This article was posted to the Usenet group alt.hackers in
1995; any technical information is probably outdated.
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Re: Hacker FAQ (please comment and help fix)
Article: 7750 of alt.hackers From: s9577238@cs.sun.ac.za (D van der Westhuysen) Newsgroups: alt.hackers Subject: Re: Hacker FAQ (please comment and help fix) Date: 2 May 1995 08:44:00 GMT Organization: University of Stellenbosch Lines: 25 Approved: Pink elephant co. Distribution: world Message-ID: 3o4rcg$lqn@itu1.sun.ac.za NNTP-Posting-Host: 146.232.212.23 X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Status: RO
Well, the fact that IBM only provides 3.5" disks is anoying, but not fatal. ObHack: Installing OS/2 Warp with a 5.25" A: drive (the easy way) The answer is simple: First format 2 1.2mb floppies to 1.44mb using the dos program fdformat or something similar. Then change the CMOS drive type for A: from 1.2mb 5.25" to 1.44mb 3.5". Next use diskcopy to copy the 3.5" disk onto the floppy (diskcopy won't complain if the cmos settings match.) Repeat for the other disk. You now have 5.25" OS/2 installation disks. Now simply boot the floppy. (Take note, to read the disks under OS/2 the CMOS drive type should be 1.44mb 3.5") ObLameishHack: My ide controller has a jumper to swap drive A: and B:. Snarf'ed a turbo-switch lead and replaced the turbo button by a toggle switch. Replaced the jumper by the lead and mounted the toggle switch at the back of the pc. Now I simply power down, flip the switch and change the CMOS settings. Deon
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