windows. if no printer is defined in WINDOWS, Warp will insert GENERIC / TEXT ONLY in the DEVICE= statement. .Desktop. Adds ICON SPACING=100 note:this statement may or may not appear in this section. If it does not, Warp will insert it          .Ports. Adds .OS2 ports .Pscript. This section is created and the following statements are added: EXTERNAL PRINTERS=6 PRINTER1=40291760 PRINTER2=40291730 PRINTER3=40293930 PRINTER4=40293960 PRINTER5=IBM17521 PRINTER6=IBM39521 .Device. This section is created and the following statement is inserted: GENERIC/TEXT ONLY TTY, LPT1: .Printer Ports. This section is created and the following statement is inserted: GENERIC / TEXT ONLY=TTY,LPT1:,15,45 SYSTEM.INI .Boot. LANGUAGE.DLL= is modified to =LANGENG.DLL ( to ensure english) SYSTEM.DRV= is modified to =ATMSYS.DRV MAVDMApps= is added OS2MOUSE.DRV=MOUSE.DRV is added ATM.SYSTEM.DRV=SYSTEM.DRV is added USEOS2SHIELD=1 is added OS2SHIELD=WINSHELD.EXE .Keyboard. KEYBOARD.DLL= is modofied to =KBDUS.DLL .386Enh. MAY change the path in the PAGING FILE= statement Changes the MAXPAGINGFILESIZE= statement .Timer.drv. This section is created and the following statements are inserted: Max386Res=10 Max286Res=10 CONTROL.INI .Installed. This section is created and the following statements are inserted: 3.1=YES HPPCL5A.DRV=yes FINSTALL.DLL=YES FINSTALL.HLP=YES HPPCL5A.HLP=YES HPPCL50P.HLP=YES note: the reference to the HP universal print drivers are due to an HP LaserJet being selected during install. .Function. This section is created and the following statement is          inserted: SETTINGS=COLORS, FONTS, PORTS, MOUSE, DESTOP, PRINTERS INTERNATIONAL, SOUND, NETWORK PROGMAN.INI .Settings. display.drv= is inserted SETUP.INF .oemdisks. A =. ,"IBM OS/2 Printer Driver Diskette 1","PMDD 1" B =. ,"IBM OS/2 Printer Driver Diskette 2","PMDD 2" C =. ,"IBM OS/2 Printer Driver Diskette 3","PMDD 3"

TITLE: 941121 INSTALLING WARP, GETTING SYS0045 ON WINDOWS DISK #1
Installing OS/ WARP passed the first phase and onto the second phase of the installation, when asks to insert the WINDOWS DISK #1, will received a " SYS0045 sector can't be found ... " If going into OS/2 and DIR on the WINDOWS DISKS, it is ok, but if     trying to copy, xcopy any files from the WINDOWS DISKS to the hardfile, result the same error SYS0045 message. User has changed the floppy drives around and did not update the CMOS to reflects the changes. User must go into the system CMOS and make sure the floppy drives are setup correctly. Example: If changed the 1.44mb drive from B: to A:, and the 1.2mb drive from A: to B:, on the Setup on the CMOS should reflect that 1.44mb as an A: drive and 1.2mb as an B:             drive.
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TITLE: 941121 WIN-OS2 SESSIONS FAIL TO LAUNCH. BOOTLOG.TXT HAS AS IT,S LAST STATEMENT, "LOADSTART=MOUSE.DRV"
DESCRIPTION OF SYMPTOMS: WIN-OS/2 fails to launch if there is no mouse type specified in MOUSE.INI SUMMARY OF RESOLUTION: Ensure the MOUSE.INI file has a type specified DETAILS OF RESOLUTION: When starting any WIN-OS/2 session (FS or Seamless), the session will terminate before it starts. If initiated from an ICON, it     will hatch then unhatch. If initiated from a command line, "Loading Please Wait..." will appear, then the session prompt will re-display. If starting a WIN-OS/2 session from a command line with a "/B" switch, the BOOTLOG.TXT file will show LOADSTART=MOUSE.DRV as the last statement in the file. A look at MOUSE.INI reveals "MOUSETYPE=". That statement MUST equal the type of hardware installed on the system. When running in     DOS/WINDOWS, the system will query the hardware attached and update MOUSE.INI accordingly. This is not occurring in OS/2. APAR PJ16247 has been created to address this problem. Until a resolution for the problem of why the MOUSE.INI file is not being updated as it is in DOS/WINDOWS, ensure the MOUSETYPE= statement in MOUSE.INI = <the mouse type described in the boot.description section in syste

