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- From: keiths@cae.wisc.edu (Keith Scidmore)
- Subject: Re: Some 2.1b Problems
- Organization: U of Wisconsin-Madison College of Engineering
- Date: 28 Jan 93 16:04:41 CST
- Message-ID: <1993Jan28.160441.11625@doug.cae.wisc.edu>
- References: <1993Jan26.061624.5448@mksol.dseg.ti.com> <1993Jan26.170423.25713@midway.uchicago.edu>
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- In article <1993Jan26.170423.25713@midway.uchicago.edu> sip1@midway.uchicago.edu writes:
- >In article <1993Jan26.061624.5448@mksol.dseg.ti.com> rloper@mksol.dseg.ti.com (robert l loper) writes:
- >>I recently installed the 2.1 beta, and have had some unusual problems lately
- >>(like tonight).
- >>Anyway...
- >>I tried to install some Windows 3.1 games seamlessly, and couldn't get
- >>OS/2 to recognize them as Windows programs (I never could check WIN-OS/2
- ...
- >
- >Timothy F. Sipples | READ the OS/2 FAQ List 2.0i, available from
- >A lot of these problems sound similar to those experienced by people
- >who did not reformat prior to installing the 2.1 beta. It is HIGHLY
- >recommended you do so.
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- I suggest reformatting the ENTIRE DISK, not just the install partition. This
- solved my install problem. Several others have commented about this. This
- should be a 2.1b FAQ.
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- Keith R. Scidmore
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