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Date:	Wed, 24 Apr 2002 22:25:08 PST7
From:	jack.huffman@worldnet.att.net
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: Re: BootOS2 Maint. Part'n.

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In <3CC6F90E.CA689359@pacbell.net>, on 04/24/02
at 09:26 AM, "J. R. Fox" said:

>> >I have a barebones BOOTOS2
>> >partition, whose contents are miniscule, but it certainly boots. Could
>> >send you a snapshot of what's on there.

>Jack Huffman wrote:

>> I am interested in seeing the contents of this partition and what it boots
>> to--command line?

Your answer to this question included these points:

>What I meant was that I will make a Tree catalog of the files
>in place in this partition, and send it to you.

Jordan, that is all I expected. I am sorry my language implied that I
wanted screen snapshots.

>As I noted in a recent post, I like to use a regular, fully-stocked Warp
>partition as my actual Maintenance Partition. That means I can do not
>only backups and file maintenance from there, but also Internet access,
>PMVIEW, the major complement of app.s & util.s -- you name it.

An interesting approach. How do you use the maintenance partition? Solve
a problem on the main OS/2 partition, let the partition run until you are
satisfied that the problem has really been solved, then update the
maintenance partition? Do you have a single file for something like
Netscape bookmarks? Or am I asking questions that are irrelevant?

> I opted for the middle choice, (Presentation Manager) because I'd
>heard that the Desktop for this WPS choice of BootOS2 could -- in
>certain scenarios -- get confused or entangled with the Desktop of your
>"regular" OS/2 partition, with unappealing results.

I use my pc for the usual things a 20 watt user does--internet, e-mail,
PMView, correspondence, an occasional spread sheet (both old DOS
programs), no games; no sound or streaming video now but maybe in the
future. Are the problems you mention likely to occur in my pc?

Jack

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