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Subject: Re: Installing OS/2 on a SCSI drive
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Date: 11 Mar 90 17:20:50 GMT
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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). 

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