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Date:	Mon, 2 Jun 2003 00:03:19 PDT7
From:	"Info 4 SYNass" <Info@SYNass.NET >
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Subject:	SCOUG-Help: Re: Xtra util dsk | PQ (was Hard night.. continues)

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Hi Jordan and everbody
You are correct: ConfigTool is a MustHave ;-)

http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/cgi-bin/h-search?sh=3D1&key=3Dconfigtool&stype=3Dall=
&so
rt=3Dtype&dir=3D%2Fpub%2Fos2

It does much more than you described ...
=2E.. it also described the purpose for an entry and its, sometime
various, extra paramteres ;-))
That's very helpful for a forgetful brain like mine one ;-|
Kind regards
svobi

jr_fox@pacbell.net on 01.06.2003 22:43:41
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Subject: SCOUG-Help: Re: Xtra util dsk | PQ (was Hard night.. continues)

Wayne wrote:

> I did find an error in config.sys, an extra ibm1s506.add statement
which

> likely interefered with the dani ide driver. Can't explain how it got
there

> I have a very large config.sys file, so it's easy
> to miss something like this.

There is a free (?) OS/2 utility program called CONFIGTOOL. It parses
your
Config.Sys file, explaining many things and making suggestions. Also
offers
editing of the file, archiving multiple iterations of the file, I think
with opportunities
to compare them. I haven't used it enough myself to be sure, but I'm
guessing that
it would have to flag duplicate line entries in order to really cover
this task well.

It would indeed be worrisome if it turned out to be possible to follow
the course you
have, and mess up a hard drive beyond retrieval. I suspect that is a
less likely outcome
than some explanation involving proper configuration of the hardware,
drivers, etc.
Have you tried to set up this drive as the sole hard drive in the
system, and a Win
setup only ? If that can't be done, particularly with / for a simpler
Win like W98,
I think that would tend to confirm a hardware issue. It would
certainly remove any
possible blame attributable to OS/2 or any of its tools.

Jordan

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