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Date:	Thu, 29 Nov 2001 00:31:44 PST7
From:	Peter Skye <pskye@peterskye.com >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: Re: pmshell corruption

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Sandy Shapiro wrote:
>
> I corrupted something so that
> pmshell.exe will not run on boot up.

Hi Sandy,

I restore OS2.INI and OS2SYS.INI from my latest backup. That usually
works; if the boot still hangs I restore from an earlier backup and that
_always_ works.

One techie person on this list disagrees with my simple "fix" but it
works fine here. (Hi Steven!)

The OS2.INI and OS2SYS.INI files have their System and Hidden attribute
bits set. If you need to turn these bits off to restore the files from
a backup, use

CD \OS2 (on your boot drive)
ATTRIB -S -H OS2*.INI

Important Note Which Doesn't Apply To Your Particular Problem: When
OS/2 shuts down it writes the OS2*.INI files from a copy it holds in
memory. Thus, if you restore the files on the same partition that
you've booted from and then shut down, your restored files will be
overwritten! You have two options: boot from a different partition
(such as a maintenance partition or floppy boot) and restore the files,
or don't shut down (just turn off the power) which will require a CHKDSK
on your HPFS partitions when you reboot (your CONFIG.SYS AUTOCHECK can
run these automatically, otherwise you'll be prompted to run them
manually). (This doesn't apply to Sandy's situation because he can't
boot from the partition so he therefore can't do a shutdown on that
partition.)

- Peter

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