Operating System Set Up
Our objective was to provide a working system on an IBM PS/2* model 55-060
with 8 MB of memory. For performance and cost-effectiveness, we replaced
the standard planar memory with 4 MB Single In line Memory Modules (SIMMs).
The system is partitioned as follows:
C:
Operating system partition - 23MB available
D:
Applications partition
- 35MB available.
The partition size for the operating system was chosen on the basis of requiring
approximately 18 MB of disk storage for our operating system, plus 5 MB
to allow us to add new features in the future. This will let us install
new versions of the operating system, which might require reformatting the
partition, without impacting our applications and data.
The desktop, spooler and swapper files were moved to drive D:. This was
done as follows:
Swapper
This was changed after the base installation,
before completing the selective install.
Desktop
This was performed after the installation. We
used the Drives folder to move the entire desktop structure from
the C: drive to the D: drive.
Spooler
This
was performed after the installation. We opened a "Settings" view of the
Spooler folder and changed the path there.
For this user, we performed a selective install of the following OS/2 Version
2.0 components:
CD-ROM Device Support
Documentation
We chose not to install REXX or Tutorial Documentation
Fonts
We installed
the three outline fonts plus System Monospaced
Optional
System Utilities
We installed Backup, Restore,
Recover Files and Picture Viewer
Tools and Games
OS/2
DOS and Windows
HPFS
REXX
Serial Device Support
Serviceability Aids
Optional Bit Maps
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