TITLE: 941115 RUNNING WEB EXPLORER UNDER WARP
DESCRIPTION OF SYMPTOMS: You can run Web Explorer under WARP version 3.0 as well as TCP-IP version 2.0 with the base kit service pack for TCPIP 2.0. SUMMARY OF RESOLUTION: The customer will need obtain support from the Internet. DETAILS OF RESOLUTION: If the customer is running Web Explorer they must obtain support from the internet. The support news group on the internet newsgroup is: comp.os.os2.networking.tcp-ip

TITLE: 941122 INSTALLING OS/2 WARP, INTERNAL CDROM DRIVE CONNECTED TO A SOUNDCARD DIRECTLY (NOT A SEPARATE CONTROLLER CARD).
DESCRIPTION OF SYMPTOMS: Not recognizing cdrom. OS2CDROM.DMD not found. RESOLUTION: This is a hardware related problem. User needs to do the following: On the back of the cdrom drive is a jumper which controls the bus device number. OS/2 install requires it to be on 0 (zero). Most sound board manufacturers leave it at the factory default of 1. If it is anything other than 0, the install disk #1 will not load the driver " OS2CDROM.DMD " and will stop installation with a red screen saying it can't find the cdrom.

TITLE: 941123 INSTALLING WARP ON A SYSTEM WITH FUTURE DOMAIN 1680, FIRST PHASE HANG WITH A BLINKING CURSOR. NO LOGO ON THE FIRST REBOOT.
DESCRIPTION OF SYMPTOMS: Installing WARP on a system with Future Domain 1680 SCSI controller and Toshiba 3401b CDROM, hang after the first reboot with a blinking cursor on the top left hand corner. No logo, just a black screen with blinking cursor. This is on a 1.5gb Maxtor hardfile. SUMMARY OF RESOLUTION: User has low-level formatted the hardfile under the Future Domain utilities, but did not partition the drive and high-level format under this utilities. The Maxtor drive cylinders set is     incorrect, showing 816 instead of actual 1014 cylinders. The hardfile was NOT correctly defined previously therefore causing this problem. DETAILS OF RESOLUTION: Make sure the hardfile is correctly define and format under the Future Domain Utilities to avoid this problem.

TITLE: 941123 INSTALLING WARP ON A SYSTEM WITH CDROM (TOSHIBA) CONNECTED TO AN ADAPTEC 1542C, GETTING A RED SCREEN NO CDROM DEVICE SUPPORT FOUND.
DESCRIPTION OF SYMPTOMS: Red screen on DISK #1, message no cdrom device support found. RESOLUTION: Under the Adaptec setting option (Ctrl+A), disable the FAST SCSI and Synchronize option. This will enabled OS/2 WARP install DISK #1 to recognize the cdrom. Note: The system has also a SoundBlaster card, but the cdrom (Toshiba) is connected to the Adaptec 1542C SCSI controller.

TITLE: 941129 C0000005 ON DISK #1 INSTALLATION OF WARP CS:EIP = 013b : 00000ced CSLIM = 000025ab
DESCRIPTION OF SYMPTOMS: Installation of WARP, on Disk 1 received the following error: "A program in this session encountered a problem and      cannot continue.      c0000005      P1 =00000000 P2 =ffffffff P3 =xxxxxxxx P4 =xxxxxxxx      EAX=00000002 EBX=ffe4a814 ECX=00000041 EDX=ffe28c44      ESI=ffe4000a EDI=ff3f0008      DS=03cb  DSACC=00f3  DSLIM=000007ff      ES=0130  ESACC=00f3  ESLIM=00005133      FS=0000  FSACC=****  FSLIM=********      GS=0000  GSACC=****  GSLIM=********      CS:EIP=013b:00000ced CSACC=00fb  CSLIM=000025ab      SS:EIP=0017:00000fc6 SSACC=00f3  SSLIM=00000fff      EBP=00000433 FLG=00013202 SUMMARY OF RESOLUTION:     Check the CONFIG.SYS, user has edited this file and instead of      putting " REM " for remarks out the statement, user put a non-     alphabet characters.  For example, instead of the following:     REM basedev=ibm1s506.add     user has put      ;basedev=ibm1s506.add  (a semi-colon " ; ")     This above will result the c0000005 error on disk #1. DETAILS OF RESOLUTION: Make sure the user does not use any non alphabet characters for any statements on the config.sys. Under OS/2, everytime a statement needs to be REMarks out, user REM instead of ";" or non alphabet characters.

