From: "Digest" To: "OS/2GenAu Digest" Date: Sat, 03 Nov 2001 01:00:00 +1100 (EDT) Subject: [os2genau_digest] No. 199 Reply-To: Date:- 03 November 2001 Please reply to ianatos2site dot com to post to the list. The posting problem will be fixed in November, this only affects people on the digest list. 1================================================ From: Subject: Re: [os2genau] Recovery Choices Set Up Date: Thu, 01 Nov 2001 19:50:57 -1000 On Sat, 27 Oct 2001 10:23:51 -0400, Chris_neeson wrote: >I recently emailed a similar query titled >'Boot to command Prompt ( custom )', >which we did indeed discuss at the Melb sig. > >Note: the best doco I have seen so far was the file > OSINALTE.TXT from the Warp Hints & Tips > collection. > >I want one for similar reasons >( ie disaster - generally self induced! - recovery ) > >Similarities and differences between what Dennis is doing and >how things work(?) in my Warp Connect system build are that > >- having built a customised config ending in, say 'Z', > I can put CONFIG.Z straight into the OS2\BOOT directory > >- to be able to select it, > and boot from it, > I only have to include an option for it in ALTF1BOT.SCR > ( there doesn't seem to be aneed to copy CONFIGs around ) > >- unfortunately, I still haven't found out how to fully duplicate > OS2's default ALT+F1 menu offering of 'Boot to command prompt' > ( I can boot to a command prompt, with the allocations I want, > but there weren't any CONFIG examples in the INSTALL > directory which helped me design a boot to a command prompt > WITH a polite shutdown ). > >Regards >Chris > > I had a look through my old reference books and found the following. " Caution If you change the PROTSHELL to something other than a PM program (for example, CMD.EXE), you won't have the Workplace Shell Interface. In addition, you will only have a single character based session. If you want to shut down the system from this configuration, you can execute PMSHELL from the command line and shut down from there. " The above may imply that the gracefull shutdown is a function of PMSHELL rather than CMD.EXE. This was relevent for ver 2.11 and may not be vallid for Warp 4 or 4.5, but it is worth trying. Regards Dennis. 2============================================== Date: Thu, 1 Nov 2001 22:29:43 -0500 From: Chris_neeson Subject: Re: [os2genau] Recovery Choices Set Up Mmmm. Worth a play. Although, that doesn't entirely explain why, for me, not even CTRL+ALT+DEL will work from my custom command prompt. Also, why both EXIT and CTRL+ALT+DEL result in a clean, polite shutdown/reboot from the ALT+F! menu command prompt option. Thanks Chris ------------------ Dennis replied ---------------------- had a look through my old reference books and found the following. " Caution If you change the PROTSHELL to something other than a PM program (for = example, CMD.EXE), you won't have the Workplace Shell Interface. In = addition, you will only have a single character based session. If you want to shut down the system from this configuration, you can = execute PMSHELL from the command line and shut down from there. " The above may imply that the gracefull shutdown is a function of PMSHELL rather than CMD.EXE. This was relevent for ver 2.11 and may not be vallid for Warp 4 or 4.5, but it is worth trying. Regards Dennis. 3============================================== Date: Fri, 02 Nov 2001 20:46:30 +1100 From: Ed Durrant Subject: [os2genau] M$ and JAVA As supporters of OS/2, I think we are also in principal supporters of an INDUSTRY STANDARD JAVA language. OS/2 being the most efficient Intel OS platform to run JAVA on. The following news from the JAVA Lobby may be of interest: Major news outlets are reporting that the US Department of Justice and Microsoft have reached tentative agreement on a settlement to the government's high-profile antitrust case. In effect, it appears that Microsoft is about to walk away with a slap on the wrist. The wild card in the settlement may be the 18 States who are also prosecuting the case, and there are signs that the States want more appropriately stringent remedies as part of any settlement. I urge you to call or write your State Governor and Attorney General to ask them to hold a staunch line and not to give in to the pressure to settle. I have included links below to help you easily find the various Governors and Attorneys General. Microsoft has used its monopoly illegally to harm the Java technology we support, so we know first-hand what the problem is. We, the community of Java developers, have felt the stinging impact of Microsoft's illegal behavior. Its consequences in the future may be even more severe if this weak legal precedent is established. Your State leaders may not understand the full dimension of the issues, and they need to hear from concerned individuals like you that effective, continuing prosecution of the case can and will make a difference. It may not be too late, so please act now. Our voices may not be sufficient to change the final outcome at this stage, but if we do nothing then they definitely will not. Warm regards, Rick Ross Founder of JavaLobby rickatjavalobby dot org http://www.javalobby dot org Cheers/2 Ed.