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Date:	Fri, 2 May 2003 20:53:03 PDT7
From:	"Steven Levine" <steve53@earthlink.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: BOOT.OS2 Question...?I

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In <200305021831.3059373.7@scoug.com>, on 05/02/03
at 06:31 PM, "Harry Motin" said:

>If you use files from the CD (uncheck the "Use files from the disk if
>they exist" option) then there is no size problem. If you select to use
>the hard drive files, most likely there will be a size problem.

There may be no size problem, but there may be a function problem. :-)

My POV is that I don't do this often enough to spend much time worrying
the problem. I only update the diskettes after major system changes.
Then I back up the originals with savddskf just in case the masters get
corrupted.

As you note, there are many ways to work around most problems that might
come up when creating or updating the diskettes.

Steven

>I use the files from the hard drive and I had a size problem, when I
>first tried it. I examined the drivers loaded by the CONFIG.SYS file
>(Diskette 1) and decided what ones I did not need for my system (I
>selected maybe 4 or 5 of the largest ones). Then I temporarily replaced
>them with 0 size files on my hard drive. I then let the OS/2 utility
>create the 4 diskettes. Naturally, it placed 0 size driver files on
>Diskette 1 and/or 2. I then edited the CONFIG.SYS to remove the
>references to these drivers. Finally, I erased the 0 size drivers from
>Diskettes 1 and 2.

>Lastly, I created a REXX script to automate the entire process.

>Something like the above has to be done, if you use the newer driver
>files on your hard drive for the OS/2 utility diskettes. I assume that
>the same is true for the BOOTOS2 diskettes.
>HCM

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