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Installing OS/2 Warp Server v4.0 Advanced SMP - IBM eServer xSeries 240, Netfinity 5600

How To


Summary

This document provides instructions for installing IBM OS/2 Warp Server v4.0 Advanced SMP on the IBM eServer xSeries 240 and IBM Netfinity 5600 servers.

Steps

Revision Level: 1.0
Updated: 09/07/99


Supported systems
8664

Follow the network operating system (NOS) instructions provided in this document sequentially unless you are instructed differently. The windows and messages might differ from those in this document. Throughout this document, the term select refers to using the arrow keys to highlight a selection on a menu. Press Enter to complete the selection.



Sections within this document
1.0 What you will need
2.0 Quick installation instructions for experienced users
3.0 Setting up the hardware for OS/2 installation
4.0 Setting up the basic input/output system (BIOS)
4.1 Configuring hard disk drives using the Integrated SCSI controller
4.2 Running the OS/2 Warp Server v4.0 Advanced SMP installation program using the Integrated SCSI controller
Appendix A: Configuring Arrays Using the IBM ServeRAID II, 3-L, or 3-H Adapter
Appendix B: Installing OS/2 FixPak XR_W042, MPTS FixPaks WR08610 and WR08620, LANServer FixPak IP08530 or the latest FixPaks
B.1 Corrective service facility
B.2 Creating FixPak diskettes
B.3 The installation process
B.3.1 Before installation
B.3.2 Installing from A started OS/2 partition
B.4 Installing MPTS FixPaks WR08610 and WR08620
B.4.1 Installing MPTS FixPak WR08610
B.4.2 Installing MPTS FixPak WR08620
B.5 Installing LANServer FixPak IP08530
B.6 Backout instructions
Appendix C: Installing the S3 Trio 3D OS/2 device driver diskette
C.1 Preliminary steps
C.2 Setting your display to VGA Mode
C.3 Installing the S3 Trio 3D OS/2 video device driver from diskette


1.0 What you will need

A n OS/2 FixPak XR_W042 or later
A MPTS FixPaks WR08610 and WR08620 or later
A LANServer FixPak IP08530 or later
NOTE : The above file names and directories might vary slightly depending upon the language you choose to use. To enable choosing different language FixPaks, visit ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/ps/products/<PRODUCT>/fixes/ . ("Product" is one of the four products listed in the above FTP sites)


2.0 Quick installation instructions for experienced users
NOTE : OS/2 currently supports only one CD-ROM device that is installed in the server during the NOS installation process. Additional CD-ROM devices can be installed into the server after the completion of the NOS installation process.Verify that there is only one CD-ROM device in the server before you continue to the next step. Refer to APAR PJ24628 for more information.
  1. If you plan to use an external DASD enclosure, refer to the documentation provided with the external enclosure for proper set up.
  2. Use the Netfinity OS/2 Warp Server SMP v4.0 diskettes 0 and 1 for CD-ROM v1.01 to perform the installation process. These new installation diskettes contain the correct device drivers for the xSeries 240 or IBM Netfinity 5600.
  3. After formatting completes, OS/2 performs an operating system file copy. When the file copy completes, the system beeps and will display a panel to prompt you to press Enter to restart or to press F3 to exit to a command prompt. Press F3 to exit to a command prompt. Type OS2LDRFX . Follow the instructions on the screen to restart the server.
  4. A t the System Configuration window, change the CD-ROM from the default to non-listed IDE CD-ROM .
  5. Select Video Graphics Array (VGA) or Super Video Graphics Array (SVGA) video driver and click OK . Click OK again at the System Configuration window.
  6. At the Configuration window, click the bottom check mark for adapter and protocol services. Add any additional network adapters and necessary protocols.
  7. Install the FixPak XR_W042 or later, MPTS FixPaks WR08610 and WR08620, and LAN Server FixPak IP08530. See Appendix B for details.
  8. Install the S3 Trio 3D OS/2 Video device driver diskette. See Appendix C for details.
NOTE : OS/2 does not provide the necessary support required for the hot-plug PCI operations.


