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Date:	Sat, 12 Oct 2002 05:58:38 PST7
From:	Harry Chris Motin <hmotin@attglobal.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: config.sys

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> I'll add my 2=A2 to the din. The correct shorthand name for the Enhanc=
ed
> Editor is EPM, not EE. ...,

Yes, I commented on that too! Hopefully, Butch now understands that!

> Others have made statements to the effect that EPM will not wrap
> config.sys lines and E will. This is simply not true.

OK! OK! I stand corrected here. The OS/2 System Editor WILL display each
line as a single line, if you turn OFF "Word Wrap" under the "Options"
in the Main Menu. Learn something NEW everyday. However, it is
essential, I believe, that Butch load the CONFIG.SYS into an Editor
without any word wrapping!!!! He wants to see each and every line as a
single line, so that he knows where each one begins (at the far
left-hand side) and where it ends (at the end of that line on the
right).

> I will recommend you learn how to backup your Desktop before proceeding=

> much further.

Steven, I assume you also mean to copy the, CONFIG.SYS, OS2.INI and
OS2SYS.INI files, too. Unless Butch has a backup program, perhaps the
easiest way for him to make a backup of ALL the essential files is to
use XCOPY with the options to copy subdirectories, empty directories,
hidden files, system files and read only files. That way he will make an
exact copy of "C:\Desktop\..."

HCM

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> In <200210111545.AMS87137@100m.mpr200-1.esr.lvcm.net>, on 10/11/02
> at 07:48 AM, eyeleica@lvcm.com said:
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> >looking at the two editors in the system, Enhanced Editor and the os/2=

> >system editor. I pulled up config.sys for the c drive with EE and
> >config.sys from the d drive with the system editor. The config.sys fi=
les
> >are entirely different! Is that correct? Should they be different in=

> =

> I'll add my 2=A2 to the din. The correct shorthand name for the Enhanc=
ed
> Editor is EPM, not EE. I've mentioned before you need to be careful wi=
th
> your terminology. That remark still stands. When you make up terms as=

> you go, all that happens is that folks get confused and the message thr=
ead
> grows.
> =

> The reason the same file looks different is because you have word wrapp=
ing
> turned on in the System Editor. Use Options -> Word Wrap -> Off and th=
e
> file should look similar in both editors.
> =

> Others have made statements to the effect that EPM will not wrap
> config.sys lines and E will. This is simply not true. Both E and EPM
> will wrap lines depending on line lenght and depending on the settings.=

> The key is to understand how each editor does wrapping and to know how =
to
> control wrapping in each editor. With EPM it's Opions -> Preferences -=
>
> Settings -> Margins -> Right Margin.
> =

> >I am thinking of going on with what I have and
> >reinstalling the couple of programs I installed----warpzip and mozilla=
=2E
> >Mozilla was no problem reinstalling and updating.
> =

> If you really have only installed a couple of apps since the initial
> install, that is probably the best way to go given that the config.sys
> file you need for an full restore is gone, for some reason that will
> probably remain unknown forever more.
> =

> My suggestion is write down a list of the applications to be installed =
and
> decide which way will take less work and which you are capable of doing=

> with your current level of computer expertise.
> =

> If you decide to try a restore, e-mail me copies of all the config.* fi=
les
> and I will build a working config.sys that will restore most if not all=
of
> what you had before you tried the RSJ install.
> =

> I will recommend you learn how to backup your Desktop before proceeding=

> much further. That way you will not be in such dire straits if an inst=
all
> goes awry in the future or something bad just happens. Note I did not =
say
> to take a Desktop backup. If you do that, you might not be able to use=

> the files saved in Current.
> =

> Steven
> =

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