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Date:	Sun, 28 Jul 2002 11:42:18 PST7
From:	"J. R. Fox" <jr_fox@pacbell.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: Re: Testcase kernels

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Steven replied to me:

> These are the latest supported Warp4 kernels. Note I said Warp4. To IBM,
> Warp4 is different than eCS/MCP.

That's why I indicated some extra clarity (for us non-cognoscenti) about which kernel is appropriate for what
OS/2 platform would be very welcome. I've never been that good at interpreting IBM-speak.

> >I'm not sure what the latter one is, as I could make no sense of it. The
>
> Testcase is exactly what the dictionary defines it as.

Well, at one of those stops (an ftp site, I think), I saw 3 archives with very unfamiliar names. The contents
of each were 2 or 3 large files whose names meant nothing to me. If there had been a Readme laying around, I
would have consulted it.

> >first one seems to have kernels dating from 11/00, which can't be up to
> >date.
>
> Sure they are. These are the most recent supported Warp4 kernels.
>
> >And those kernels are from late '01. So they should _not_ supercede the
> >ECS kernel from MCP-2, which is what I believe Tony put on in the course
> >of installing ECS. Steve from Scitech seems to think I need a later ECS
>
> Maybe yes and maybe no. You have to check. What's the reported kernel
> revision when you boot? What's the date of OS2KERNL?

I started out with 14.088_W4, dated 2-13-02. The sorry state I'm at right now I will cover in another post.

> The base eCS
> kernels are older that what's on this site. The MCP FP1 and MCP FP2 and
> MCP2 kernels are newer.

If I understood Tony correctly, this was the kernel from MCP FP2. I'd like to I.D. the kernel files from FP1
and the GA release of ECS . . . because I've gone forward about as far as I can go, *with no joy*, so maybe
it's time to go backwards. Probably wouldn't get too much worse. I may need instructions on how to extract
the kernel files from the ECS GA cd's.

> >kernel, to fix the Trap E problem. I'm rather skeptical about that, but
>
> Well, if you know this stuff better than he does, I guess you can ignore
> his advice. However, if it were me, I would ask him what kernel version
> he suggests.

No, I don't know better than he does. Just call it a gut feeling, one that did not prove out.

> >don't have any idea where to turn up a post-MCP2 kernel for ECS. I don't

> eCS has 14.089c_W4 on the site, if that's the one Steve suggests.

> >to get, they may have weeks or months later. (e.g., no sign of the UDF
> >2.0 driver).
>
> You must be having a problem navigating the site:

> My experience is that files arrive on the eCS site at worst a couple of
> days after IBM releases them. The only exceptions are items that SSI has
> to repackage before posting to the site.

Yup, I definitely took a wrong turn (or two) somewhere, and wound up perusing a rather out-of-date list. I
went back yesterday, got to the right place, and d/l'd a whole buncha stuff, including the new UDF driver.

> >And what URL did you get that one from ?
>
> The one you did not understand. It's gone now. It's available elsewhere.
> If it turns out you need it, I can track down a URL.
>
> When you figure out which kernel you have and which one you want to
> install, let me know.

Thanks. I picked up 14.089c from the ECS site, and Svobi was kind enough to send me 14_089e. I had hoped
that these would give me some more clues as to what is going on, even if they failed to solve the problems,
but that is now looking more in doubt.

Jordan

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