Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!uunet!comp.vuw.ac.nz!conrad From: Conrad.Bullock@comp.vuw.ac.nz (Conrad Bullock) Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc Subject: Re: Problems installing OS/2 1.3 SE on a Clone.... Message-ID: <1991Jun05.023824.22994@comp.vuw.ac.nz> Date: 5 Jun 91 02:38:24 GMT References: <6jth45l@rpi.edu> <1991Jun05.004604.13421@comp.vuw.ac.nz> Sender: news@comp.vuw.ac.nz (News Admin) Organization: Computer Science, Victoria University, Wellington, NewZealand Lines: 22 Nntp-Posting-Host: downstage.comp.vuw.ac.nz Originator: conrad@downstage.comp.vuw.ac.nz In article , yee@aix01.aix.rpi.edu (Crimson Avenger) writes: |> Ooops.. I made a mistake.. No, I don't have OS/2 1.3 working.. and it's a |> pain. Another hunch - is the DOS you are running MS-DOS? If so, try editting the boot sector of your hard drive (with Norton Utilities, PC-Tools, whatever), and where it says 'MSDOS3.3' or whatever, change the 'MSDOS' to 'IBM '. I have found that IBM DOS (and possibly IBM OS/2) doesn't like OEM labels on hard drives, other than 'IBM '. If this is your problem, then I seem to recall that you get 'Invalid Media' or similar errors. Note that MS-DOS doesn't care what the OEM label is, so changing it to say IBM doesn't hurt. Of course, you can always try letting OS/2 format/partition your drive when you install. -- Conrad Bullock | Domain: conrad@comp.vuw.ac.nz Victoria University of Wellington, | or: conrad@cavebbs.gen.nz New Zealand. | Fidonet: 3:771/130 | BBS: The Cave BBS +64 4 643429