fredb@llama.rtech.UUCP (Fred Buechler [Devil Mountain Consulting]) (03/10/90)
Hello Net.World,
I am trying install OS/2 1.1 (89039) on my AST Premium/386 machine. It
has a 150 Mb Maxtor disk with an 800 series Maxtor SCSI controller. The install
disk boots and I get past the first couple info screens, then I get a big
red screen full of text telling me that FDISK has failed somehow. I can get
the exact failure codes out of the install.log file, but they really don't
tell you that much (unless you're MS and have the code book handy :-)).
Does anyone know a workaround for this problem? Any and all suggestions
appreciated. Thanks Much.
Fred.
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Fred Buechler fredb@llama.rtech.com
Devil Mountain Consulting, Inc 71261.2747@compuserve.com
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~usenet@cps3xx.UUCP (Usenet file owner) (03/12/90)
From article <4944@rtech.rtech.com>, by fredb@llama.rtech.UUCP (Fred Buechler [Devil Mountain Consulting]): > Hello Net.World, > > I am trying install OS/2 1.1 (89039) on my AST Premium/386 machine. It > has a 150 Mb Maxtor disk with an 800 series Maxtor SCSI controller. The install > disk boots and I get past the first couple info screens, then I get a big > red screen full of text telling me that FDISK has failed somehow. OS/2 (and all other multitasking os's) don't use the INT 13H BIOS interface provided on most SCSI interface cards. OS/2 has built into it only drivers to talk directly to ST506 interface hard disks. If the maker of your SCSI controller does not provide a OS/2 device driver for your interface card, you're out of luck. You'll need minimally a different controller. I believe Adaptec makes a SCSI controller that presents a ST506 interface look to the OS. (it internally converts ST506 to SCSI). j |%|John Lawitzke, Dale Computer Corp., R&D |%|UUCP: uunet!frith!dale1!jhl Work |%| uunet!frith!ipecac!jhl Home Inquiring minds just wondering. |%|Internet: jhl@frith.egr.msu.edu