Re: Upgrade path's for the 701.

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From: Bruce Komar (bkomar_at_ans.net)
Date: Wed Oct 28 1998 - 09:21:32 EST

> You may have to do an install of generic dos, with all the right drivers
> first,

Ohh, maybe this is a problem. I've already wipped clean the original
system. When I reinstall DOS, where do I get and how do I now I have all
the "right" drivers before loading W95?

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             Bruce Komar (914) 701-4875 bkomar_at_ans.net
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On Mon, 26 Oct 1998, Joe Suttle wrote:

> Bruce Komar wrote:
> >
> > Could you tell me more about this? I have a TP701C that I have tried to
> > add add'l 16MB RAM (to 24MB) and upgrade to W95, but I can't seem to get
> > around W95 constant "page faults". Yes, I did upgrade with the latest BIOS
> > from the IBM web site.
> I got a 32M chip and replaced the 8 that I had added to my TP701C, so
> went from 16 to 40M ram. Also added a 3.1G drive, and went on an upgrade
> binge. Did reinstall OS/2 W4 and Boot Manager. Got W95 installed in a
> separate partition, and it does work with no problems. Had to make sure
> that the CD was working under DOS BEFORE installing W95, and it is still
> there for when I need W95 to run some software (diagnostic and
> programming type) for work.
>
> You may have to do an install of generic dos, with all the right drivers
> first, and then install 95 over that. Also, what I bought was W95
> upgrade, so had to stick in disk 1 of W3.1 so it would continue the
> installation.
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