i'm trying to install OS/2 2.0 on my Thinkpad 700C (16 floppy disks, wow) but i'm running into this weird error message. anyone recognize it?
i'm trying to install OS/2 2.0 on my Thinkpad 700C (16 floppy disks, wow) but i'm running into this weird error message. anyone recognize it? 31 comments
found this https://web.archive.org/web/20140912083725/https://ps-2.kev009.com/pcpartnerinfo/ctstips/252a.htm which says i need to copy some files over from the reference disk. hmmmmmm https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:AIUF3kbmvokJ:annex.retroarchive.org/cdrom/pier-05/036/INSINF/INSTALL.TXT says that i need to copy SF85E4X.BIO to both Install and Disk01. then add "SF85E4X.BIO" to the start of ABIOS.SYS (a text file) on both disks. i have a funny feeling this is a problem with my DBA-ESDI emulator. also it appears to be corrupting sector writes, so i'll need to solve that problem. this is hilarious: the xscreensaver called "bsod" (which i used to use as my screensaver many years ago) has an OS/2 2.0 fake BSOD with many of the same details! same trap address, same BIOS version. wild. @tubetime I remember that screensaver. IIRC the Windows NT version even did hard drive access that made the light come on to simulate writing a crash dump anyway I got new hardware -- this is my version of the device for the 72-pin DBA-ESDI form factor. I've made minor changes to the FPGA bitstream so it can handle this card as well. my DIFDIAG program can see the drive and talk to it, but some functions don't seem to be working. this will take some troubleshooting. @tubetime I think this might be handy for Sega TeraDrive owners who don't want to waste the 1 free ISA slot on an IDE controller when the ESDI drive dies. @tubetime I think that's the error that gets thrown when there's a Prime Directive violation. OS/2 2.0 is a pre-Warp civilization 😛 |
@tubetime just had a thought, bad ram module? Kinda looks like a 16 bit address.