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Date:	Wed, 22 Aug 2001 12:03:33 PDT
From:	Zdenek Jizba <jizba@gte.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	< scoug-help@scoug.com, Ben Archer > bgarcher@gte.net >
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: non A-BIOS system?

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Well I managed to re-install eCS preview (what did it was pressing
F 6 no hardware check).
What I do not understand is why at the repair shop a format
(I specifically asked for long and watched 40 minutes -- NO ERRORS)
worked without a hitch. Then when I brought the PC home and tried to
install eCS GA, the long HPFS format quit at 45% (and stayed there 1 hour)
same as before I took it to the repair shop. Further attempts at creating a
volume failed to the point that LVM when invoked provided no options
except Create and Delete (the option to Create volume never became active).
Thanks Ben for your help

Denny Jizba

Benedict G Archer wrote:

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> Forwarding this request for Denny Jizba. Trying to install eCS. At the
> format stage, the format process stops (at 45%) and nothing further
> happens--repeatable. Took the system to a PC shop and had the hard disk
> checked and found nothing wrong. The technician formatted the drive,
> and finds nothing abnormal. If boot from OS/2 floppies and try fdisk,
> no options are available. Denny tried to install OS/2 2.1 from floppies
> and gets the message, non A-BIOS at some point amd the system is
> stopped. The system had been working with warp 4 and win NT. I don't
> know system specs, but it was purchased from IB about 3 years ago with
> Warp 4 and NT. I'm clueless, if anyone has a suggestion, I'll pass it
> on to him.
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> Thanks, Ben A.
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