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I have Warp CD installation disk, in the box there are floppys to boot from CD, and there are documentation to create boot floppy yourself. But I have a notebook with DVD player, no floppy. I tried to use an USB disk as the boot floppy (from another PC I formatted as DOS bootable, after that I tried to copy all files from the OS2 boot floppy.
But it doesn't work. Is there any way to use USB flash disck as floppy? (install CD should recognize that unit as their installation disquettes)
Or Is there any other way?
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On 4/8/20 3:26 PM, djkano@gmail.com wrote:

I have Warp CD installation disk, in the box there are floppys to
boot from CD, and there are documentation to create boot floppy
yourself. But I have a notebook with DVD player, no floppy. I tried
to use an USB disk as the boot floppy (from another PC I formatted
as DOS bootable, after that I tried to copy all files from the OS2
boot floppy.

I see multiple issues:

- Using a USB flash drive as a floppy can be problematic. There are
some size issues, BIOS config issues, flash drive config (mode) issues.
- The fact that it probably only works and is detected properly with
the flash drive inserted during boot (BIOS initialization).
- The fact that you likely need multiple floppies to boot and use the CD.

I would suggest a USB floppy drive.

But it doesn't work. Is there any way to use USB flash disck as
floppy? (install CD should recognize that unit as their installation disquettes)

OS/2 installation disks boot OS/2, not DOS.

I don't remember if OS/2 allows you to install from DOS or not. It may require booting the floppies.

Or Is there any other way?

If you could combine all the files from the floppies onto one big floppy
and get it to work, you might be able to overcome things and get it to work.

You might be able to get SYSLinux and / or ISOLinux to boot an
intermediary boot loader that will let you chain load files on a custom
CD / DVD.

Check out what ArcaOS CDs do. I think they boot using some of the aforementioned SYSLinux / ISOLinux tricks.
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From: djkano@gmail.com
I have Warp CD installation disk, in the box there are floppys to boot from CD
and there are documentation to create boot floppy yourself. But I have a notebook with DVD player, no floppy. I tried to use an USB disk as the boot
floppy (from another PC I formatted as DOS bootable, after that I tried to cop
all files from the OS2 boot floppy.
But it doesn't work. Is there any way to use USB flash disck as floppy? (install CD should recognize that unit as their installation disquettes)
Or Is there any other way?

Which version of OS/2 Warp do you have that you are trying to install?
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Woops, pressed reply instead of followup,

On 04/08/20 02:26 PM, djkano@gmail.com wrote:

I have Warp CD installation disk, in the box there are floppys to boot from CD, and there are documentation to create boot floppy yourself. But I have a notebook with DVD player, no floppy. I tried to use an USB disk as the boot floppy (from another PC I formatted as DOS bootable, after that I tried to copy all files from the OS2 boot floppy.

But it doesn't work. Is there any way to use USB flash disck as floppy? (install CD should recognize that unit as their installation disquettes)

Or Is there any other way?

Update to ArcaOS, which does install from a USB stick or DVD.
Install in a Vbox environment where you can use virtual floppies then
copy the install to a real hard drive.
There were some scripts floating around to make a bootable CD, might
need an OS/2 install to do it and IIRC, it was tricky to do.
I doubt that even a USB floppy will work as the USB drivers likely don't
load soon enough if your Warp CD even has USB drivers that work (doubtful)
Dave


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On 04/08/20 05:50 PM, Grant Taylor wrote:

Check out what ArcaOS CDs do. I think they boot using some of the aforementioned SYSLinux / ISOLinux tricks.

Actually they do it differently, create a ramdisk and boot from that.
Seems to work well. I think the OS4 guys have a similar setup that might
work.
Dave
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