TITLE: 941205 GENERAL PROBLEMS ON INSTALLATION OF WARP, MAINTENANCE DESKTOP OR BEFORE THE FINAL REBOOT
DESCRIPTION OF SYMPTOMS: 1. Customer receives sys3175 in os2mm.dll (PJ16290) on first reboot or Maintenance Desktop. 2. Customer receives sys3175 in unpack2.exe, when continuing installation through the maintenance desktop on any diskette. 3. OS2 is unable to operate your hard disk or your diskette drive. 4. System hangs on maintenance desktop. 5. System beeps on diskette #7 when asking for the diskette. RESOLUTION: Remark out the basedev=xxxxxxx.add from config.sys on the harddrive except ibmint13.i13 and ibm%flpy.add and the cdrom controller device driver (Where xxxxxx can be any character and % is     replaced by 2 for microchannel system and a 1 if any other system). Also refer customer for possible 174 in Users Guide to OS/2 book additional explanation and actions. If customer has Ethernet Card (NE2000 Compatible), ask to     customer to remove it (PJ15955).

TITLE: 941103 INSTALLING S3964 DRIVERS ON WARP OS/2 VERSION 3.0 USING S3'S DRIVERS (THOSE WRITTEN BY S3 CORP.)
DESCRIPTION OF SYMPTOMS: Problems installing the S3 drivers for the S3 964 chip on system with OS/2 v3.0 1. The install does not finish 2. The install hangs SUMMARY OF RESOLUTION: 1. Edit the S3inst.cmd file 2. Change all references to x:\os2 to x:\os2\boot. (X: = drive where os2 resides) The drivers in original format will not install because the reference the Os2 directory. Os2 v 3.0 installs the drivers into the Os2\Boot directory. DETAILS OF RESOLUTION: 1. Edit the S3INST.CMD file by: a. Place the S3 driver diskette into the disk drive. b. Change to the disk drive c. Pull S3INST.CMD into an editor 2. Change the reference from X:\OS2 TO X:\OS2\BOOT ('X' = drive where OS/2 resides) Note: The drivers in the original format will not install since reference is to the \OS2 directory. OS/2 v3.0 installs drivers into the \OS2\BOOT directory

TITLE: 941129 WARP PACKAGE UPDATE - HOW TO FIND OUT WHICH WARP PACKAGE THE CUSTOMER RECEIVED
DESCRIPTION OF SYMPTOMS: How to tell which WARP Package the customer is running. SUMMARY OF RESOLUTION: Check the manufactured packages. The SYSINST1.EXE file has been updated. DETAILS OF RESOLUTION: The only file that was changed in the updated WARP Package is     SYSINST1.EXE. This file is located on Disk 1 or CD Rom 1 and is installed to: X:\OS2\INSTALL\BOOTDISK\SYSINST1.EXE The old file size for SYSINST1.EXE is 4992 bytes, dated 10-08-94. The new file size for SYSINST1.EXE is 4960 bytes, dated 10-25-94. ************************ The following should be used to distinguish the original GA   version of WARP from the updated packages, or from newly manufactured packages. 1. 16-Digit Code on Bottom of WARP Box (1st 6 Digits are Date of Mfg) - If Down-Level (not reworked) will have date prior to 10/29/94 - If Reworked, will have Original Code w/date prior to 10/29/94 PLUS Additional 16-Digit Code that will reflect date of rework - Single 16-Digit Code w/date After 10/29, reflects newly Manufactured Product, w/revised code. 2. Shipping Carton of any "REWORKED" Product will have a single WHITE STICKER (no text) on outside of Box. White sticker will be visible thru pallet. 3. Diskette Label of Diskette 1 has revised Part Number (P/N): 83G8658 (for Diskette Version) 83G8661 (for CD-ROM Version)

