Text 181, 42 rader
Skriven 2006-06-23 14:29:42 av David Calafrancesco (1:2624/306.0)
    Kommentar till text 178 av Jeff Smith (1:14/0)
Ärende: Warp4 on an eMachine
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Jeff Smith wrote in a message to Mike Powell:

 JS> 21 Jun 06 12:26, you wrote to Bob Ackley:

 BA>> I don't have any experience with e-machines, but I'm sure it's
 BA>> doable. After all, I have Warp 4.0 running on a PS/2 9595, which is
 BA>> 486/66 with 64MB of RAM.

 MP> There is actually a setting in the BIOS on this machine that asks if
 MP> you are running OS/2 or not.  That sound promoising.  ;-)

 MP> Mike

 JS>     The bigest problem I have had recently while attempting to
 JS> install Warp4 for testing is hard drive recognition. OS2 has
 JS> troubles seeing the correct HD size. OS2 insisted my 120G was a
 JS> 8.6G and wouldn't create a partition any bigger than 8.6G. I
 JS> normally dislike using third party utilities that lie to the OS to
 JS> get things to work. I would much rather have the OS see things
 JS> correctly on it's own.


 JS>     It's a shame to have to use old hardware to be able to install
 JS> an OS without gimmicks or workarounds.

There are two ways to deal with this... one is to google around and find a
formula that will make a new set of Install CDs for Warp4 with the updated IDE
drivers that understand the larger drives. I remember having to replace the
drivers to get it to understand 20g drives way back when. You can also install
to a 4gb or smaller drive, and then use the 120gb as a second drive. Possibly
using xcopy /h/o/t/s/e/r/v to move your install over to the new drive once
installed and updated with the new drivers. 

Anyway, it is a well known problem that an OS that came out a decade before
120gb drives can't deal with them :) 

Dave Calafrancesco, Team OS/2
dave@drakkar.org

... They got the library at Alexandria, they're not getting mine! 
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