Title: C74AMST CreationDate: 06/23/93 17:09:07

Planning for the Operating System Startup

When you attach the computer to the Dock I, keep in mind the following.

When installing the operating system, confirm the following.

The configuration of all additional hard disks attached to the Dock I.

All external SCSI devices are turned on.

The drive letter assigned to the partitions on the computer and on the additional hard disk may change when the computer is attached to the Dock I. When the originally-assigned drive letter for the hard disk is changed, as shown in the following examples, the operating system cannot be started up correctly.

Examples:

Hard Disk Drive on the Computer

B o o t M a n a g e r

 

 

 

 

 

N o d r i v e l e t t e r

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

P r i m a r y ( D O S )

 

 

 

C :

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

L o g i c a l D r i v e

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

D :

( O S / 2 2 . 1 o r l a t e

r )

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Figure A-1. Drive Letters assigned to the computer. The drive letter assigned to the partition containing OS/2 2.1 is drive D.

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