How to install OS/2 fixpack 15

Oops, I forgot that VPC can use Floppy Drive Images so I don't even need a
floppy drive on the Mac. I just need to make images on my Windows box and
transfer them to my Mac.


On 12/6/07 8:12 PM, in article C37E081E.26A8%fmh@copper.net, "Fred Horvat"
<fmh RemoveThis @copper.net> wrote:

> Have you tried installing OS/2 yet? If so what error message did it give?
> I have installed OS/2 before under VPC a couple of years ago with the base
> and no Fix Packs. Went on fine. I have not installed OS/2 lately under VPC
> as I have not had the need but it should go on just fine.
>
> Please give it a try and see what happens. If it does bomb please report
> the errors here and we'll attempt to get you along. Worse case I'll have to
> dig out my OS/2 Warp 4 CDs. Bigger problem for me is finding the USB floppy
> drive :)
>
>
> On 12/6/07 1:41 AM, in article
> D8357328-F22D-4BEB-ABD3-676AC0F5867B RemoveThis @microsoft.com, "RobertG"
> <RobertG RemoveThis @discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
>> How do I install base OS/2 Warp v4.0 as a guest OS if VPC requires fixpack
>> 15? I can't apply fp15 until I install the base product, but the base
>> product is not supported.
>
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Problem solved. I was able to install the base product, then apply
the fixpak. I was having various problems until I read that the CD
version of the OS/2 Installation disk 1 should be used rather than my
floppy version. Just copy it from the CD to your HD, then select
"Capture floppy disk image" from the VPC Floppy menu as it prompts for
each installation disk. I then applied the fixpak and upgraded video
support to 1280x1024 using the GRADD97.ZIP located on Hobbes at
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/os2/system/drivers/video/gradd97.zip, with
excellent instructions from Metztli's blog at http://metztli-it.com/blog/os2/.
I found that once you install GRADD, you can select just about any
monitor (I chose NEC Multisync) from the System properties page, which
will give you higher resolutions to choose from than just 800x600.
Ahh, the nostalgia.
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