TITLE: 941130 TRAP000E WITH CS:EIP 0160:FFF6EFBE
DESCRIPTION OF SYMPTOMS: Customer receives a Trap000e with cs:eip 0160:FFF6EFBE when running laps WR06000 and/or lan server IP07000. The function name which is failing is _VMGetSem. SUMMARY OF RESOLUTION: Customer must upgrade to the latest csd's for Laps and Lan server. (WR07045 and IP07045) DETAILS OF RESOLUTION: If a customer receives a Trap000E with CS:EIP 0160:FFF6EFBE they must upgrade their Laps to WR07045 and Lan Server to IP07045. NOTE: This may not necessarily pertain to Laps and Lan Server. If    the customer is running any other Product such as Novell, other Lan software, or specific drivers make sure they are updated to     the latest version.

TITLE: 941209 System hangs with Adaptec 2740/2742 controller with cdrom attached.
DESCRIPTION OF SYMPTOMS: Attempting to access a CDROM attached to an Adaptec 2740/2742 scsi controller causes trap or system hang. SUMMARY OF RESOLUTION: Disable tagged queing for the AIC7770.ADD driver. DETAILS OF RESOLUTION: 1. Edit the OS2 config.sys file. 2. Change the line BASEDEV=AIC7770.ADD to        BASEDEV=AIC7770.ADD /A:0 /TAG:1 3. Shut down system and then reboot for change to take effect.

TITLE: 941208 SHUTDOWN FAILS UNDER OS/2 2.11 OR WARP DUE TO LOTUS CC:MAIL BEING ON THE SYSTEM
DESCRIPTION OF SYMPTOMS: In some cases, after installing CCMail Client on a system running WARP 3.0, the user will be unable to successfully shutdown. SUMMARY OF RESOLUTION: CCmail is aware of this and the 1.04 build will address this issue. DETAILS OF RESOLUTION: To work around this problem: Make sure the user either has their CCMail folder open, or         places a shadow of any object within the CCMail folder on the OS/2 desktop, prior to shutdown. ALSO, word from a Lotus support tech is that if the IN BOX has a     shadow on the Desktop, then the problem will not occur. This problem will be addressed in the version 1.04 of CCmail. The most current version of CCMail Client is 1.03 and 1.04 is     scheduled to be available early 1995.

TITLE: 941207 WARP ERROR MESSAGE "DRIVE X NOT READY PRESS ANY KEY"
DESCRIPTION OF SYMPTOMS: CUSTOMERS USING THE BOOT MANAGER FEATURE UNDER OS/2 WARP MAY GET THE ERROR MESSAGE "DRIVE 1 NOT READY PRESS ANY KEY" AND THE SYSTEM BOOTS NORMALLY. OTHER DRIVES NUMBERS MAY ALSO BE REPORTED AS NOT READY. THIS IS MOST PREVALENT ON COMPUTERS THAT UTILIZE A SCSI HOST ADAPTER. SUMMARY OF RESOLUTION: THE CUSTOMER SHOULD CHECK THE HARDWARE SETTINGS OF ALL THE DRIVES IN HIS SYSTEM. ON SYSTEMS WITH SCSI HOST ADAPTERS, BE     CERTAIN THAT ONLY BOOTABLE DRIVES HAVE A SCSI ID OF 0 OR 1. USING FDISK FROM A PREVIOUS VERSION OF OS/2 TO INSTALL THE BOOTMANAGER WILL CIRCUMVENT THE MESSAGE. DETAILS OF RESOLUTION: THE ERROR MESSAGE APPEARING IS THE RESULT OF ADDITIONAL MESSAGEING THAT WAS ADDED TO ALERT A USER THAT AN EXTERNAL DRIVE MAY NOT BE POWERED ON. ONE OF THE REASONS THAT IT APPEARS FOR WARP USERS WITHOUT EXTERNAL DRIVES MAY BE A NON STANDARD IMPLENTATION OF THE BIOS IN THE USERS SCSI CARD. USING THE FDISK PROGRAM FROM A PREVIOUS VERSION OF OS/2 WILL STOP THE ERROR MESSAGE FROM APPEARING. FDISK.COM IS LOCATED ON DISK 1 OF MOST VERSIONS OF OS/2 INSTALLATION DISKETTES, IT IS ALSO IN THE \OS2SE21\DISK_2 DIRECTORY OF MOST OS/2 CDROMS.

