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From: erik@tvcent.uucp (Eirk Peterson)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2
Subject: Re: Help needed:  IBM OS/2 1.20 hangs during boot
Message-ID: <1990Jun4.065604.14537@tvcent.uucp>
Date: 4 Jun 90 06:56:04 GMT
References: <1990Jun2.034210.10279@oracle.com>
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Organization: TVC Enterprises
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In article <1990Jun2.034210.10279@oracle.com> tslee@oracle.uucp (Terry Lee) writes:
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>Upon booting the hard disk, OS/2 cranks with informative messages for about
>40 seconds, clears the screen, then hangs.  The disk becomes quiet.  Keyboard
>input is to no avail, eventually filling the input buffer and beeping
>thereafter.
>
>This system has been able to run OS/2 only when ESCaping out of the Install
>boot diskette, otherwise hangs everytime.  The installation was absolutely
>vanilla, no hacks, etc. and has been repeated without any luck.
>
>Hardware is a Mini 386/20, 8 Megs 80ns Ram, ST4096 80 Meg drive, EGA, Microsoft

I'm not sure if a 4096 is SCSI or not.  I will guess that it is.  What type
of controller are you using??  Many DOS uses will use a Future Domain SCSI
controller instead of buy a better, faster, more expensive 7000 FAST card. 
If it is a SCSI system and you are using a FD card, that is your problem.

FUTURE DOMAIN SCSI CARDS DO NOT WORK WITH OS/2

If it isn't scsi, then I'm not sure what the problem is.  

Erik Petersen
Canadian Vertical Systems