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From: yee@aix01.aix.rpi.edu (Crimson Avenger)
Subject: Re: Problems installing OS/2 1.3 SE on a Clone....
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Organization: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy NY
References: <6jth45l@rpi.edu> <1991Jun05.004604.13421@comp.vuw.ac.nz>
Date: 5 Jun 91 01:42:55 GMT
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Ooops.. I made a mistake.. No, I don't have OS/2 1.3 working.. and it's a 
pain.  

I have an AMI BIOS dated 9/15/89 and I tried SETUP my own user hard disk
information with 
Cylinder = 698
Head = 7
Sector = 63
W_comp = 0 (don't know what that is)
L_comp = 0 (don't know what this is either)..

OS/2 boots up fine and even installs a HPFS G RAM drive.. It just don't
recongize the hard disk.. I suspect it might be the BIOS.. Anybody managed
to get OS/2 1.3 with a AMI BIOS dated 9/15/89.. I did call the dealer, they
said that they didn't know what was happening with OS/2 and they don't have
the latest version installed.  I got angry.. 

If OS/2 1.3 boots up fine, it can't be the BIOS.. it must be something 
with the hard disk controller, but I have no other setup programs for the
hard disk.  I think (not sure) it's like a NEC disk drive and might be a stor 
controller.. I have to find the manual for it.  

The name of the company is ACMA.. Anybody out there?


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