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Date:	Fri, 8 Nov 2002 05:34:04 PST7
From:	Harry Chris Motin <hmotin@attglobal.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: installing rsj

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Butch,

Thanks for the information you provided. Very informative and helpful.
You did everything that I would have done, except delete the RSJ
installation from your hard drive. You did not have to do that. Your
installation seems to be hanging up on the Danelia IDE driver. There is
a conflict between it and the instructions/installation from RSJ.

For the RSJ installation it changes your system as follows:

1. Installs the software on your drive (C:\CDWFS)
2. Modifies lines in your config.sys file

I does not do anything else. It does not change the OS2.INI file or
anything else. Therefore, you could have safely gone by to your 11/06/02
config.sys file and your system would have rebooted. No need to delete
the RSJ installation. You are only going to have to reinstall it.

I need to find out what your config.sys file says before and after the
RSJ installation. Here's what I would like you to do:

1. Save a copy of your now currently working config.sys file

2. Reinstall RSJ following the directions from RSJ
A. Edit the config.sys file line as they told you
B. Replace the cddrv.inf file with the one they gave you

3. Save a copy of that resulting config.sys somewhere (now you have 2
different config.sys files saved)

4. Copy your original config.sys file back to your system, the C:\,
your boot drive. This is the same file you copied in step 1, above.

5. Now, although you have "installed RSJ" (sort of), you are now using
your original config.sys. Therefore, RSJ will not be active, even if you
reboot. It will just sit there with the files and drivers inactive

6. Mail me the 2 config.sys files

OK, your situation now will be that you have the software installed, but
not activated through a reboot on the modified config.sys. You went back
to the original, 11/06/02 config.sys, before the RSJ install. Therefore,
you can safely reboot your system with no hangs. RSJ will not be
operative

I want to scan the 2 config.sys files that you send me.

I've got to go to work. Be back in a while. OK?
HCM
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eyeleica@lvcm.com wrote:
>
> This evening I again tried to install RSJ cd-rw program. Results were the
> same: lockup in boot sequence. I will describe what I did and the
> sequence.
>
> First, I downloaded the exe. program from RSJ to my RSJ CD-writer file in
> the D drive. Second, I executed the program to install. The RSJ install
> page came up with the various installation options are listed. The
> install button was engaged and the install program started. A window
> appeared to personalize the program. My name was entered and the OK
> button was pushed. A warning window appeared telling me the trial period
> had ended. A button was punched for Ok and a message to restart the
> computer before trying to reinstall again. Then a window appeared saying
> the install was complete and to restart the computer for the program to be
> functional. Third, following the directions from RSJ support:
>
> ""
>
> If you want to give it a new try you can perform the following steps:
>
> - install our software
> - change the following CONFIG.SYS line *before* the reboot from:
>
> BASEDEV=LOCKCDR.FLT
>
> to
>
> BASEDEV=LOCKCDR.FLT -n -i:"PLEXTOR CD-R PX-W1610"
>
> By that change our automatic recorder detection ( which - I guess -
> is causing the hang during boot) and tells the driver to recognize
> your drive manually
>
> - replace the file c:\cdwfs\cddrv.inf with that one contained in
> the mail."
> I changed the BASEDEV=LOCKCDR.FLT statement in config.sys.
> I deleted the cddrv.inf file and replaced it with the one in the
> attachment that came with the RSJ support email. (See attachment)
>
> Fourth, I rebooted the machine and it locked in booting. Here is the
> message where the boot process locked:
> "the path specified for it in the CONFIG.SYS file. Install this file
> in the correct directory or correct the appropriate CONFIG.SYSfile
> statemnt.
>
> Daniela's Bus Master IDE Driver for OS/2 Version 1.4.5 Controller:0
> Port: 01F0
> IRQ:0E Status:ok Bus Master Scatter/Gather VIA 571 PCI to IDE IC Rev:06
> VID:1106
> DID:0571 @33MHz
> Unit:0 Status:OK SMS:16 LBA Bus Master Ultra DMA4/PI04 BPB
> Model:Maxtor 91366U4 RA530/JN0
>
> OS2 Log Phys BIOS:log BPB:log IDE:log Phys
> Total Sectors
> C1655 26377 0 26377 16383
> Avail 26588016 H 255 16 0 255
> 16 16 os2 26587575 S 63 63 0
> 63 63 63 %used 99.99
>
> Controller:I Port:0170 IRQ:0F Status:OK Bus Master Scatter/Gather VIA
> 571 PCI to IDE IC Rev:06 VID:1106 DID:0571 @33MHz
>
> Unit:0 Status:OK ATAPI Device PI04
> Model LTN 483 BL1C
> Unit:1 Status:OK ATAPI Device PI04
> Model: Plextor cd-r PX-w1610A 1.03
>
> OS/2 is unable to operate your hard disk or diskette drive. The system is
> stopped. Correct the preceding error and restart the system"
>
> Fifth, a recovery operation was performed to start the system with an
> archived system dated yesterday, 11-6-02.
>
> Sixth, the rsj.exe program to install was deleted from my RSJ CD Writer
> folder in the D drive. I also deleted files in the CDWFS file located on
> the C drive. This material is installed at time of installation. I
> removed it to clean the folder.
>
> Hopefully, corrective measures can be instigated from this information.
>
> butch
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Name: cddrv.zip
> cddrv.zip Type: Zip Compressed Data (application/x-zip-compressed)
> Encoding: base64
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> (This is the attachment that was included in email from rsj support)

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