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- Installing OS/2 2.1
-
- Welcome to OS/2* 2.1. This document provides
- you with information you need before you
- install OS/2 2.1. It contains helpful hints
- found in our testing as well as updates and
- corrections to the "OS/2 2.1 Installation
- Guide".
-
- Use the information in conjunction with the
- "OS/2 2.1 Installation Guide" and the "OS/2 2.1
- Using the Operating System" manual.
-
- ****************Important!*****************
-
- If you are installing OS/2 2.1 over a
- product release such as OS/2 1.x, OS/2
- 2.0, OS/2 2.0 with the Service Pak, DOS,
- or DOS and Windows**, you do
- not need to reformat the OS/2 partition.
-
- If you are installing OS/2 2.1 over an
- existing OS/2 2.0 system in which you
- have application programs on the desktop,
- you should not elect to migrate these
- applications during your installation.
- Your current application set will
- continue to be available to you after
- installation.
-
- If you have a version of the OS/2 2.1 beta
- installed, you need to reformat the OS/2
- partition. Installing OS/2 2.1 over a
- previous beta version is not supported.
- Do not use any OS/2 system files (such as
- OS2.INI or OS2SYS.INI) from a previous
- beta version.
-
- If you have a DOS system with compression
- activated, do one of the following:
-
- 1. Decompress the disk
-
- 2. Select a different partition
-
- 3. Format the disk
-
- If you are installing OS/2 2.1 on a non-Micro Channel (MCA)
- system, change the settings in your CMOS to the following:
-
- o Turbo/System Speed should be OFF/Slow
- o Caching (External) should be OFF
- o ROM Shadowing (System and Video) should be OFF
-
- These settings affect the way that OS/2 2.1 installs.
- Failure to change these settings might result in OS/2 not
- installing at all; installing and then booting to a Trap 2;
- or what seems to be a good install and later have unexplainable
- random Traps (from a few days to a few months later).
-
- To improve system performance after you have installed OS/2,
- all of the above settings can be changed back without causing
- damage to OS/2.
-
- *******************************************
-
-
- SCSI-BASED CD-ROM SUPPORT
- _________________________
-
- The majority of SCSI-based CD-ROM drives and
- adapters are supported by OS/2 2.1.
- ("SCSI-based" refers to the small computer
- system interface (SCSI), a standard
- input/output interface used by personal
- computers.)
-
- A complete list of the CD-ROM drives and SCSI
- adapters tested on OS/2 2.1 can be found in the
- "Hardware Support" chapter of the "OS/2 2.1
- Using the Operating System" manual. (Note that
- Panasonic** MC521 support is not shipped with
- OS/2 2.1. Please contact Panasonic to receive
- this support.)
-
-
- OBTAINING ADDITIONAL CD-ROM SUPPORT
-
- If, after reviewing the list in "OS/2 2.1 Using
- the Operating System", you find that your
- CD-ROM drive or SCSI adapter is not supported
- within the OS/2 product, you can contact the
- manufacturer and obtain an OS/2 Adapter Device
- Driver (.ADD) file. After you receive the .ADD
- file, follow the instructions in the "Before
- You Begin" section of the "OS/2 2.1
- Installation Guide" to add this file to
- Diskette 1.
-
- As an alternative, you can create installation
- diskettes from the diskette images that are on
- the OS/2 CD, if you have DOS support for your
- CD-ROM drive.
-
- If support for your CD-ROM was not properly
- installed during initial installation of OS/2
- 2.1, then you will need to use the Selective
- Install program located in the System Setup
- folder to reinstall the CD-ROM support
- appropriate for your CD-ROM.
-
-
- CREATING DISKETTES FROM THE OS/2 CD
-
- You use the LOADDSKF utility program to create
- the diskettes. (LOADDSKF.EXE is in the
- \DISKIMGS directory of the CD. LOADDSKF can be
- run from either the DOS or OS/2 operating
- system.)
-
- In the following sections, you will see lists
- of the product diskettes for OS/2 2.1 and the
- actual diskette names as they exist on the CD.
- For each diskette image file, use LOADDSKF to
- expand the image to its own diskette. (Note
- that you must use formatted diskettes for this
- procedure.)
-
- For example:
-
- cddrive:\DISKIMGS\LOADDSKF cddrive:\DISKIMGS\OS2\size\disk_name d:
-
- where:
-
- cddrive is the drive letter of the CD-ROM
-
- size is 35 for 3.5-inch diskettes or 525
- for 5.25-inch diskettes
-
- disk_name is the diskette image file name
- (for example, DISK0.DSK, PMDD1.DSK.)
-
- d is the drive letter of your diskette
- drive (A: or B:)
-
- After you create all the diskettes (23 for
- 3.5-inch diskettes or 28 for 5.25-inch
- diskettes), insert the DISK0 diskette in drive
- A:, restart your system, and follow the
- instructions to install OS/2 2.1.