TITLE: 941207 IPE 0160:FFFBA0FC - 000D:000680FC, 1163, 7019 ON DISK 1 INTERNAL REVISION 8.162 94/09/19
DESCRIPTION OF SYMPTOMS: Installing WARP on Disk #1 when the user replaced the IBMKBD.SYS with the size of 29,525, will get the following IPE. *************** IPE 16/32-bit ************************* THE SYSTEM DETECTED AN INTERNAL PROCESSING ERROR AT LOCATION # 0160:fffba0fc - 000d:000680fc 1163, 7019       048600b4 INTERNAL REVISION 8.162      94/09/19 *********** end IPE 16/32-bit ************************ RESOLUTION: User has downloaded the wrong IBMKBD.SYS file. The file size should be 4,677 and dated 7/30/94. Note: this file is the temporarily fix for PJ16077

TITLE: 941209 WHAT IDE CD-ROMS ARE COMPATIBLE WITH OS2 Warp? AND HOW DO I MAKE THEM WORK?
DESCRIPTION OF SYMPTOMS: CDROM NOT WORKING UNDER WARP SUMMARY OF RESOLUTION: What Follows is a list of CD-ROMs that are known to be compatible with Warp and how to make them work. DETAILS OF RESOLUTION: The IDE hard disk driver, IBM1S506.ADD, was made aware of ATAPI. This driver will claim all ATAPI devices and mark them as generic devices. The IBMIDECD.FLT filter loads afterwards and scans all drivers for generic ATAPI devices. If it locates one, it will decide if that device is a CDROM. Note: In addition to IBM1S506.ADD and IBMIDECD.FLT, all CD-ROM in the table below require the OS2CDROM.DMD and CDFS.IFS device These are added automatically when the selective install is done. CDROM. An IDE CDROM cannot be a master while a hard drive is being a slave. You cannot use the IBMINT13.I13 for an IDE CDROM. -         Manufacturer  |Model      |  Notes  | --|---|-|         Mitsumi       |FX001DE    |    1    | |         NEC           |CDR-250    |         | |CDR-260   |    2    | |NEC 2vi   |         | |         Sony          |55E        |    1    | |55D       |    1    | |         Panasonic     |571        |         | |         Wearnes       |CDD-120    |         | -    Notes: 1. The Mitsumi and Sony cdroms may have problems because they are not ATAPI 1.2 compliant. This should be fixed with updated drivers. 2. NEC 260 cdroms that ship with some Gateway systems adhere to the 1.7 spec instead of 1.2. For these cdroms, the BASEDEV=IBM1S506. A        line in the OS2 config.sys file has to be edited as follows: BASEDEV=IBM1S506.ADD /A:x /U:y /ATAPI The /A switch refers to the adapter number that the cdrom is attached to. The /U option references the unit or device number on a particular adapter. The /ATAPI parameter enables ATA Packet Interface protocol for the NEC 260. If the cdrom is attached to the second IDE port or adapter in a        system and is the only device on the adapter you would enter: BASEDEV=IBM1S506.ADD /A:1 /U:0 /ATAPI

