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From: wwitt@adara.intel.com
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Floppy Problem - Not a BUG, is it?
Keywords: ToolBook Installation Bug Floppy
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Date: 1 Jun 90 17:32:53 GMT
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Hi,

I've encountered a problem with Windows 3 and was wondering if anybody
else has come across the same or if somebody can explain it.

I was trying to install the ToolBook demo package that came with my
Windows 3 upgrade package. My upgrade set came with 3.5" disks, so
ToolBook came on two disks and I was trying to install them from my
floppy drive B: (A: is a 1.2 Meg 5.25", B: is a 1.44 Meg 3.5").
The installation would begin, and after a while, the system prompted
me for the second installation disk. I inserted the second disk, but
here the problem occured. The system would not recognize the floppy.
It kept telling me to insert the second disk. Not having much of choice,
I aborted the installation procedure. Next I got a message stating that
the installation was unsuccessful because certain files could not
be found. However, these files are exactly those that are on the second
disk that the installation program refused to recognize. What's going
one here??? It seems like the directory of the new disk was not read
properly, so the system *thought* that the first disk was still inserted.

I tried the above from real mode and from 386 mode. Same difference.
Finally I copied the two 3.5 disks to one 1.2 Meg 5.25 disk and then
I was able to install ToolBook. 

Could this possibly be a BUG??? Or am I just being stupid?

Any thoughts on this would be appreciated, but if you're going to tell
me that I'm stupid please do it gently. :-)

Wolf Witt
wwitt@adara.intel.com
wwitt@smdvx1.UUCP
witt@ucsee.berkeley.edu