3.0 Setting up the hardware for OS/2 installation
  1. Unplug the server and remove the side cover.
  2. For the initial installation, install all the microprocessors you plan to use and remove all adapters and devices that are not required to get the base operating system installed. For example, if you install multiple network adapters, only install one now. If you are using a tape drive or external SCSI devices, disconnect them temporarily. After the operating system starts without errors, reinstall the removed adapters and devices one at a time. This procedure simplifies the installation process.
NOTE : If you plan to use an external DASD enclosure, the following instructions will not apply. Refer to the documentation provided with the external enclosure for the correct setup and continue to reference 4.0 Setting up the BIOS.
3. Install the desired number of hard disk drives into the drive bay.
4. Reinstall the side panel.
5. Plug in the server.
NOTE : OS/2 currently supports only one CD-ROM device that is installed in the server during the OS/2 installation process. Additional CD-ROM devices can be installed into the server after the completion of the OS/2 installation process. Verify that there is only one CD-ROM device in the server before you continue to the next step. Refer to APAR PJ24628 for more information.


4.0 Setting up the BIOS
  1. Power on the server.
  2. When the IBM logo appears, press F1 to enter the Configuration/Setup Utility .
  3. Click here to verify that you are at the latest level of BIOS .
  4. To determine the version of BIOS running on your server, select System Information and select Product Data . The BIOS Build Level field contains the BIOS version. The numbers in position 5, 6, and 7 of the level represent the current BIOS level. For example, TPKT36AUS is BIOS level 36A, U.S. English.
  5. Press Esc twice to return to the Configuration/Setup Utility menu.
  6. If you determine that your BIOS does not need to be updated, skip down to step 8.
  7. If your BIOS does need to be updated, download the appropriate image and build the diskette image by running the exe file. Answer Y on the last page of the licensing agreement. The current diskette image is TPKT36AUS and is labeled Flash BIOS Update Diskette.
  8. Restart the server with the BIOS diskette in the diskette drive and answer the questions appropriately. After the BIOS update is complete and the IBM logo appears, press F1 to enter Setup .
  9. From the Configuration/Setup Utility menu, select Load Default Settings .
  10. Press Enter to return to the Configuration/Setup Utility menu.
  11. Select Start Options .
  12. Use the arrow keys to change the startup devices to the following:
  • First Startup Device - Diskette 0
  • Second Startup Device - Hard Disk 0
  • Third Startup Device - CD ROM
  • Fourth Startup Device - Disabled
13. Press Esc to return to the Configuration/Setup Utility window.
14. Select Exit Setup .
15. Select Yes, save and exit the Setup Utility .
NOTE : If you have added the PC ServeRAID II, 3-L, or 3-H adapter, see Appendix A for hard disk drive configuration and operating system installation instructions. Otherwise, continue to reference 4.1 Configuring hard disk drives using the Integrated SCSI controller.


4.1 Configuring hard disk drives using the Integrated SCSI controller
  1. Start the server. When the system prompts you, press Ctrl+A .
  2. Select the Bus:Device:Channel you want to configure.
NOTE : Channel A is attached to the internally connected drives. If you are using both channels of the integrated Adaptec disk controller, be sure to repeat steps 2 through 8 for both channels.
3. Select Configure/View Host Adapter Settings .
4. Select Boot D evice Options .
5. Verify that the Boot Channel and Boot SCSI ID match the SCSI channel and the drive ID that you plan to use for the OS/2 boot partition.
6. Press Esc twice to confirm the changes you made.
7. Select SCSI Disk Utilities .
8. You must individually format each hard disk drive. To individually format the hard disk drives, complete the following steps:
  • Highlight each disk drive.
  • Press Enter .
  • Select Format Disk .
  • Select Yes twice.
NOTE : Formatting might take up to 30 minutes depending on drive size.
9. When all the formatting is complete, exit the SCSISelect Utility.


