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Date:	Sat, 30 May 1998 11:58:10 PST8PDT
From:	Peter Skye <pskye@peterskye.com >
Reply-To:	scoug-general@scoug.com
To:	scoug-general@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-General: Installing Warp w/ WPS

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Patrick Tantraphol wrote:
>
> Does any one know if it is possible to install Warp (3 or
> 4) w/o going through the GUI process? I want to install a
> command line only version of Warp w/ TCP/IP and NETBIOS
> networking, and get as minimal as possible.
>
> I realize I can change the PROTSHELL line in the CONFIG.SYS
> to CMD.EXE, but I wanted to know if it is possible to do an
> installation that doesn't install WPS at all. I'm also not
> sure if MPTS, PEER and TCP/IP can be installed w/o the WPS
> GUI process.
>
> I'm installing this on a 486/66 w/ only 8MB RAM, and a
> 240MB harddisk. The computer will only be used as a text
> based terminal whose main function is connecting to a UNIX
> box via telnet.

Rollin White responded with:
>
> Even if you could install without the GUI (which you can't), this would be a show stopper.
>
> I think you have to take two steps forward (install w/gui), then one step back (setting shell to CMD.EXE).

--

Now my turn: Can't Patrick just boot from the OS/2 installation disks
and go straight to the command line (Alt-F1 at the white bootup
square)? Wouldn't that give him what he wants? And if so, is there a
way for him to copy the installation disks to his hard drive and boot
from there?

- Peter Skye

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