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Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2000 18:32:01 PDT
From: "Gary Granat" <ggranat@earthlink.net >
Reply-To: scoug-help@scoug.com
To: < "scoug-help@scoug.com" > scoug-help@scoug.com >
Subject: SCOUG-Help: TRAP0003


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On Fri, 25 Aug 2000 16:54:29 PDT, Steven Levine wrote:

>Just for laughs, try renaming resource.sys. The kernel is supposed to be
>able to cope with it not being there. Just trying to make something
>change.

Maybe it is supposed to, but it doesn't seem to work that way. Did as you
suggested and got the following message:

"The system cannot find the file 'RESOURCE.SYS'. This device driver, program,
or data file is not located in the default path or the path specified for it in
the CONFIG.SYS file. Install this file in the correct directory or correct the
appropriate CONFIG.SYS file statement.
The system is stopped. Correct the preceding error and restart the system."

>>Results are attached as TPDATLST.TXT. Basically, they show that
>>equivalent *.DAT and *.LST files are the same length. I peaked at the
>>content of a couple of the *.DAT files, but since they are a mix of text
>>and binary (sort of an *.INI format, as far as I can determine) there is
>>nothing obviously wrong.
>
>The originals and the backups are probably the same. You could copy the
>originals to the DFI and use COMP to do a binary compare. If they are
>different, you could replace the orginals from the copy on the backup.

Guess what! We found the problem! When I compared PREVIOUS.DAT from the
backup with PREVIOUS.DAT in the D:\OS2\BOOT directory on the ThinkPad, the
files didn't compare (see the attached COMPDATA.TXT file). On a whim, I
replaced the file on the ThinkPad with the file from the backup (after
carefully preserving everything in situ, of course) and restarted the ThinkPad.
It booted without a problem, and I now have a running system, again!

I have no idea how PREVIOUS.DAT got corrupted, but it did. And now, everything
seems to be working just fine (keep your fingers crossed).

I really appreciate all your help and suggestions and assistance! Thanks!

--gary
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