4.2 Running the OS/2 Warp Server SMP v4.0 installation program using the Integrated SCSI controller
NOTE : Be sure that you are using the following revised OS/2 installation diskettes:
  • An IBM Netfinity OS/2 WARP Server SMP Installation Diskette for CD-ROM v1.02
  • An IBM Netfinity OS/2 WARP Server SMP Diskette 1 for CD-ROM v1.02
NOTE : Do not use the diskettes that were shipped with the OS/2 Warp Server v4.0 Advanced SMP.
  1. Insert the IBM Netfinity OS/2 WARP Server SMP Installation Diskette for CD-ROM v1.02 into the diskette drive and the OS/2 Warp Server, version 4 Advanced SMP CD into the CD-ROM drive and restart the server.
  2. When you are prompted, insert the IBM Netfinity OS/2 WARP Server SMP Diskette 1 for CD-ROM, v1.02 and press Enter .
  3. At the Welcome window, press Enter . Read the information on the Important Licensing Information window and press Enter again.
  4. Select Advanced Installation .
  5. Select Specify your own installation partition .
  6. Use the arrow keys to move to a free space and press Enter . Select Create partition . Type the size of the partition and press Enter .
NOTE : The boot partition must be on the first logical drive created, and it must not exceed 2047 MB in size. All the other partitions can be up to 512 GB and can use PFS386, and 2047 MB for FAT partitions.
7. Select Primary Partition for the first partition and Extended Logical Drive for all the others.
NOTE : Selecting Primary Partition on the other logical drives will change the drive letter assignments for the server. Make sure this is what you want before you do this.
8. Select Create at Start of FreeSpace .
9. Repeat steps 6-8 until all the space on the drive has been allocated to partitions. Up to 4 partitions is possible per drive or array.
10. Press Tab to change to different physical drives and repeat steps 6-8 until all the logical drives are allocated.
11. Tab back to the first physical drive and use the arrow keys to select the partition that you want to contain the operating system.
12. Press Enter to bring up FDISK options again and select Set installable .
13. Type the name of the partition and press Enter .
14. Press F3 twice to exit the FDISK program.
15. Reinsert the IBM Netfinity OS/2 WARP Server SMP Installation Diskette for CD-ROM diskette into the diskette drive and press Enter to restart the server.
16. Insert IBM Netfinity OS/2 WARP Server SMP Diskette 1 for CD-ROM and when the system prompts you, press Enter .
17. At the Welcome window, press Enter . The system displays the Important Licensing Information window. Press Enter again.
18. Select Advanced Installation .
19. Select 1 . Accept the drive .
20. Select High Performance File System or FAT file system and press Enter to format the installation partition.
21. After formatting is complete, OS/2 performs an operating system file copy. Do not restart the server at this point. At the end of the file copy, the system prompts you to remove the diskette and restart the server. Do not follow the instructions on the screen; instead, press F3 to go to the command prompt.
22. At the command prompt, type OS2LDRFX and press Enter .
23. When the system prompts you, type exit and press Enter .
24. Remove the diskette from the diskette drive and press Enter to restart the server.
25. You might receive a Virus Warning when the server restarts; this warning is normal. Select Change is expected .
26. At the System Configuration window, click the CD icon next to CD-ROM Device Support. Click Non-listed IDE CD ROM and click OK .
27. Click OK , or select any items you want to configure. Items you choose not to select at this time can be added after the installation process. Click OK .
28. Select a default printer or accept no default printer and click OK .
29. Select Video Graphics Array (VGA) video driver or Super VGA (SVGA) and click OK .
NOTE : You can install the S3 Trio 3D OS/2 Video Device Driver only after the OS/2 installation is complete. See Appendix C for device driver installation details.
30. At the System Configuration window, click OK .
31. At the OS/2 Setup and Installation window, deselect any additional products you do not need and click Install . By default, all items are selected.
NOTE : If you plan to install multiple CD-ROM drives, do not select the Multi-media Software Support option.
32. Under Advanced Options, select Add existing programs to your Desktop and click OK .
33. At the Information window, type your personal information and click OK . This step is optional.
34. At the OS/2 Warp Server Setup and Installation window, select any additional services you require and click OK .
35. At the Configuration window, click any red arrows and configure necessary options. All gray checks denote default settings, which you may accept or change (Review all default values.) Teal checks represent acceptably configured and reviewed options.
36. Click 386 HPFS . Under Heap Size, click Specify maximum size and type 2048 in
the box provided.
NOTE : The password must be at least 6 characters long. If you type a password that is less than 6 characters, the password defaults to the word password.
37. When all the options are correctly configured, click Install and click OK to complete
the installation.
NOTE : During the installation process, the server restarts twice.
38. Install OS/2 FixPak XR_W042, MPTS FixPak WR08610 and WR08620, and LANServer FixPak IP08530, or the latest versions of these FixPaks. See Appendix B for details.
39. Install the S3 Trio 3D OS/2 Device Driver diskette . See Appendix C for details.


