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Date:	Fri, 5 Jul 2002 08:36:44 PST7
From:	"Steven Levine" <steve53@earthlink.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: Re: BootOS2 / partially success

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In <1025883581-0-Info@SYNass.NET>, on 07/05/02
at 01:40 AM, "Info2SYNass.NET" said:

>Installing BootOS2 (9.26) just with the parm "Target=x" does create a
>working partition
>but all experiments with parms "PM resp. WPS" never succeeded ;-((

>Any hints or suggestions ?

Yes, a couple...

First, tell us how BOOTOS2 failed. Did BOOTOS2 issue an error message or
did the boot hang/fail with/without an error message.

Second, make sure you have made correct versions of the prerequisite files
avialble to BOOTOS2. These include:

CONFIG .SYS 629 r... 8-14-96 2:55:26
SYSLEVEL .OS2 165 r... 8-12-96 1:30:44
VTBL850 .DCP 10,478 r... 8-09-96 1:00:16
KEYBOARD .DCP 28,097 r... 8-09-96 0:58:56
SYSINSTX .COM 39,472 r... 8-09-96 0:33:54

BOOTOS2 will find them on the Warp4 CD, but I find it more convenient to
keep these on the hard drive and use the source parameter. A typical
command line from my generic scripts is:

bootos2 source=%S target=%D format:none ga400 rexx

where S and D are set to the appropriate values by the script.

I use BOOTOS2 somewhat differently from other folks. In my case, almost
any available bootable partition gets a BOOTOS2 setup. Mine are always
command line, so this requires about 3MB of so of drive space. This is
nothing given today's drive sizes.

Steven

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