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Date:	Sun, 12 Oct 2003 23:54:05 PDT7
From:	"Steven Levine" <steve53@earthlink.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: config.x, config.sys questions

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In <200310122315.4833750.6@scoug.com>, on 10/12/03
at 11:15 PM, jack.huffman@worldnet.att.net said:

>On diskette 0 of the four boot diskettes, there is config.x, 595 bytes,
>6/14/96.

Config.x is meaningless unless you are booting a system with Alt-F1
support. IBM knows why they put the file on the diskette. I don't.

For the drivers, minor differences in location don't matter. What does
matter is that you use versions that work with your hardware.

>to be CD-rom drives. On diskette 2 there is a file a:\os2\cdrom.dmd,
>32,152 bytes, 5/23/00 but no equivalent to the statement "device=
>c:\os2\boot\os2cdrom.dmd /q" in my *current* config.sys appears on any
>diskette.

ATAPI CD-ROM support has been merged into IBMIDECD.FLT.

>Can I replace the config.sys with my current file?

As long as you copy the referenced drivers to the diskette, there should
be no problems.

>Should I?

It's up to you. If the diskettes work, they work. Updating them to use
the current drivers will keep them working longer as you upgrade your
hardware.

HTH,

Steven

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