Appendix A: Configuring Arrays Using the IBM ServeRAID II, 3-L, or 3-H adapter
  1. Upon initial startup, you might see an error message similar to the following:
"Following drives not responding (oldstate:newstate:ch:bay) (ONL:DDD:2:1)(ONL:DDD:2:2) Identifiers for the following drives do not match configuration ..." Press F10 Exit without change.
2. If the BIOS version of the IBM PC ServeRAID II, 3-L, or 3-H adapter is already 3.50, insert the IBM ServeRAID DOS Configuration Diskette , version 3.50 and restart the server. Skip to step 5. If the BIOS version of the IBM PC ServeRAID II, 3-L, or 3-H adapter is not 3.50 or later, restart the server with the IBM ServeRAID BIOS Firmware , version 3.50 diskette in the diskette drive and continue with step 3.
3. At the IBM ROM Update Program menu, select Update . The utility then updates the BIOS and Firmware.
4. Remove the IBM ServeRAID BIOS Firmware Update diskette, version 3.50 and insert the IBM ServeRAID DOS Configuration Diskette , version 3.50. Restart the server and repeat step 1 if necessary.
5. If you received the message described in step 1, complete the following steps:
Select Advanced Functions -> Init/View/Synchronize Config -> Initialize Configuration . Select Yes to confirm the initialization request. After initializing, exit to the main menu.
6. On the main menu, select Create/Delete/Copy Log Drive and press Enter .
7. Select Create Disk Array .
8. Use the arrow keys to select RDY drives for each new array. Press Enter on each highlighted drive to change to ONL and add it to the array.
9. When you are finished selecting drives, press Esc and press Enter .
10.Select Define Logical Drive .
11.Select an array on which to define a drive.
12.Specify the RAID level for the new logical drive and press Enter .
13.Specify a size for the new logical drive by keeping or over-typing the size presented (the maximum size for a logical drive under OS/2 WARP Server SMP v4.0 is 512 GB), and select Yes to confirm.
14.A message stating "All logical drives must be initialized after being created" will appear. Press Enter .
15.Select Yes to confirm the command to initialize the new logical drive.
NOTE : If a RAID-5 logical drive was defined, a message stating that "All RAID-5 logical drives must be synchronized after initialization" will appear. Select Yes to confirm synchronization of the new logical drive. The synchronization process takes place in the background. It is safe to continue the installation while this synchronization occurs. The synchronization process is designed to complete in the background while the normal server operation takes place.
16.Press Esc to return to the main menu. Select Advanced Functions and select Backup IPS ServeRAID Config .
17.Verify that the IBM ServeRAID DOS Configuration Diskette is not write-protected.
18.In the window Config box, type the name of the file where the configuration will be saved or press Enter to accept the default and select Yes to confirm.
19.Exit the utility and ignore the message to back up the RAID configuration and again select Yes to confirm.
NOTE : The procedure outlined in steps 20 through 26 disables the integrated Adaptec controller startup (boot) capability. You can still access devices that are attached to it with the proper device drivers loaded.
20.Remove the diskette, restart the server, and press Ctrl+A when you are prompted.
21.Select the channel you want to configure.
NOTE : If you are using both channels of the integrated Adaptec disk controller, be sure to repeat steps 21 through 26 for both channels.
22.Select Configure/View Host Adapter Settings .
23.Select Advanced Configuration Options .
24.If non-start (non-boot) devices are attached to the internal Adaptec controller, such as a CD-ROM or tape drive, set Host Adapter BIOS to Disabled:scan bus . If no devices are attached, set Host Adapter BIOS to Disabled:NOT scan .
25.Press Esc twice to confirm the changes you made.
26.Press Esc a third time to return to the Bus:Device:Channel selection window.
27.Continue to reference 4.2 Running the OS/2 Warp Server SMP v4.0 installation program using the Integrated SCSI controller to complete the OS/2 Warp Server SMP installation process.


Appendix B: Installing OS/2 FixPak XR_W042, MPTS FixPaks WR08610 and WR08620, and LANServer FixPak IP08530 or the Latest FixPaks
B.1 Corrective service facility
NOTE : You must use release level F.140 or later of the OS/2 Corrective Service Facility to install these FixPaks. Check the BUILD.LVL file for the level you are using. If it does not have a BUILD.LVL file, then it is old and cannot be used.

