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Date:	Tue, 1 Apr 2003 13:26:39 PST8
From:	Peter Skye <pskye@peterskye.com >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: Fresh vs. Fixpak

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> Peter Skye wrote:
> >A fresh installation:
> >-- zaps the Startup folder. I have
> > about 40 program shadows in mine.

Ray Davison wrote:
> I will assume you actually need all of those.

All I *really* need is a young thing beside me and a pizza in front of
me. (Or don't you listen to Waylon, Johnny, Merle and Willie?)

Most of these are command line programs which I start using VIO (on
Hobbes) so the window uses a specific font (usually either 10x6 or
14x8).

> >-- would kill all of the icons
> >
> Forget folder; think subdirectory.

That's why I get confused. I think in terms of subdirectories but
everybody else keeps correcting me to "folders".

Near as I can figure, a subdirectory is just that. A folder is a
subdirectory with some Extended Attributes attached to it, which makes
it an object.

> Go to your utility drive and CD ICONS.
>
> Go to object.
> RMC\Properties\Icon\Edit\File\SaveAs
> Give it a name and point it at the icons subdirectory.

Aha! Thanks. Now I have something else to break.

> Rule #1: Never leave work unsaved
> that you are not anxious to recreate.

But OS/2 makes it so simple. "Trust me to put your newly-created icons
where I think they best belong," it told me.

> For backup and restore I have finally found a system that
> really works; the copy function in Partition Magic 3.05.
> I save a copy of the boot partition to a removable HDD.
> To restore, run PM from DOS, delete OS/2 boot partition,
> copy partition from removable HDD. It absolutely puts
> you back where you were.

You don't like XCOPY? :)))

(Neither do I. I use dSync. And DFSee also does this and is cheaper
than Partition Magic.)

> What you are asking for is something that will somehow
> make a new system look like an old system, when it is no
> longer the same system. How often do you zero-base-budget
> the philosophy of how you run a given machine?

All the time if I can get away with it. :)))))

Thanks for the icon info, Ray.

- Peter

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