Re: [701C] OS/2 on a 701C

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From: Lee Laniear (laniear_at_attglobal.net)
Date: Sat May 11 2002 - 01:47:55 EDT

I still have a 701C and when it's not serving as a door stop I sometimes use it to run OS/2 (and even NT).
True it doesn't have a CD but I use a Trantor Parallel Port interface with an external CD and it has loaded
Version 4 of OS/2 without any problem. BTW, it also works with Warp e-business server. Using the parallel
port CD it has only taken about 40 minutes to install OS/2. The fix pack installs are pretty fast.

Hope this helps,

Lee

>>So, what's the best version of OS/2 to run on a 701C (486/75,
>>40 MB RAM max, no CD)? And how much HD space will it take up?
>
>Version 3 or 4 will run. The amount of HD space depends on what features you
>install. I think the minimum with networking for Warp 4 is around 100 mb.
>Without a CD to install from, you will need another machine with a CD that can
>be set up to network or you can use a null-modem cable, but it takes a few
>hours to install that way.
>
>I would go with version 4, because I think there are more utilities for it,
>and the interface is nicer to me.
>
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Lee Laniear
laniear_at_attglobal.net OR
laniear_at_alum.mit.edu

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