B.2 Creating FixPak diskettes
  1. Use LOADDSKF.EXE to create the diskettes. For each disk image, place a 2MB HD (1.44MB formatted) diskette in A:.
Warning : Do not use a 1MB (720KB formatted) diskette because you might have problems trying to install this FixPak.
2. For each diskette image in the FixPak by completing the following steps:
  • Enter LOADDSKF XR_W042.?DK A: /F (? can be 1 through 9, A through Z).
  • Label the diskette as FixPak XR_W042 Corrective Service Diskette? (CSF DISK ?)
NOTE : For diskette images ADK through ZDK (if they exist), use the numbers 10 through 36. Here are examples:
  • XR_W042.ADK = Corrective Service Diskette 10 (CSF DISK 10)
  • XR_W042.BDK = Corrective Service Diskette 11 (CSF DISK 11)
  • XR_W042.CDK = Corrective Service Diskette 12 (CSF DISK 12)
  • XR_W042.DDK = Corrective Service Diskette 13 (CSF DISK 13) etc.


B.3 The installation process
B.3.1 Before installation
Before installing any FixPak, run CHKDSK /F against all the drives on your system to correct any file system errors that might be present.You cannot do this while OS/2 is active. You must shut down and run CHKDSK by using one of the following methods:
  • Start (boot) using the Installation and DISK 1 diskettes you used to install OS/2. If your file system is HPFS, put the diskette with CHKDSK and UHPFS.DLL on it in your A: drive before issuing the CHKDSK command.
  • Start (boot) using the Utilities disk you created via the Create Utility Diskettes icon in the System Setup folder.
  • Start (boot) using a different OS/2 partition.

B.3.2 Installing From A Started OS/2 Partition
NOTE : You can use a diskette drive other than A: with this method. If your 3.5" diskette drive is B:, use B: (where A: is mentioned in the following steps:)
  1. Insert CSF DISK Diskette 1 in drive A.
  2. Open an OS/2 window or full-screen session.
  3. Type A:\SERVICE and press Enter .
NOTE : You could also use the Drives object for A: and double click the SERVICE.EXE icon to start the install.
4. When you are prompted, follow the displayed instructions to insert the Corrective Service Diskette 1 (not CSF DISK Diskette 1.) Place the FixPak XR_W042 Corrective Service Diskette 1 in drive A. Repeat for the rest of the FixPak disks when you are prompted to do so.
NOTE : It can take up to 40 minutes for the Corrective Service Facility to scan your hard disk for serviceable files. Please be patient and allow this process to complete.
5. If this is the first OS/2 Warp FixPak you have applied to this system, enter the path to the Archive directory where a copy of replaced files will be stored (for example, D:\ARCHIVE.)
NOTE : This archive directory is not related to the archives directory built into the OS/2 Warp 3.0. Please specify a different path. You must specify a different archive directory for each product to be serviced. If this is not the first OS/2 Warp FixPak, then enter the path to the backup directory where a copy of replaced files will be stored (for example, D:\BACKUP.) You must specify a different backup directory for each product to be serviced. For either case, make sure there is sufficient space available on the drive that you specify. Even though these files are kept in compressed (PACK2) format, they require between 7 and 12 MB of disk space.
6. Click OK .
7. The system displays an Application in use dialog box showing a list of locked files that cannot be serviced while the system is running. You are given two choices to either Continue or Reboot . Select Continue .
8. During the installation process, you might see messages about archiving, updating and deferring service.
Archiving saves a compressed copy of the original file in the archive or backup path you specified. Updating means the original files are replaced with the new ones from this FixPak. Deferring service means the file to be updated is currently in use by the system and cannot be updated. The new files from the FixPak are placed in unpacked format in the \IBMCSFLK\FIX directory on the drive with the most free space. The locked file device driver processes them during reboot, after you shut down the system.
9. If a message prompts you to redisplay the Product List after the first part of the FixPak application process has completed, select NO .
10.Click Cancel and Exit to close the Corrective Service Facility window if necessary.
11.Shut down and reboot your system. If you applied service to the OS/2 partition you were booted from, the system displays the following during reboot of the system:
  • The locked file driver is loaded
  • Processing locked files
  • Processing complete
The system does one automatic reboot after the Locked File Device Driver has completed.

B.4 Installing MPTS FixPaks WR08610 and WR08620
NOTE : A MPTS FixPak prior to WR08620 must be installed before you can install WR08620. Install WR08610 first and then install WR08620. WR08610 is a complete replacement of the MPTS product and WR08620 just adds a few additional fixes.

