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- Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
- Subject: Re: Is 2.0 even worth installing?
- Message-ID: <1992Dec28.082908.774@mec.ohio.gov>
- From: oecn_smith@mec.ohio.gov
- Date: 28 Dec 92 08:29:08 -0500
- Reply-To: smith@leeca.oecn.ohio.gov
- References: <1992Dec27.105709.773@mec.ohio.gov> <1992Dec27.192409.9675@ousrvr.oulu.fi>
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- Organization: Metrop. Educ. Council, Columbus, OH
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- In article <1992Dec27.192409.9675@ousrvr.oulu.fi>, ojtv@phoenix.oulu.fi (Olli Vuolteenaho) writes:
- > oecn_smith@mec.ohio.gov wrote:
- >
- > : ... IBM's docs neglected to tell me that I needed 6M to run HPFS, so I had
- > : to re-install.
- > :
- [stuff deleted]
- >
- > Well I used OS/2 2.0 with 5 MB RAM (20 MHz 386SX) for a couple of months
- > (and with HPFS). It wasn't as fast as my current 8 MB 486DX/33 but it
- > worked and was stable. Due to a hassle with purchase of a new machine for my
- > office I've even had (a 4 day) experience with HPFS in a 4 MB 486DLC/33.
- > It didn't crash a single time and the speed was not that bad (really) as long
- > as I didn't use any Windows aplications.
- >
- > Olli
- > __________________________________________________________________________
-
- I tried to run the HPFS (before I found and read the FAQ). My 210M hard drive
- was constantly being accessed, and it sounded bad. Also, chkdsk was enabled on
- startup, and at each startup it found more errors than the last time. Since I
- have gone back to a FAT-only system, I haven't had any problems.
-
- Next step is adding at least another 4M RAM (within the next couple of weeks),
- then hopefully a CD-ROM device (if I can figure out what I need).
-
- bob -- smith@leeca.oecn.ohio.gov
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