hey all! i am working with an IBM PC server 500 S/390, a neat little pentium PS/2-style system with a Personal/390 coprocessor. the system traveled around the country to different trade shows demonstrating the company's (GTMVS, if that rings a bell for anyone here) software, and may have data worth archiving on the disks. i have been having trouble the past couple days trying to get it into a state where i can image the disks for a fresh OS/2 reinstall. here is the situation:
i am not necessarily looking for an OS/2 disk image, a dd image would be suitable as well. i just want to get the disks imaged before they die or i blow them away.
i apologize if this is a bit rambling. thank you!
- system runs OS/2 warp 3, no eCS
- no SCSI, ATA, IDE etc on the motherboard
- external differential SCSI (i think?) but no way to connect to it and no suitable storage
- SCSI tape and CD, but a SCSI drive or SCSI2SD in those slots are not detected in DOS or OS/2
- SCSI drives install into backplane, 80pin SCA i think? backplane connected to RAID controllers
- 2.88MB floppy drive (1.44MB media only), one connector
- CD drive that respects el torito spec, CDs need a boot catalog
- i have been unable to boot any BSD or linux floppies i have tried completely, DOS 6.22 works reliably
i am not necessarily looking for an OS/2 disk image, a dd image would be suitable as well. i just want to get the disks imaged before they die or i blow them away.
i apologize if this is a bit rambling. thank you!
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