From: Digest To: "OS/2GenAu Digest" Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2004 00:01:06 EST-10EDT,10,-1,0,7200,3,-1,0,7200,3600 Subject: [os2genau_digest] No. 942 Reply-To: X-List-Unsubscribe: www.os2site.com/list/ ************************************************** Wednesday 22 September 2004 Number 942 ************************************************** Subjects for today 1 * Reminder * - Melbourne OS/2 SIG Meeting : List Admin" 2 Re: Alt-F1 : Mike O'Connor **= Email 1 ==========================** Date: Wed, 22 Sept 2004 11:00:00 +1000 (EDT) From: "List Admin" Subject: * Reminder * - Melbourne OS/2 SIG Meeting We would like to remind you of this upcoming event. Melbourne September OS/2 SIG Meeting The Ninth MEETING for the year for 'Melbourne PC Users Group OS/2 SIG' Date: Tuesday, 28th September 2004 Time: 6:30PM - 9:30PM Place: Melbourne PC Group Victoria, Australia. The Monthly Meeting of Melbourne OS/2 SIG Normally held the fourth Tuesday of each month. Except December. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- **= Email 2 ==========================** Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2004 16:51:35 +1000 From: Mike O'Connor Subject: Re: Alt-F1 Robert Traynor (BobT) wrote: >Hi Dennis, > >I have sent by direct email to Dennis, a file with two cmd files for >either turning on or off the bootup menu in eCS. > >It originally comes from Mike O'Connor and was posted to the >one of the os/2 yahoo groups. > >Regards, >Robert Traynor (BobT). >18 September 2004 14:09 > >On Sat, 18 Sep 2004 10:33:45 +1000, Dennis Nolan wrote: > > >>Hi all >> >>Alt-F1 during boot up allowed you to switch to command prompt mode. >> >>You also used to be able to set it to come up during at the next boot >>from within the desktop properties notebook. >> >>eCS 1.1 does not apear to allow the setting from within the desktop >>properties notebook. >> >>Trying to catch it during reboot is next to impossible. >> >>I need to chkdsk c: and d: drives, and as the system is on C: and the >>network on D:, it needs to be done before PM and the network starts. >> >>Any sugestions? >> Hi Bob, Dennis, Can't take all the credit for those two command files -- Neil Waldhauer [BlondGuy] wrote the original command file that I enhanced to allow other options. I then added the inverse version, as some didn't want to see the menu all the time, which of course can be effectively bypassed by setting timeout to 1 second [zero means NO timeout]. -- Regards, Mike Failed the exam for -------------------- MCSE - Minesweeper Consultant and Solitaire Expert -------------------- [ISP blocks *.exe, *.cmd, *.bat, *.reg attachments] [Please use zipped versions of above] ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------