Installing IBM OS/2 on an HP Netserver
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Fix: This is caused by the wrong AIC7870.ADD driver. It is possible that you skipped one of the
steps where the driver and CONFIG.SYS are updated either manually or by using the
UPDATE.EXE utility.
Issue 6: After the first auto-reboot during the file and print installation section the system may
stop with an error when loading drivers in CONFIG.SYS the error will read like this "Invalid
path specified in line xy c:\cid\...".
Fix: This error usually occurs because the CD-ROM driver is not present in CONFIG.SYS.
Reboot the system. When the white box appears in at the upper left portion of the screen, press
Alt and F1 keys simultaneously. A screen of options appears. Press the <c> key to boot the
system to the command prompt. Edit CONFIG.SYS and add the embedded SCSI driver to enable
the CD-ROM for example:
BASEDEV=AIC7870.ADD
Issue 7: After Installing OS/2 2.11 for SMP on a Hewlett-Packard NetServer LS the system
hangs and traps intermittently.
Fix: If you have a dual-processor card installed, edit the CONFIG.SYS file on the root directory
of the hard drive where OS/2 is installed. (Note that this only applies to systems with a dual
processor card installed.) Change the line:
PSD=OS2APIC.PSD
to:
PSD=OS2APIC.PSD /APIC
Issue 8: After completing the OS/2 installation on a NetServer E40, the CD-ROM can not be
accessed by the system. Also, when you open the Drives object folder the CD-ROM object is not
present.
It is possible that during installation you did not select "Non-Listed IDE CD-ROM" as
recommended in the installation procedure. You can resolve this issue by editing CONFIG.SYS
to add the following line and then rebooting the system.
BASEDEV=IBMIDECD.FLT
Tip 9) How to View the Resources Used by an Adapter
The Navigator CD-ROM version G.00.10 or greater has a utility that will display the resources
used by an adapter. Use the following procedure to get the resource listing:
1) Boot Navigator CD-ROM
2) Select "Configuration Assistant"
3) Select "Custom Configuration"