On Fri Jul-31-2015 09:45, Holger Granholm (2:20/228) wrote to Roger Nelson:   
      
   RN> That is what I believe the problem was.  I just partially built an   
   RN> up-to-date system with state of the art architecture and it won't   
   RN> install on it, either. I'll have to find an old 386 machine   
   RN> somewhere and try it on that.  When I had one of those back in the   
   RN> early 90s, I ran OS/2 from December '92 until Win95 came out.   
      
    HG> Well, a 486 will also do. I do now have the details of the machine   
    HG> that I mentioned above.   
      
   Right.  The last time I had Warp 4 running was on a machine with a 486.   
      
    HG> It is an Asus TX97 mobo with a socket 7. The processor is an AMD   
    HG> K6/233MHz   
      
   Mine was probably one of those reliable slant-eyed mobos from somewwhere in   
   Asia.  I just replaced one that lasted 7 years.  That's a long time for a   
   machine running 24-7.   
      
    HG> There is also another trick to learn. The HD must not be larger   
    HG> than 2Gb. To do that you will have to install it on a virgin HD   
    HG> (any size) with only the first 2 Gb formatted. The OS/2 os, incl   
    HG> GUI, occupies only 120 Mb so you may partition that as you want.   
      
   I know about that.  Thanks.   
      
    HG> After the installation you may update the *.SYS, *.ADD, *.DDP   
    HG> drivers provided by IBM to the newer ones from Daniela's libraries.   
      
   I wonder if I have her latest drivers.  Its been awhile.   
      
    HG> IIRC the most important is the replacements of IBM1S506 by DANIS506   
    HG> to be able to use larger HD's. Also IIRC, if you use HPFS-formatted   
    HG> HD's, (normally I don't), the size of the HD may be much larger   
    HG> than 2 Gb.    
      
   Neither did I in OS/2.  FAT worked fine.   
      
    HG> Dunno what happened to my Warp 3 (CD or diskettes) but the two   
    HG> original installation start diskettes of 2.11 can sometimes be   
    HG> useful. The rest of v2.1 and 2.11 diskettes have been re-used. With   
    HG> OS/2 you can still use the 3.5" diskettes as storage media since   
    HG> the files that OS/2 creates are so much smaller than the files   
    HG> Windows programs and text files due to the meta data included.   
      
   OS/2 2.1 and 2.11 were lost in the storm of 2005.  I still have Warp 3 & 4 in   
   the original pkgs.   
      
    HG> considered eCS because I too find it too pricey but it's the   
    HG> easiest way to install OS/2 on newer hardware.   
      
   Yes, it is.   
      
    HG> As Sean Dennis mentioned earlier, another option would be a Warp   
    HG> 4.52 CD. It is self-booting and IIRC also allows it to be installed   
    HG> on large HD's.    
      
   Have it and it won't boot.  That's probably because of the Intel 3G processor   
   (G2030).   
      
    HG> Have a nice day,   
      
   You too,   
      
      
   Regards,   
      
   Roger    
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