W2K and OS/2 Warp 4.5 work fine on this machine, but 8.2 PowerPack and
8.2 download editions wouldn't install with this hardware configuration
either:
Tyan 1846 Tsunami Intel 440BX chipset motherboard w/ AMI BIOS
768 Mb SDRAM
P3-450 CPU
hda 80 Gb
hdc 30 Gb
LSI 53c875 HBA (SYM8751SP)
Pioneer DVD on SCSI ID 1
Yamaha CD-RW on SCSI ID 6
ATI Rage Pro 8 Mb AGP
1.44 floppy
Yamaha 744 sound
3COM 3C905-TX NIC
Logitech optical PS/2 mouse
All partitions were prepared in advance using a combination of OS/2
tools and Partition Magic 5 (like I do for all installs) hda5 on /boot,
hda8 on /, hda9 on /home, and hdc6 on swap. Last partitions hda15 &
hdc6.
1-9.0 CD wouldn't boot until I set BIOS HD's to NONE (not a problem in
8.2)
2-Screen following F1 key was solid off-white with no text or messages
of any kind. I typed in 'vgalo expert' anyway and eventually install
proceeded to ask for additional modules, etc (not a problem in 8.2)
3-VERSION FILE MISSING (same message as in 8.2)
4-Install halted at package selection "an error occurred: missing
basesystem package" (same message as in 8.2)
5-Selected messages from the (9.0) consoles:
a-unknown package libsafe
b-warning: bad magic number on disk hda at
/usr/bin/perl-install/partition_table/empty.pm line 29
c-warning: bad magic number on disk hdc at
/usr/bin/perl-install/partition_table/empty.pm line 29
d-Gdk-WARNING **: local not supported C library at
/usr/bin/perl-install/ugtk.pm line 143
e-unable to open rpm database, using empty rpmdb emulation
f-unknown package 'basesystem'
g-warning: missing basesystem package at
/usr/bin/perl-install/install_any.pm line 314
h-<4> sym0:1: ERROR (a0:0) (8-0-0) (8/35/0) @ (mem febbc1b0:febbc1b0)
i-<4> sym0: regdump: da 00 00 35 47 08 01 0f 00 08 00 00 80 00 00 0f 02
ff e0 b3 2e 02 ff ff ff
j-<4>sym0: PCI STATUS = 0x2000
k-<4> I/O error: dev 0b:00, sector 1239700
I did eventually get 8.2 to install prior to trying 9.0B2, but only
after giving up on SYM SCSI support and installing an ATAPI on hdd just
to get 8.2 installed. After finishing the 8.2 install, I removed hdd.
Never could make KUDZU work, crashing on each boot without detecting and
configuring the SYM SCSI support.
--
". . . we live in an age of paper religion. We believe more in issuing
paper pronouncements on all subjects than in living our faith. The paper
pronouncements of America's once Christian establishment are not many.
Hence, it is assumed that the United States was never Christian."
Rousas John Rushdoony, from his foreward to "The Separation
Illusion", by John W. Whitehead, 1977, ISBN 0-915134-41-1
Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409
Felix Miata *** http://mrmazda.members.atlantic.net/
