Installation Options

The user is presented with a panel which displays icons for mouse, keyboard, display, and country options, along with the default setting for each. These settings are determined by the installation procedure by interrogating the installed hardware in the system. The user may elect to alter one or more of these settings by selecting a check box next to each icon, and then selecting the OK pushbutton on the dialog box.

For each selected option, the installation procedure then displays a dialog box which contains a list of the valid settings for that option. This list is displayed using a standard Presentation Manager list box. The user selects the required setting with the mouse or keyboard, and commits the choice by selecting the OK pushbutton.

The default options selected by the installation procedure are as follows:

Setting

Default

The installation procedure automatically detects the type of mouse currently attached to the system (if any) and sets the default option accordingly. The user need only make alterations to the default if mouse support is required and no mouse is currently attached.

The installation procedure automatically detects the type of keyboard currently attached to the system and sets the default option accordingly.

The installation procedure automatically detects the type of display adapter currently installed in the system, and sets the default option accordingly. The user need only make alterations if some nonstandard type of display option is required (for example, the user has an XGA adapter installed, but only wishes to use it in VGA emulation mode).

Unless a National Language Support (NLS) version of OS/2 Version 2.0 is being installed, the country settings default to those for the United States, with appropriate time, date, and numeric representations, and use of primary codepage 437 and secondary codepage 850. Users who require codepages other than these should make the appropriate alterations.