B.4.1 Installing MPTS FixPak WR08610
WR08610 is installed via the INSTALL.CMD FILE. Once downloaded, the diskettes can be made in the same manner as the CSF diskettes using LOADDSKF.
  1. Insert the first diskette into the server, change to the A drive and type install and press Enter . Press Enter on the first panel if required.
NOTE: This step might be optional if you have banner pages set to time out.
2. Select Install on the Multi-Protocol Transport Services window.
3. When you are prompted, select the Target Drive. A panel appears stating that "you requested to install a new version of MPTS on your workstation." Select OK to install the newer version of MPTS.
4. When you are prompted, change diskettes.You only need to install the first four diskettes unless you are doing CID related installations.
5. After the diskette copy is complete, select OK .
6. Even if you are not changing your configuration, you must selectConfigure . When the next menu is displayed, select Configure again to verify your MPTS configuration and select OK to save the configuration and any changes you have made.
7. Select Close-> Exit -> Exit -> OK and Exit to exit MPTS.
8. Remove the diskette, shut down the server, and restart the server after the installation is complete.

B.4.2 Installing MPTS FixPak WR08620
NOTE : MPTS FixPak WR08620 uses the same fixtool that is used for FixPak XR_W042.
  1. Insert the CSF DISK Diskette 1 in drive A.
  2. Open an OS/2 window or full-screen session.
  3. Type A:\SERVICE and press Enter . You could also use the Drives object for A: and double-click the SERVICE.EXE icon to start the install.
  4. Follow the displayed instructions. When you are prompted to insert Corrective Service Diskette 1 (not CSF DISK Diskette 1), place FixPak WR08620 Corrective Service Diskette 1 in drive A. Repeat for the rest of the FixPak disks when you are prompted to do so.

B.5 Installing LANServer FixPak IP08530 (An excerpt from IP08530.ZIP README.Y2K)
  1. To install these SelectPaks, first unzip the IPxnnnn.ZIP file into a temporary directory (where x is the letter for the country and nnnn is the SelectPak number.) When you unzip the .ZIP file, you should get the following files:
  • README.Y2K (This file)
  • IPXnnnn.CMD (The installation program for the SelectPak)
  • IP_nnnn.MSG (A file used by the installation program)
  • IP_nnnn.SPK (The zip fi le used by the installation program)
  • PREREQ.LVL (A file used by the installation program)
2. Run the IPXnnnn.CMD file from the temporary directory (where nnnn is the SelectPak number.) You can type all the parameters on a command line, or if you leave out the parameters, the system prompts you for them. You can also type IPXnnnn? to get information about the required parameters. The parameters are as follows:
  • /L: for the log file (defaults to \OS2\INSTALL\IP_nnnn.LOG)
  • /S: for the source path of your ZIP file (defaults to the current directory)
  • /T: for the target drive for your update (the drive with your \IBMLAN directory)
  • /D: for the RIPL drive for your update (0 = RIPL not installed)
  • /B: for the drive that contains your operating system (only needed if you do not specify a log file)
  • /K: to indicate your backup preference (0 = NO, 1 = backup to \IBMLAN\NETPROG)
  • /V: to indicate your verification preference (0 = does not verify, null =prompt for verify, 1 = verifies OK)
CAUTION : Specifying /V:0 indicates that you did not accept the specified input and your input will be erased, you will then be prompted for input. Leaving /V: null or not specifying this parameter will allow you to verify input. When /V:1 is typed on the command line, no verification takes place. Use of /V:1 is intended for unattended installations. For example, if you need to install IP08266, you could use the following
commands:
  • pkunzip2 -d ip08266.zip c:\temp
  • cd temp
  • ipx8266.cmd /S:c:\temp /B:c /T:c /K:1
NOTE : If you have more than one drive with an IBMLAN directory that needs to be updated, you must run the command file for the SelectPak once for each drive to be updated.

