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Date:	Sun, 14 Jul 2002 12:42:27 PST7
From:	Peter Skye <pskye@peterskye.com >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: Troubleshoot a boot hang?

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Wayne Cypress wrote:
>
> the blue screen stays up and I never get the desktop.

I had this problem for a while; I just replaced by OS2.INI and
OS2SYS.INI files from the last backup and everything would work again.
This isn't a "desktop restore" but it fixed the problem here.

The problem started here shortly after CHECKINI (WPTOOLS) wouldn't run
any more (it would hang trying to fix the two OS2*.INI files).
Eventually I got UNIMAINT to run which fixed whatever CHECKINI was
hanging on, and the problem went away.

If you restore the two OS2*.INI files from a backup, you *have* to boot
to a different partition (or to floppy) -- and make *sure* your IDE
drivers are updated before you do so if you're on a large partition (the
old drivers didn't like large partitions). (The latest IDEDASD package
contains files dated 25-Apr-2002.)

The reason for booting to a floppy or different partition is that on
bootup OS/2 reads the OS2*.INI files into memory and keeps them there,
occasionally rewriting them to disk. So if you boot and then replace
the files that are on the partition you booted to, they'll soon be
overwritten by the old bad files that are still in memory. Since you
can't boot, I guess you'll have to boot to floppy or a different
partition.

- Peter

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