Creating a Boot disk for OS/2 GA version for FAT File System
| Article Info | |
|---|---|
| Author | Morton F. Kaplon |
| Date | 1992-04-29 |
| OS Version | IBM OS/2 2.0 |
| Companion File | N/A |
| Source | bootdisk.txt |
The procedure has changed from the Beta Versions. The Installation disk has SYSINSTX.COM on it as well as OS2KRNLI, OS2LDR, OS2LDR.MSG and a lot of other files which are not needed. Copy SYSINSTX.COM to your C: drive and from there give the command "SYSINSTX A:", where you have a formatted hi density disk in A:. All SYSINSTX does is copy the hidden file OS2BOOT to the A: drive. The other three OS2*.* files on the installation disk are not hidden and you can copy them to a: via C: or by whatever means you want. It is important to rename OS2KRNLI to OS2KRNL on the boot disk being created.
The rest of the required files are all on Disk 1 of the Installation Set and they are listed below. There are a number of files with the numeral 1 in their names. These files are for a CLONE. If you have a PS-2 machine there is a corresponding set, also on Disk 1 which have a 2 in place of the 1. Use those. If you have a PS-2 you probably also need to copy the file ABIOS.SYS which is on Disk 1 also. On Disk 1 there is a file named OS2SCSI.DMD which is not listed below. That is presumably their generic driver for SCSI drives and is probably needed for those with that kind of hard drive, and for which there should be a corresponding statement in config.sys.
I am not sure that all of these are absolutely required but I tried to get it down to a size that would fit on a 5 1/4" floppy and when I got there, I called it a day.
Directory of a:\*.* Wed 04-29-1992 Files on the Boot Disk
ansicall.dll 438 ___A_ Copied From Disk 1
bkscalls.dll 401 ___A_ Copied From Disk 1
bmscalls.dll 398 ___A_ Copied From Disk 1
bvhinit.dll 9203 ___A_ Copied From Disk 1
bvscalls.dll 454 ___A_ Copied From Disk 1
clock01.sys 3666 ___A_ Copied From Disk 1
cmd.exe 87552 ___A_ Copied From Disk 1
config.sys 439 ___A_ Copied From Disk 1 and amended as listed below
country.sys 24604 ___A_ Copied From Disk 1
dos.sys 1142 ___A_ Copied From Disk 1
doscall1.dll 87884 ___A_ Copied From Disk 1
ea data. sf 3584 RHSA_ Created when os2krnli copied from Installation disk
harderr.exe 14436 ___A_ Copied From Disk 1
ibm1flpy.add 24026 ___A_ Copied From Disk 1
ibm1s506.add 12908 ___A_ Copied From Disk 1
ibmint13.i13 9564 ___A_ Copied From Disk 1
kbd01.sys 29013 ___A_ Copied From Disk 1
kbdcalls.dll 858 ___A_ Copied From Disk 1
keyboard.dcp 5177 ___A_ Copied From Disk 1
moucalls.dll 1010 ___A_ Copied From Disk 1
msg.dll 477 ___A_ Copied From Disk 1
nampipes.dll 711 ___A_ Copied From Disk 1
nls.dll 465 ___A_ Copied From Disk 1
os2boot 1099 RHSA_ Created on boot disk by sysinstx
os2char.dll 56320 ___A_ Copied From Disk 1
os2dasd.dmd 31994 ___A_ Copied From Disk 1
os2krnl 716044 ___A_ Copy os2krnli from Installation Disk to os2krnl
os2ldr 32256 ___A_ Copied from Installation Disk
os2ldr.msg 8440 ___A_ Copied from Installation Disk
print01.sys 8934 ___A_ Copied From Disk 1 Needed Only if need to print
quecalls.dll 14994 ___A_ Copied From Disk 1
screen01.sys 1441 ___A_ Copied From Disk 1
sesmgr.dll 31256 ___A_ Copied From Disk 1
sysinst1.exe 4224 ___A_ Copied From Disk 1
syslevel.os2 169 ___A_ Copied From Disk 1
viocalls.dll 1825 ___A_ Copied From Disk 1
1,227,406 bytes in 36 file(s) 1,234,944 bytes allocated
222,720 bytes free
If print01.sys is not included, then the files could be encompassed on a 1.2M 5 1/2" floppy.
On a 3 1/2" drive there is sufficient space for chkdsk.com, a modest size editor (I use Qedit's Q.exe which is only about 48K) and there is still quite a bit of space left over.
- Contents of CONFIG.SYS on boot disk
buffers=32 iopl=yes memman=noswap protshell=sysinst1.exe set os2_shell=cmd.exe diskcache=64,LW protectonly=yes libpath=.;\; pauseonerror=no codepage=850 devinfo=kbd,us,keyboard.dcp rem devinfo=scr,ega,vtbl850.dcp device=\dos.sys rem device=\mouse.sys set path=.;\ set dpath=\; set keys=on rem if you do not need to print from boot disk next below is not needed basedev=print01.sys basedev=ibm1flpy.add basedev=ibm1s506.add basedev=ibmint13.i13 basedev=os2dasd.dmd rem device=\testcfg.sys
In case you haven't noticed it you can now include in config.sys a command (for example) call=c:\os2\xcopy.exe c:whatever d:whatever or what have you. It is very useful to back up the \DESKTOP and \os2\*.ini files on the fly. This is noted in the Manual.