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Re: Windows95 OSR2 and Thinkpads?



> 	Has anyone upgraded a Thinkpad to the new Windows 95?  The Mini-FAQ I
> found on the web states (uncertainly) it doesn't work with previous
> Thinkpad models, and I was thinking of trying it out on my 701. Anyone
> tried it yet?

I've been running OSR2 on my 760C for several months (using FAT32 on a 1.3
gig hard drive). No real problems, although I seem to recall a few minor
installation glitches. The glitches which come to mind:

- the DOS-based installation programs were unable to install to the FAT32
  partition.
- the ThinkPad PCMCIA drivers for Win95 don't seem to install properly;
  I don't see any visible ramifications, though.
- I get an MWAVE assertion error when resuming from suspend. I don't know
  if this is OSR2 specific or not; I haven't taken the time to track
  this down in any more detail.
- you can't create a hibernation file on a FAT32 partition.

In retrospect, I would have left a small part of my drive as non-FAT32,
which would help alleviate a couple of these problems.

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Tim Tyhurst                  tim@excelsior.com