OS/2 ver 3 won't re-install

[robin]

Hi,
Just re-installing OS/2 ver 3 from floppies.
The configuration of the computer is exactly
the same as before, except that the C: drive (540Mb)
that died has been replaced by an 840Mb unit.
Get as far as disc 1, when it says that there's not enough
space on C: (there's 340Mb), and says to do a custom install.
Which I did.
Both attempts at a custom install failed at Disc 1
with failure on FDISK command.
Any suggestions?
TIA.

[Bob Eager]

You need a later disk driver. Download the IDEDASD package (numerous
sources) and update the install floppies.

>
>

[Mark Dodel]

On Wed, 18 Oct 2006 14:19:47 UTC, "Bob Eager" <rd...@spamcop.net>
wrote:

-> On Wed, 18 Oct 2006 13:44:58 UTC, "robin" <rob...@bigpond.com> wrote:
->
-> > Hi,
-> > Just re-installing OS/2 ver 3 from floppies.
-> > The configuration of the computer is exactly
-> > the same as before, except that the C: drive (540Mb)
-> > that died has been replaced by an 840Mb unit.
-> > Get as far as disc 1, when it says that there's not enough
-> > space on C: (there's 340Mb), and says to do a custom install.
-> > Which I did.
-> > Both attempts at a custom install failed at Disc 1
-> > with failure on FDISK command.
-> > Any suggestions?
->
-> You need a later disk driver. Download the IDEDASD package (numerous
-> sources) and update the install floppies.

Its been a decade since I played with W3. Will Daniela's driver work
with Warp3? I see no mention of a minimum required level ofOS/2 for
it in danis506.doc file. If the original poster wants to try it, the
latest danis506.add can be found on hobbes -
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/os2/system/drivers/storage/danis506r177.zip

As to idedasd, Oliver Rick's site
http://www.warpupdates.mynetcologne.de shows the last free version as
http://service.software.ibm.com/os2dd/free/idedasd.exe

Mark

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[robin]

"Bob Eager" <rd...@spamcop.net> wrote in message
news:176uZD2KcidF-p...@rikki.tavi.co.uk...

Thanks for that note.
However, the original install went OK, using the same DOS.

[Trevor Hemsley]

On Thu, 19 Oct 2006 13:21:53 UTC in comp.os.os2.bugs, "robin"
<rob...@bigpond.com> wrote:

> However, the original install went OK, using the same DOS.

Yes but there's a bug in the IDE driver at Warp 3 levelt hat restricts it to
disks < 512MB and you now have hit that bug. Update the driver or replace it
with danis506.add instead.

--
Trevor Hemsley, Brighton, UK.
Trevor-Hemsley at dsl dot pipex dot com

[Bob Eager]

On Thu, 19 Oct 2006 13:21:53 UTC, "robin" <rob...@bigpond.com> wrote:

> > > Just re-installing OS/2 ver 3 from floppies.
> > > The configuration of the computer is exactly
> > > the same as before, except that the C: drive (540Mb)
> > > that died has been replaced by an 840Mb unit.
> > > Get as far as disc 1, when it says that there's not enough
> > > space on C: (there's 340Mb), and says to do a custom install.
> > > Which I did.
> > > Both attempts at a custom install failed at Disc 1
> > > with failure on FDISK command.
> > > Any suggestions?
> >
> > You need a later disk driver. Download the IDEDASD package (numerous
> > sources) and update the install floppies.
>
> Thanks for that note.
> However, the original install went OK, using the same DOS.

Yes, but the 540MB point is significant. Bigger disks need the new
driver.

[Mark D. Overholser]

robin wrote:

Here is a site that talks about the various Drive Limits:
<http://www.allensmith.net/Storage/HDDlimit/Limits.htm>

It would be nice if the site would give General Dates, so you could
estimate what limitations your Hard Disk drive might have.

MarkO