From: Digest To: "OS/2GenAu Digest" Date: Fri, 17 Dec 2004 00:01:09 EST-10EDT,10,-1,0,7200,3,-1,0,7200,3600 Subject: [os2genau_digest] No. 1005 Reply-To: X-List-Unsubscribe: www.os2site.com/list/ ************************************************** Thursday 16 December 2004 Number 1005 ************************************************** Subjects for today 1 Re: ECD's => MKISOFS images? : Chris_neeson 2 Re: ECD's => MKISOFS images? : Ed Durrant 3 eCS and Linux : Alan Duval" **= Email 1 ==========================** Date: Wed, 15 Dec 2004 11:39:41 -0500 From: Chris_neeson Subject: Re: ECD's => MKISOFS images? Thank for the replies, Ed & Kev. ( Ed confirmed MKISOFS needs to create the complete image, and gace a tip for 'breaking' it down if need be, and Kev recommended Tonigy and mentioned his previous frustration tying to install MKISOFS/CDRECORD ). For the time being., I'll have to live with MKISOFS image size. As far as installing MKISOFS/CDRecord2 goes, I'd hit the install wall previously, but might try again soon. I could never get DaniATAP to add my brand spanking new CDR-RW drive to a SCSI bus ( actually, I expected it to create a SCSI 'bus' structure because there wasn't a SCSI card in the machine ). Consequently, CDRecord2 never got going, and I was going to have to apply the latest FixpPack etc just to establish there really was a problem, and its syslevel context. I went to DOS versions for 'debugging' ( the great insecurity of DOS was its open slather approach to hardware and memory addresses - which was its great advantage for getting hardware to work ). Sure enough things started working. There's a DOS version of CDRecord ona a Russian site, which at least works ( the CDRoast bundle has a lot of problems not the least of which is that CDMake hs been hard coded to avoid System & Hidden files - but if you want a system backup they're exactly what you want ). Though I had a residual problem with fixation. Then I bought a SCSI burner at a swapmeet - end of burn problems. Now I can think of retrying the CDRecord OS/2 install/config. Regards Chris ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- **= Email 2 ==========================** Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2004 08:10:22 +1100 From: Ed Durrant Subject: Re: ECD's => MKISOFS images? Chris_neeson wrote: > Thank for the replies, Ed & Kev. Chris, I cannot stress enough, how useful the help file that comes with Chris Wohlgemuth's Audio-CD_Creator / Data-CD-Creator is ! It guides you, step by step, through everything you need to install, giving references where to get the various components from and how to set them up. It explains the SCSI on IDE simulation etc. If you don't already have this package (which integrates CD Burning into WPS folders), I'd recomend getting it, just for the documentation. Cheers/2 Ed. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- **= Email 3 ==========================** Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2004 23:33:20 +1100 (AEDT) From: "Alan Duval" Subject: eCS and Linux Hi everyone, Thanks for the advice re getting eCS to boot. After resizing partitions and putting eCS below the 1024 barrier, then transferring all data to my new hard drive I have everything working again. My 2nd HD is now empty. My 3rd HD is used for imaging and has logical partitions. ? Could I install Linux on the 2nd (slave) drive, or would that interfere with the logical partitions on the 3rd drive. If it would interfere, could I move the 3rd drive to the 2nd drive position and the 2nd to the 3rd and install Linux there. ? How does one get around the Lilo / BM problem as I use BM to boot WIN95, PCDOS and eCS1.1. I believe I could put Lilo at the start of the Linux partition and use a floppy to boot it but that seems a bit cumbersome. Regards Alan Duval ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------