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How to install eCS and OS/2

Some time ago, I produced detailed installation guides for OS/2 Warp 4, OS/2 Warp Server for e-Business and eComStation that reflect then current hardware and assume a networked environment.

I have continued to write guides for OS/2 topics as OS/2 was withdrawn, as eComStation developed, then slowed and stopped, and as ArcaOS was released and new development increased.

  1. Installing Warp 4
    How to install OS/2 Warp 4, a detailed installation guide that reflects current hardware and assume a networked environment.

  2. Installing Warp 4 Convenience Package
    How to install OS/2 Warp 4 Convenience Package, a detailed installation guide that reflects current hardware and assume a networked environment.

  3. Installing eComStation 1.0
    How to install eComStation 1.0, a detailed installation guide that reflects current hardware and assume a networked environment.

  4. Installing Warp Server for e-Business
    I've produced a detailed installation guide for OS/2 Warp Server for e-Business that reflects current hardware and assume a networked environment.

  5. Installing Warp Server for e-Business Convenience Package
    Installation guide for OS/2 Warp Server for e-Business Convenience Package; also known as the Aurora Convenience Package (ACP).

  6. How to create utility disks
    Instructions for creating the utility disks that can be used to boot an OS/2 machine from diskettes. This procedure is needed because the easy-to-use utility in the System Folder gets and error on disk 1, and leaves you to fend for yourself. Read this essay so you can fend for yourself.

  7. Install Warp 4 on an IBM Thinkpad A20
    Instructions for installing OS/2 Warp 4 on an IBM Thinkpad A20m. I did this install for a client, and I did get OS/2 to install on this unsupported laptop. But there were issues, of course.

  8. Install Real Audio Player 5.0
    Instructions for installing Real Audio Player 5.0 on OS/2 Warp 4 with particular attention to getting the Netscape plug-in to work.

  9. Virtual PC
    Instructions for installing and configuring Virtual PC for OS/2.

  10. Dual Boot Drive Sharing
    How to share data between the Windows and eCS when the computer is configured to boot either operating system.

  11. OS/2 Remote Printing
    How to print to your home printer from a remote location.

  12. How to Print
    A novel way to print on a network-attached postscript printer.

  13. Recovering from an OS/2 Screen Resolution Disaster
    This is the the sequence of keys to reset the screen resolution on OS/2 and eComStation.

  14. How to Set Screen Resolution
    How to set the screen resolution in eComStation.

  15. How to use a Recovery DVD
    This page describes how to use a Blonde Guy recovery DVD.

  16. Serial cards on eComStation
    This page describes how to use several Serial cards on eComStation.

  17. GenMac in Unsupported mode
    How to add networking support for devices that lack an OS/2 driver.

  18. How to format a USB Thumb drive
    under eCS using DFSee. Original posting by Jan van Wijk.

  19. Zip and Unzip for OS/2
    A comparison of available versions of these valuable tools.

  20. How to use a Wacom Graphire tablet under OS/2
    covering how to install device drivers and set up the QueenCy drawing software.

  21. Using an Uninterruptable Power Supply with eComStation
    covering a monitor for APC Uninterruptable Power Supplies (UPS) written by Larin Yury (aka Improver).

  22. Automating an Automobile Assembly Line
    covering how OS/2 is used in three vehicle assembly plants.

  23. How Config.Sys controls OS/2 boot behavior
    covering how booting OS/2 is controlled by the Config.Sys file.

  24. Installing ArcaOS over Windows 10
    How to get ArcaOS to install on a hard drive that already has Windows 10 on it.

  25. ArcaOS installation troubleshooting
    What to do when ArcaOS installation goes wrong.

  26. USB Notes
    Notes and details of USB support on OS/2.