Re: Forgot an important item!

Post #4,246 by cestauffer 8/8/01 3:26:00 PM Reply	Re: Forgot an important item! You are right! By chance I did just that (after copying aic7870.add to diskette 0 and adding a line basedev=aic7870.add to config.x) and things seemed to be going along well. It asked for all 3 diskettes, then switched to the cdrom. Unfortunately, after loading in a bunch of files (it looks like the controlling config.sys is the one on the cd) things stopped: "The file S:\\OS2\\PMSHELL.EXE specified in the PROTSHELL statement on line 214 of the CONFIG.SYS file does not contain a valid program." The program is present on the cd, so now I am looking for further help. Is this perhaps connected with the os2ldr patch? Clyde Clyde Stauffer
Post #4,314 by SpiceWare 8/8/01 9:32:01 PM Reply	Did you enable USB? I had that error if I selected USB. The only option I took to install was Adaptec 7870. Darrell Spice, Jr. [link\|http://home.houston.rr.com/spiceware/\|SpiceWare] - We don't do Windows, it's too much of a chore
Post #4,339 by cestauffer 8/9/01 8:31:03 AM Reply	Re: Did you enable USB? No. Going through the boot floppy route, with the aic7870.add on the floppy, I never got the 3 options menu. Maybe that is where things went awry. I am going to give it another try in a few minutes, after cleaning up this morning's e-mail. Clyde Stauffer
Post #4,346 by SpiceWare 8/9/01 9:46:27 AM Reply	There are 2 sets of "boot floppies" One that works exactly like the CD boot sequence(with a menu to choose options, such as which SCSI controller) and another that you have to modify. I used the first one, there was no need to add aic7870.add to any of the floppies. Darrell Spice, Jr. [link\|http://home.houston.rr.com/spiceware/\|SpiceWare] - We don't do Windows, it's too much of a chore
Post #4,856 by SpiceWare 8/13/01 11:00:30 AM Reply	Any luck? Darrell Spice, Jr. [link\|http://home.houston.rr.com/spiceware/\|SpiceWare] - We don't do Windows, it's too much of a chore
Post #5,023 by cestauffer 8/14/01 10:14:16 AM Reply	Re: Any luck? Got eCS installed on my (all-SCSI) desktop by making modifiable diskettes from CD1, entering "basedev.aic7870.add" into config.x and copying that driver onto the diskette. Rebooting after phase 1 hung the system, until I added that same line to config.sys. Then things went along as advertised. For my 16MB ram laptop I made diskettes from CD2 and installed much like the Warp4 installation. Following that I ran convert.exe and now have a eCS desktop there also. So -- Yes, finally, I seem to have some luck installing eCS. Now I will just play with it a while, and decide whether or not it is an advance over Warp4 w/FP15. Thanks for your interest and help. Clyde Stauffer
Post #5,029 by SpiceWare 8/14/01 11:09:11 AM Reply	Good - I'm still working on my thinkpad Kim Cheung is having me try various things, but no luck yet. I've copied the contents of the CD to a temp partition(D:) on my drive, renamed the "playintroduction.cmd" file to "donotplay.cmd" and install from the hard drive(boot the CD but change the 3 install settings from S: to D:). Nothing locks up, but the system doesn't let me start the install. I get to the screen where I can select which video driver to install, but the memory amounts for base and multimedia show XXX MB and the NEXT button isn't enabled. I see in the [link\|news://news.ecomstation.nl/ecomstation.support.install\|eCS Install Support] newsgroup that he's posted something else for me to try tonight when I get home. Darrell Spice, Jr. [link\|http://home.houston.rr.com/spiceware/\|SpiceWare] - We don't do Windows, it's too much of a chore

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