-
-
- List of 3.5-Inch Diskette Images
-
-
- DISKIMGS\OS2\35\DISK0.DSK -- INSTALLATION Diskette
- DISKIMGS\OS2\35\DISK1.DSK -- Diskette 1 of 17
- DISKIMGS\OS2\35\DISK2.DSK -- Diskette 2 of 17
- DISKIMGS\OS2\35\DISK3.DSK -- Diskette 3 of 17
- DISKIMGS\OS2\35\DISK4.DSK -- Diskette 4 of 17
- DISKIMGS\OS2\35\DISK5.DSK -- Diskette 5 of 17
- DISKIMGS\OS2\35\DISK6.DSK -- Diskette 6 of 17
- DISKIMGS\OS2\35\DISK7.DSK -- Diskette 7 of 17
- DISKIMGS\OS2\35\DISK8.DSK -- Diskette 8 of 17
- DISKIMGS\OS2\35\DISK9.DSK -- Diskette 9 of 17
- DISKIMGS\OS2\35\DISK10.DSK -- Diskette 10 of 17
- DISKIMGS\OS2\35\DISK11.DSK -- Diskette 11 of 17
- DISKIMGS\OS2\35\DISK12.DSK -- Diskette 12 of 17
- DISKIMGS\OS2\35\DISK13.DSK -- Diskette 13 of 17
- DISKIMGS\OS2\35\DISK14.DSK -- Diskette 14 of 17
- DISKIMGS\OS2\35\DISK15.DSK -- Diskette 15 of 17
- DISKIMGS\OS2\35\DISK16.DSK -- Diskette 16 of 17
- DISKIMGS\OS2\35\DISK17.DSK -- Diskette 17 of 17
- DISKIMGS\OS2\35\PMDD1.DSK -- Printer Drivers Diskette 1 of 3
- DISKIMGS\OS2\35\PMDD2.DSK -- Printer Drivers Diskette 2 of 3
- DISKIMGS\OS2\35\PMDD3.DSK -- Printer Drivers Diskette 3 of 3
- DISKIMGS\OS2\35\DISP1.DSK -- Display Drivers Diskette 1 of 2
- DISKIMGS\OS2\35\DISP2.DSK -- Display Drivers Diskette 2 of 2
-
-
-
-
- List of 5.25-Inch Diskette Images
-
- DISKIMGS\OS2\525\DISK0.DSK - INSTALLATION Diskette
- DISKIMGS\OS2\525\DISK1.DSK - Diskette 1 of 21
- DISKIMGS\OS2\525\DISK2.DSK - Diskette 2 of 21
- DISKIMGS\OS2\525\DISK3.DSK - Diskette 3 of 21
- DISKIMGS\OS2\525\DISK4.DSK - Diskette 4 of 21
- DISKIMGS\OS2\525\DISK5.DSK - Diskette 5 of 21
- DISKIMGS\OS2\525\DISK6.DSK - Diskette 6 of 21
- DISKIMGS\OS2\525\DISK7.DSK - Diskette 7 of 21
- DISKIMGS\OS2\525\DISK8.DSK - Diskette 8 of 21
- DISKIMGS\OS2\525\DISK9.DSK - Diskette 9 of 21
- DISKIMGS\OS2\525\DISK10.DSK - Diskette 10 of 21
- DISKIMGS\OS2\525\DISK11.DSK - Diskette 11 of 21
- DISKIMGS\OS2\525\DISK12.DSK - Diskette 12 of 21
- DISKIMGS\OS2\525\DISK13.DSK - Diskette 13 of 21
- DISKIMGS\OS2\525\DISK14.DSK - Diskette 14 of 21
- DISKIMGS\OS2\525\DISK15.DSK - Diskette 15 of 21
- DISKIMGS\OS2\525\DISK16.DSK - Diskette 16 of 21
- DISKIMGS\OS2\525\DISK17.DSK - Diskette 17 of 21
- DISKIMGS\OS2\525\DISK18.DSK - Diskette 18 of 21
- DISKIMGS\OS2\525\DISK19.DSK - Diskette 19 of 21
- DISKIMGS\OS2\525\DISK20.DSK - Diskette 20 of 21
- DISKIMGS\OS2\525\DISK21.DSK - Diskette 21 of 21
- DISKIMGS\OS2\525\PMDD1.DSK - Printer Drivers Diskette 1 of 4
- DISKIMGS\OS2\525\PMDD2.DSK - Printer Drivers Diskette 2 of 4
- DISKIMGS\OS2\525\PMDD3.DSK - Printer Drivers Diskette 3 of 4
- DISKIMGS\OS2\525\PMDD4.DSK - Printer Drivers Diskette 4 of 4
- DISKIMGS\OS2\525\DISP1.DSK - Display Drivers Diskette 1 of 2
- DISKIMGS\OS2\525\DISP2.DSK - Display Drivers Diskette 2 of 2
-
- If you want to create diskettes for the
- Multimedia support that is part of OS/2 2.1,
- note that the images are located in the
- \DISKIMGS\MMPM2 directory. Use LOADDSKF to
- expand each image to its own diskette. For
- example:
-
- cddrive:\DISKIMGS\LOADDSKF cddrive:\DISKIMGS\MMPM2\size\disk_name d:
-
- where:
-
- cddrive is the drive letter of the CD-ROM
-
- size is 35 for 3.5-inch diskettes or 525
- for 5.25-inch diskettes
-
- disk_name is the diskette image file name
- (for example, DISK1.DSK)
-
- d is the drive letter of your diskette
- drive (A: or B:)
-
- NOTE: Use previously formatted diskettes for
- the target (d:).
