OS/2 Off Topic

From: George Currie <g_at_kurico.com>
Date: Mon Jun 7 17:13:15 1999

> In with several boxes of old computer bits I frecently was given I found
> a
> cd-rom titled OS/2 for Windows, complimentary copy.
> Using a 486-66 with a cd-rom drive recognized by both Dos and Windows 95,
> I followed the instructions and created two floppies, "Install and OS/2
> disk 1."
> Using these disks and following instructions I get to a point where it
> says "insert CD-Rom disk", however by this time OS/2 has taken over to the
> extent that the CD-Rom drive is no longer recognized, and everything
> grinds to a halt.
> Does anyone have any suggestions? (Polite) Maybe this is why OS/2 didn't
> really take off.

Kind of depends on what type of cdrom you have. Basically you
have to drudge up the driver for your particular cdrom, copy onto
the install disk, and modify the install disks config.sys to use the
driver. Can't remember exactly the details (it's been a few moons),
but this is the basic process. If you can get a newer copy of OS/2
(e.g. 4.0), there is a reasonable chance that the cdrom will be
recognized.

George
Received on Mon Jun 07 1999 - 17:13:15 BST