B.6 Backout instructions
If you need to back out these fixes, you can do this only if you have chosen to backup the files during the installation (If you answered Yes to the backup question). If you have chosen to back up the files, the old files are in the \IBMLAN\NETPROG directory with a .P2K extension. Copy the .P2K files in this directory (LSERROR.P2K, LSAUDIT.P2K, and NET.P2K ) to .exe files with the same name. Backout is complete. For example, if you ran the installation from C:\TEMP and your IBMLAN directory is on D:, you would use the following commands:
  • d:
  • cd ibmlan\netprog
  • copy lserror.p2k lserror.exe
  • copy lsaudit.p2k lsaudit.exe
  • copy net.p2k net.exe


Appendix C: Installing the S3 Trio 3D OS/2 device driver
Appendix C is an excerpt from the readme.txt of S3 Trio 3D OS/2 Device Driver version 4.10.10 diskette.
NOTE : The installation diskette must have a volume label of S3 DRV1 or the driver will not install.

C.1 Preliminary steps
The following steps must be performed before you install the S3 Trio 3D OS/2 device driver:
  1. You must have OS/2 DOS support installed.
  2. I f you previously installed SVGA support, you must reset the resolution to VGA mode, using t he procedures in Setting your display to VGA Mode in section C.2.
  3. The device driver diskettes must be labeled S3 DRV1 . The volume label can be applied using the OS/2 LABEL command.

C.2 Setting your display to VGA Mode
  1. Restart your computer.
  2. A s soon as a white square or rectangle appears in the top left corner, simultaneously press the Alt and F1 key.
  3. P ress V for VGA. Your video subsystem is now restored to work in VGA mode.

C.3 Installing the S3 Trio 3D OS/2 device driver from diskette
  1. If the system is not in VGA mode, select VGA mode (See section C.2 for instructions on how to set your display to VGA Mode.)
  2. A fter the server has been restarted in VGA mode, insert the S3 Trio 3D OS/2 device driver diskette into drive A: (or any other diskette drive.) In these instructions the A drive is assumed.
NOTE : S3 DRV1 must be the volume label of this diskette. To verify the label, type Label A: .
3. Open an OS/2 full-screen or OS/2 window session.
4. At the OS/2 command prompt, type A:SETUP and press Enter .
NOTE : Due to the limitations with a single pass installation. A dialog box may come up during installation with the message "The installed adapter does not support the selected display driver. Do you wish to continue?" Select Yes to continue the installation process.
5. When the Monitor Configuration/Selection Utility window appears, the install using defaults for monitor type choice is pre-selected. Select OK .
NOTE : Do not select Install using display adapter utility program. This method of setting refresh rates is no longer supported.
NOTE : DSPINSTL determines the hardware configuration by creating the \OS2\SVGADATA.PMI file. If the \OS2\SVGADATA.PMI file has not been created, the adapter will not be supported. This process can take several seconds and will blackout the screen.
6. When you are prompted to do so, select OK to perform a shutdown, and restart your computer. Make sure the diskette has been removed from the diskette drive.
7. When the system has restarted, complete the following steps:
  • Open the OS/2 System folder.
  • Open the System Setup folder.
  • Open the System object.
  • When the Settings notebook appears, select the Screen tab.
Look at the information next to Selected Monitor if DDC Monitor is displayed, your monitor has been detected as a Plug and Play compatible. Skip to step 9.
8. On Screen page 2, select your display from the display list. If your display does not appear in the list, select Default .
NOTE : You might have to restart your computer to have all refresh rate options available.
9. From the System object, select Screen page 1 . Select a screen resolution and a screen refresh rate. Close the Settings notebook, perform a shutdown, and restart your computer.
NOTE : After the driver installation, the OS/2 SYSLEVEL command may be used to confirm the new driver version level. Following the execution of the SYSLEVEL command and look for the following information:
  • C:\OS2\INSTALLATION\SYSLEVEL.VID
  • Trio3D Video Display Driver
  • Version 4.10 Component ID 562107701
  • Current CSD level: S341010
  • Prior CSD level: NONE

In this example, the current version level is S3 4.10.10.
10.If your monitor does not support the selected vertical refresh rate, delete the OS2\VIDEO.CFG file and reboot. This sets the refresh rate to the default value. You can now select a new refresh rate using the procedure described above.

NOTE : During the installation of this driver, DISPLAY.LOG and DSPINSTL.LOG files are created in the OS/2\INSTALL directory. These files identify the OS/2 system files that were updated and indicate whether the installation was successful. The contents of these files are useful if you need to report an installation
problem. If you change the video memory size after you install the device driver, you must reinstall the device driver in order for the system to recognize the change. Not reinstalling the driver can result in serious system problems.

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Modified date:
27 January 2019

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