OS/2 Warp FAQ List (20 Feb 95)

(4.2) Installing from Drive B

I can't install OS/2 Warp from Drive B.  What's wrong?

IBM OS/2 Warp can only be installed starting from Drive A, like DOS 
(unless your BIOS supports booting from Drive B).  After booting from 
Drive A, OS/2 Warp can then be copied from CD-ROM or across a network. 
 (For more information on installation across a network, see Remote 
Installation and Maintenance, IBM Publication No. GG24-3780.  Related 
publications include Automated Installation for CID Enabled OS/2, IBM Pub. 
No. GG24-3783, and Automated Installation for CID Enabled Extended 
Services, LAN Server and Network Transport Services/2, IBM Pub. No. 
GG24-3781.)  You could open your machine and swap floppy drive cable 
connectors, use your system's setup utility to set the new CMOS 
parameters, and then install OS/2 Warp from the "new" Drive A.  Sometimes 
the floppy drive cable connectors will not be the same.  If so you can 
obtain an adapter plug.

You may also use IBM's twin "bootstrap" diskette images [see (3.2) 
Shareware and Freeware Sources] to boot from a 5.25 inch Drive A and 
install using 3.5 inch OS/2 diskettes inserted into Drive B.  These two 
diskettes are also available free of charge from IBM OS/2 Warp Technical 
Support.  However, this procedure should only be used if absolutely 
necessary.

Since an ever increasing number of PC software packages is only available 
on 3.5 inch diskettes (or CD-ROM), IBM recommends that you take the time 
now, if at all possible, to reconfigure your PC so that you have a 3.5 
inch Drive A.

Related information:

(3.2) Shareware and Freeware Sources 
(4.1) Installation

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