TITLE: 941201 Philips cdrom causes boot problem if /m parameter used
DESCRIPTION OF SYMPTOMS: After setting the number of 2500 byte CD frame buffers to a value greater than the default value, OS2 will not boot. The default value is 16, the maximum 26, and the minimum 8. If customer is loading the LMS205.ADD driver, the line in config.sys would read BASEDEV=LMS205.ADD /m:26 to specify 26 2500 byte CD frame buffers. With the Philips 206 cdrom, the line would read BASEDEV=LMS206.ADD /m: SUMMARY OF RESOLUTION: Change the number of CD frame buffers back to the default value. DETAILS OF RESOLUTION: Please follow these instructions: 1. Bring up the OS2 config.sys in an editor. 2. Check the config.sys for the statements BASEDEV=LMS205.ADD /m:26 3. Remove the /m:26 so the line reads BASEDEV=LMS205.ADD 4. Save the file, shutdown and reboot for the changes to take effect. October 25, 1995 Personal Systems Support Family Platform Offering Options -- ++  | Figure 1 (Page 1 of 2). 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TITLE: 941208 INSTALLING WARP ON VALUEPOINT 6384-199 (P60/D), ON DISK #1 HANGS WITH DISKETTE LIGHT ON AND LOGO DISPLAYED.
DESCRIPTION OF SYMPTOMS: Attempting to install OS/2 Warp on ValuePoint 6384-199 (P60/D). Installing from diskettes. Boot from installation diskette, load disk 1 when requested disk 1 hangs with diskette light on and logo displayed. ALT-F2 shows nothing. No driver has been loaded. Turned off int/ext cache and shadowing ROM did not help. RESOLUTION: These ValuePoint systems came with the Flash EEPROM level 0.13.01.AV0M and it has an AMI BIOS. User needs to download VPP60FL6.DSK from the BBS in Raleigh 919-517-0001. The new BIOS is 1.00.06.AV0M. Contact PS/VP Technical support for more informations on     getting this new Flash EEPROM upgrade.

TITLE: 941212 COULD NOT LOCATE VROBJ.DLL (OS/2 WARP BONUSPAK)
DESCRIPTION OF SYMPTOMS: Customer is attempting to run the BonusPak Installation Utility (INSTALL.CMD). The program starts up and issues five "1 file(s) copied" messages and then pops up an error box that states: " BPIU.EXE - COULD NOT LOCATE VROBJ.DLL ". SUMMARY OF RESOLUTION: Somehow the customer's LIBPATH statement has been changed such that the ".;" (dot semicolon) has been deleted from the LIBPATH. The LIBPATH statement in CONFIG.SYS should look similar to this: LIBPATH=.;C:\OS2\DLL;C:\OS2\MDOS; continuing on to the end. NOTE: C is drive where OS/2 Warp is installed. DETAILS OF RESOLUTION: If your customer is experiencing this error with the BonusPak Installation Utility, have the customer check his CONFIG.SYS file and look for the .; in the LIBPATH statement. It normally should be the first entry in     the list of subdirectories. On a newly installed machine it is the first item. It may however be located anywhere on the LIBPATH= line. Ask the customer if he might have edited this line in his CONFIG.SYS or installed any applications that stated that they were going to edit or update CONFIG.SYS. That will be the way to determine how the line might have gotten modified. OS/2 Warp needs the .; in the LIBPATH to function correctly. A missing .; in the LIBPATH can result in all sorts of     errors occurring with different programs of the BonusPak and the system in general.

TITLE: 941207 USER MAY GET SYS3175 IN INSTALL.EXE WHILE INSTALLING WARP ON ZEOS PANTERA SYSTEM.
User may get the following SYS3175 in Install.exe during OS/2 3.0 Installation on Zeos Pantera P90 System. .     *************** SYS3175 32-bit*************** A program generated an acess violation at 0004d8a9 install.exe 0004:0000d8a9 P1=00000008 P2=000000a0 P3=xxxxxxxx P4=xxxxxxxx EAX=00000000 EBX=00000004 ECX=00000005 EDX=bed80127 ESI=00000d22 EDI=00005628 DS=008f DSACC=00f3  DSLIM=0000d12f ES=0127 ESACC=00f3 ESLIM=00000d22 FS=150b FSACC=00f3  FSLIM=00000030 GS=0000 GSACC=**** GSLIM=******** CS:EIP=0027:0000d8a9 CSACC=00fb CSLIM=0000daa9 SS:EIP=008f:0000a7d2 SSACC=00f3 SSLIM=0000d12f EBP=0000a7e8 FLG=00012246 *************** SYS3175 32-bit End *********** Contact Zeos Technical Support for Bios Upgrade Information. If a system has a Flash Bios Version less than V9.0, user needs to upgrade his Bios to 9.0 which can be downloaded from Zeos Bulletin Board System at 612-362-1219. Once the bios is upgraded, the hard- ware settings for IDE drive in CMOS should be configured as following. Multi Sector = Disable Pre Set     = Disable LBA         = Enable For more info, please contact Zeos Technical Support.
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