-
-
- List of 3.5-Inch Multimedia Diskette Images
-
- DISKIMGS\MMPM2\35\DISK1.DSK - Diskette 1 of 2
- DISKIMGS\MMPM2\35\DISK2.DSK - Diskette 2 of 2
-
-
- List of 5.25-Inch Multimedia Diskette Images
-
- DISKIMGS\MMPM2\525\DISK1.DSK - Diskette 1 of 3
- DISKIMGS\MMPM2\525\DISK2.DSK - Diskette 2 of 3
- DISKIMGS\MMPM2\525\DISK3.DSK- Diskette 3 of 3
-
-
- HARDWARE CONSIDERATIONS
- _______________________
-
- If you have a Quantum hard card, you must make
- a modification to the BASEDEV=IBM1S506.ADD line
- in the CONFIG.SYS file of Diskette 1 before you
- install OS/2 2.1. The BASEDEV statement should
- be modified as follows:
-
- BASEDEV=IBM1S506.ADD /A:1 /IRQ:11
-
- (These are the default settings for the Quantum
- hard card.)
-
- If you have added a device driver statement to
- the CONFIG.SYS file on diskette 1 and later
- migrate your old CONFIG.SYS file, make sure
- there are not two copies of this statement in
- your file. If you have two copies of this
- statement in your file, REM one statement out.
-
- If you have a Logitech** TrackMan**, select one
- of the two Logitech mouse choices during
- installation.
-
-
- INSTALLING OS/2 2.1 FROM A CD ON AN IBM THINKPAD ATTACHED TO A DOCKING STATION
- ______________________________________________________________________________
-
- If you are installing OS/2 2.1 on an IBM*
- ThinkPad* 700, 700C, 720, or 720C attached to a
- 3550 Docking Station, you need to replace the
- ABIOS files on the OS/2 Installation Diskette
- with files from the Reference Diskette. Do the
- following:
-
- 1. Detach the ThinkPad from the Docking
- Station.
-
- 2. Create a Reference Diskette (if you have
- not already done so) by following the
- documentation that came with the ThinkPad.
-
- 3. Make a copy of the OS/2 Installation
- Diskette.
-
- 4. Insert the original OS/2 Installation
- Diskette into drive A.
-
- 5. Turn on the computer. If it is already on,
- press Ctrl+Alt+Del.
-
- 6. When you are prompted to do so, remove the
- Installation Diskette, insert Diskette 1,
- and press Enter.
-
- 7. When the Welcome screen is displayed, press
- Esc to display the command prompt.
-
- 8. Insert the copy of the Installation
- Diskette into drive A.
-
- 9. Type:
-
- DEL *.BIO
-
- and press Enter.
-
- 10. Remove the copy of the Installation
- Diskette, and insert the Reference Diskette
- you created in step 2 into drive A.
-
- 11. If your computer has more than one diskette
- drive, insert the copy of the Installation
- Diskette into drive B. Otherwise, in the
- next two steps, you will be prompted to
- insert diskettes into both drive A and
- drive B. When you are asked to insert a
- diskette into drive A, insert the Reference
- Diskette. When you are asked to insert a
- diskette into drive B, insert the copy of
- the Installation Diskette.
-
- 12. Type:
-
- COPY A:\*.BIO B:\
-
- and press Enter.
-
- 13. Type:
-
- COPY A:\ABIOS.SYS B:\
-
- and press Enter.
-
- 14. Power off the ThinkPad and return it to the
- Docking Station.
-
- 15. Restart the installation procedure by
- inserting the copy of the Installation
- Diskette into drive A.
-
-
- INSTALLING OS/2 2.1 USING RIPL
- ______________________________
-
- When installing OS/2 2.1 using the IBM LAN
- Server 2.0 and 3.0 Remote Installation Program
- Load (RIPL), the 2.1 version of RIPLINST.EXE is
- dependent upon the 2.1 version of UNPACK.EXE.
