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Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2001 01:00:00 +1000 (EDT)
Subject: [os2genau_digest] No. 189
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Date:- 19 October 2001

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From: "Ian Manners" <ianatos2site dot com>
Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2001 00:42:35 +1000 (EST)
Subject: [os2genau] Warp 4 CP

I'm a bit stunned...

Just installed the Warp 4 Convienence Pack over my default install,
all SCSI, 2 Adaptec cards, 1 SCSI CDWR, and 1 IDE CDROM.

Perfect, flawless, I didnt have to do anything apart from drag some
icons back, and remove all the DOS rubbish.

The whole thing took me just under an hour, and that included
installing the CP Fixpack #1 and Peer.

This isnt fair, weres the thrill of the install !

For my next trick, I'll be installing eCS on my wifes PC :-)
Do you think I should tell her ;-)

Cheers
Ian B Manners
http://www.os2site dot com/

NEVER lie to a telepath or an empath.  It WON'T work.

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Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2001 11:56:03 -0400
From: Chris_neeson <Chris_Neesonatcompuserve dot com>
Subject: Re: [os2genau] Boot to Command Prompt ( custom )

Hmmm.

In my quest for bevity I didn't include the context.

So...

Occasionally, changes to CONFIG.SYS don't work,
with the result being a failure to start the
WorkPlace Shell.

Then, we can boot to a command prompt,
to fix the problem ( which might mean
using TEDIT to correct CONFIG.SYS,
or shifting or renaming boot files ).

I've just Sracked some partitions on my
new hard disk.

To be able to shift/rename files in the Stacked
'volumes', from a boot to command prompt,
Stacker must be loaded so that OS2
can find the files.

BUT, I still want to ba able to boot to a command
prompt without Stacker loaded ( sometimes ).

SO, I'll keep the default ALT+F1 option of booting
to a command prompt, and I want to add an option of
booting to a custom CONFIG
( in this case, it will also be to a command prompt,
  but with Stacked volumes mounted ).

I just don't understand why it won't REBOOT or EXIT.


Regard
Chris

PS: Yes, Bob, I'll have look for Shutup

-------------- Daryl emailed -----------------
 =

Hi Chris,
Why don't you have a maintenance partition & use BootOS2?

My Standard Operating Environment, (SOE) consists of:
C:             D:              E:        F:
Normal Boot    Maint Boot      Your      Apps
OS             OS              Data
               TEMP
               Spooler
               Swapper

You can quickly boot to the maintenance partition & ZIP up a partition,
burn it to a CDR & have many snapshots of a working system.

Of course you need to document & test how you created each install :)

On Mon, 15 Oct 2001 21:14:26 -0400, Chris_neeson wrote: