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From: yozzo@larouch.uucp (Ralph Yozzo)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2
Subject: Re: MAJOR DISASTATER !!!
Message-ID: <1990Mar16.080608.9452@larouch.uucp>
Date: 16 Mar 90 08:06:08 GMT
References: <791@sce.carleton.ca> <2143@husc6.harvard.edu>
Reply-To: yozzo@larouch.UUCP (Ralph Yozzo)
Organization: Larouch Headquarters, Hopewell Junction, NY
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In article <2143@husc6.harvard.edu> ddl@husc6.harvard.edu (Dan Lanciani) writes:
>In article <791@sce.carleton.ca>, ajai@sce.carleton.ca (Ajai Sehgal) writes:
>| OK I really blew it this time. I upgraded my system to a 20MHz 80386 with an
>| 80387, AMI Bios dated 9-15-89, CHips & T chipset. I still have an ATI VGA
>| Wonder with 512K, Miniscribe 3035 with Western Digital Controler. 
>| OS/2 1.2 no longer works! I Can't get past the boot phase. I see a "TRA" on
>| the screen (after the com drivers load) and the system hangs. When I tried
>| the install disk it hung after loading the virtual disk. In desperation I 
>| tried reloading V1.1EE (IBM Version). It installed OK but would not complete
>| the boot (screen went white like the PM background then system hung). Both
>| my OS/2 versions are IBM (not MS). I've been through the manuals, but they
>| are too superficial. My good buddies at IBM say that support is guaranteed
>| only for OS/2 running on PS/2 machines (they were originally bought for a
>| model 70).
>| 
>| Can anyone suggest a solution. This evenings frustration is enough to push
>| me back to DOS ! (As a matter of fact I'm now back to DOS) Is anyone out
>| in Internet land using the BIOS-CHipset combo mentioned above for OS/2?
>| Any help would be appreciated, please send E-Mail to ajai@sce.carleton.ca
>

I've seen something like this also.
What I did was booted with DOS and removed the 
c:\os2\OS2SYS.INI from the PROTSHELL statement in the C:\CONFIG.SYS file.

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