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Date:	Wed, 25 Sep 2002 02:26:15 PST7
From:	"Info2SYNass.NET" <Info@SYNass.NET >
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Subject:	SCOUG-Help: frequent WPS archiving suggested

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Hi Harry, Hi Butch, Hi everbody
Butch's struggling with RSJ shows once more again the importance
of
a very frequent WPS archiving and the command ARCINST ;-)

With these frequent archives we will have a chance to restore
back to
a well working environment if anything wents wrong ;-))

It has been so helpful in sooo many times for me that I cannot
repeat
enough to do so ;-)))

But do not forget to adjust your OS2.KEY file to your personal
needs ...
... otherwise you will be disappointed ;-(

To anybody with an OS2.KEY file containing these few lines only:

KEYFILE:OS2.INI
KEYFILE:OS2SYS.INI
KEYFILE:C:\CONFIG.SYS
KEYFILE:C:\STARTUP.CMD
KEYFILE:C:\AUTOEXEC.BAT
KEYFILE:C:\OS2INIT.CMD

Your archiving task will not be done properly !!!
Do ask for more instructions from your collegues ;-))

Kind regards, svobi

hmotin@attglobal.net on 25.09.2002 03.45.03
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Subject: SCOUG-Help: uninstall of RSJ cd writer program

I hope the conversation between you and RSJ was sufficiently
illuminating to both parties, so that they gave you the correct,
complete and full instructions for editing the CONFIG.SYS. It
would be a
shame, if you edited it and it resulted in a lock up again upon
rebooting your system. I presume that you have to edit it, then
reboot
in order to THEN activate the "Uninstall" bar on the RSJ
Installer.
Right??

If that is the case, you would be wise to make a copy of your
CONFIG.SYS
right now, because it works right now and provides you a
fault-free boot
up. Therefore, if anything bad happens after editing the
CONFIG.SYS and
rebooting on the edited file, you can switch back to the good and
working CONFIG.SYS.

You can use either of the following 2 text editors (ASCII file
editors)
to edit the CONFIG.SYS: 1.) the OS/2 System Editor
(...\OS2\E.EXE); or
2.) the OS/2 Enhanced Editor (do a search for EPM.EXE for the OS/2
Enhanced Editor exe file. I believe it's located in the
....\OS2\APPS\
directory (I could be wrong here))

HCM
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eyeleica@lvcm.com wrote:
>
> I've contacted RSJ and they have been quite responsive to my
questions.
> They suggested to uninstall first but to do that I have to
learn to use a
> text editor to edit config.sys and some other files. Prior to
editing or
> part of editing, I must copy the old config.sys (the one with
RSJ entries)
> over the current config.sys and then call the installer. The
uninstall
> button should be available then. After the uninstall is
complete, they
> recommend to install the software, and change config.sys line
> BASEDEV=LOCKDR.FLT to BASEDEV=LOCKCDR.FLt -n-i:"PLEXTOR CD-R
> PX-W1610". Then replace the file c:\cdwfs\cddrv.inf with one
they sent
> me via zip attachment.
>
> After doing that, I reboot and everything should be functional.
I will do
> when I can use an editor. You see, I am just at the laying
prone looking
> up stage. Crawling will follow.
>
> Thanks for the advice. I intend on using RSJ. It looks great.
My
> concern is sometimes programs try to do more than necessary and
become
> problematic rather than helpful. I had major problems with
Adaptec CD
> Record, but when I went to Clone CD, which is a pretty basic
copy system,
> no problems.
>
> Butch
>
> In <3D9053DA.71B07348@attglobal.net>, on 09/24/2002
> at 08:55 AM, Harry Chris Motin said:
>
> >Butch,
> >Steven is right about the possibility of RSJ installing some
drivers on
> >your system, and you should check, just as he suggested.
However, I
> >presume that you are using the latest version of RSJ, or
perhaps the one
> >just before that. I believe the latest version is 4.04. The
one before
> >that was 3.61. I used both versions and (I think) RSJ had
fixed that
> >problem by then. Anyway, I had no problems of that sort.
>
> >However, you should check, eventually. Since your system now
boots, it's
> >less of a priority (I would think! - (that's just my
thoughts)).
>
> >Have you made any final decisions about RSJ? Are you going to
find out if
> >your hardware is directly supported? Have you contacted RSJ
Software,
> >yet?
>
> >If you decide to use RSJ, I can instruct you (later) about
using
> >Daniela's drivers to "see" your CD-R/CD-RW unit without having
to attach
> >it through the RSJ software. In other words, without this back
door
> >through Daniela's drivers, you cannot see or use your
CD-R/CD-RW unit,
> >except through the RSJ software. And therefore, you have to
bring up the
> >software and "attach" the unit to use it for anything at all.
Sometimes,
> >however, you just want to use your unit as a regular CD-ROM
device, to
> >read CD-ROM's, not to write them. Without Daniela's back door
this is not
> >possible.
>
> >Using the back door you will have a new drive icon for the
unit on you
> >desktop. The drive letter will be your next alphabet letter.
Then, if you
> >want to use the CD unit to write to CD's, you attach it with
RSJ. Another
> >drive icon will appear on your desktop. The alphabet letter
will be "Z",
> >unless you have changed it to something else in the RSJ
configuration. If
> >you open up both drive icons, they will show the exactly the
same files
> >and directories.
>
> >And of course, now you can use all of the RSJ software
facilities to
> >write to CD's and make CD labels, etc.
>
> >HCM
>
>_________________________________________________________________
___________
>
> >Steven Levine wrote:
> >>
> >> In <3D8DCF3E.E993F41E@attglobal.net>, on 09/22/02
> >> at 06:12 AM, Harry Chris Motin
said:
> >>
> >> >it that do not apply to your unit. There is a chance that
your RSJ
> >> >installation replaced some of your previous IDE drivers
(Steven's idea).
> >> >I doubt that.
> >>
> >> There's always a doubting Harry out there somewhere. :-)
Take a gander
> >> at:
> >>
> >> http://www.rsj.de/stage/de/cdwriter/chgos2.asp
> >>
> >> and note the fix done for v3.51.
> >>
> >> >However, we should test it out by comparing your existing
> >> >CONFIG.SYS to a previous one.
> >>
> >> Better to check file dates. IIRC RSJ installed the driver
to a
> >> non-standard location, either root or \os2, so check
everywhere. Also,
> >> since the driver is a BASEDEV, there's no path to check in
config.sys.
> >>
> >> Steven
> >>
> >> --
> >>
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> >> www.scoug.com irc.webbnet.org #scoug (Wed 7pm PST)
> >>
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