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Date:	Sun, 20 Feb 2005 16:30:01 PST8
From:	Colin Campbell <cmcampb@adelphia.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: HPFS.IFS bootup system trap

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Peter,
I don't have any experience with your problem, but I have a suggestion:

If your PC isn't too ancient or limited in resources, I'd suggest
updating to a much more current OS/2. That could make your problem go
away, or at least, make it easier for someone to understand and diagnose.

My "old" PC, which is the one I'm still using for e-mail as I get my
"new" Dell fully up and running, came from Indelible Blue, and I think
the OS/2 system was built on or about May 30, 2000. It is at Warp 4, FP 12.

I added another partition and installed eCS 1.0, followed by eCS 1.1,
and that's what I always boot these days.

I'm not bragging about being more current, nor am I implying anything
about your system being too old to use. But, if you're having trouble,
there are perhaps 5 years of fixes "out there" which you haven't yet tried.

And think of all the hours you can spend, and the fun you can have
_trying_ to update the OS!
Colin

Peter Skye wrote:
> I'm using Warp 4 Fixpak 10. I'm getting occasional system traps while
> booting and always at the exact same point in the bootup process.
>
> Steven suggested ExeInfo. I ran it and specified the CSLIM value from
> the trap screen, and it located my HPFS.IFS driver. (Steven -- I tested
> and ExeInfo displays anything that is within +- 2 bytes of the specified
> CSLIM.)
>
> I also tried Theseus -> System -> General System -> Device Drivers which
> listed every single driver I have *except* HPFS.IFS and didn't have any
> Limit entries for my CSLIM. Go figure.
>
> The trap occurs on about 50% of my boots, and almost always doesn't
> occur when I reboot again. The failure point is after all drivers have
> loaded and all CALLs and RUNs executed, after which the screen clears to
> black and the cursor appears in the upper left corner. If the cursor
> doesn't appear, the trap screen appears a couple of seconds later. The
> trap screen always displays the same CSLIM (f01b).
>
> Anybody have any experience with this particular failure or ideas for
> further testing to determine the cause?
>
> - Peter

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