- Therefore, if you are using the 2.1 version of
- RIPLINST.EXE on a client machine with OS/2
- version 2.0 or lower, then you must copy the
- UNPACK.EXE file to the client machine. To do
- this, do the following:
-
- 1. Insert OS/2 2.1 Diskette 2 into drive A
-
- 2. At an OS/2 command prompt type:
-
- copy a:\unpack.exe \os2\unpack.exe
-
- After copying the file to the client
- machine, you can now execute the 2.1
- version of the RIPLINST.EXE program.
-
-
- EXTENDED SERVICES (ES) 1.0
- __________________________
-
- o If you installed OS/2 2.1 on a system that
- already had Extended Services installed,
- replace the existing ESSTART.CMD file with
- the ESSTART.BAK file that was installed by
- OS/2 2.1. (The ESSTART.BAK file is located
- in the OS2\INSTALL subdirectory.)
-
- o If you are installing Extended Services
- over OS/2 2.1 for the first time (that is,
- there is no Extended Services on the
- workstation), or if you are installing
- Extended Services from diskettes, rename
- the existing ESSTART.CMD file from the
- Extended Services Diskette 1. Then, copy
- the file ESSTART.BAK from the \OS\INSTALL
- directory to Extended Services Diskette 1.
- Finally, rename the ESSTART.BAK file
- ESSTART.CMD, and begin the installation of
- Extended Services.
-
-
- VIDEO CONSIDERATIONS
- ____________________
-
- The following information pertains to video
- support for OS/2 2.1.
-
-
- INSTALLING SUPER VGA (SVGA) SUPPORT
-
- After the VGA installation is complete, follow
- the procedure "Installing Support for Super VGA
- (SVGA)" in Appendix A of the "OS/2 2.1
- Installation Guide".
-
-
- INSTALLATION ON SPECIFIC VIDEO ADAPTERS
-
- In the "OS/2 2.1 Installation Guide",
- instructions are given for configuring the
- ATI** Graphics Ultra Pro. These instructions
- state that the monitor type for 640 x 480 must
- be configured to IBM DEFAULT. Note that this
- setting might be referred to as 60Hz rather
- than IBM DEFAULT.
-
- The Radius XGA display adapter is supported on
- PS/2* Models 35 and 40 and PS/ValuePoint* 486
- systems. If you are using the display adapter
- on a PS/ValuePoint system, the VPXGA.EXE
- utility is required. For a copy of this
- utility program, check your Radius installation
- diskette or contact Radius.
-
- The OS/2 2.1 operating system cannot restore
- the state of a Sigma Legend** display adapter
- after you switch sessions or video modes.
- Also, the Sigma Legend video adapter might
- cause the system to stop when using 1024 x 768
- x 256 color mode. Use only 640 x 480 or 800 x
- 600 mode with this adapter.
-
-
- CORRECTION TO INSTALLATION GUIDE APPENDIX B
- ___________________________________________
-
- Appendix B of the "OS/2 2.1 Installation Guide"
- presents information on how to respond to
- messages that begin with "TRAP". The
- information in the appendix pertains only to
- TRAP0002 messages.
-
-
- TRADEMARKS
- __________
-
- The following terms, denoted by an asterisk (*)
- in this README, are trademarks or registered
- trademarks of the IBM Corporation in the United
- States or other countries:
-
- IBM
- -----------------------------------------------
- OS/2
- -----------------------------------------------
- PS/2
- -----------------------------------------------
- PS/ValuePoint
- -----------------------------------------------
- ThinkPad
- -----------------------------------------------
- XGA
- -----------------------------------------------
-
- The following terms, denoted by a double
- asterisk (**) in this README, are trademarks of
- other companies as follows:
-
-
- Trademark: Owner:
- --------------------------------------------------------------
- Adaptec Adaptec, Inc.
- --------------------------------------------------------------
- ATI ATI Technologies, Inc.
- --------------------------------------------------------------
- Legend Sigma Designs Inc.
- --------------------------------------------------------------
- Logitech Logitech, Inc.
- --------------------------------------------------------------
- Panasonic Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
- --------------------------------------------------------------
- TrackMan Logitech, Inc.
- --------------------------------------------------------------
- Windows Microsoft Corporation
- --------------------------------------------------------------
-
- IBM DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, WHETHER EXPRESSED
- OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION,
- WARRANTIES OF FITNESS AND MERCHANTABILITY WITH
- RESPECT TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS DOCUMENT.
- BY FURNISHING THIS DOCUMENT, IBM GRANTS NO
- LICENSES TO ANY RELATED PATENTS OR COPYRIGHTS.
-
- Copyright IBM Corporation, 1993, all rights
- reserved.
-