

                         I'm going to install the Merlin Convenience Pack and
                         have been told Process Commander will not work with
                         Warp 4.5. Is this true? 

                         A.  This is only partially true. Recent FixPaks. have broken the Process
                         Commander installer and the enhanced keyboard driver. However, there are
                         workarounds that will allow you to install Process Command (PC) and use
                         most of its original functionality. 

                         There are two problems: 

                              The installer fails because it can no longer patch DOSCALL1.DLL. 
                              The enhanced keyboard handler traps because IBM made changes to the
                              kernel. 

                         There are two ways to install the Merlin Convenience Pack (MCP): 

                              MCP full install 
                              MCP upgrade install over Warp4 

                         If you are doing an MCP upgrade install, use: 

                             PCINSDLL /UNINSTALL_ALL

                         to uninstall PC before attempting to install the MCP. 

                         After the MCP is installed, make a desktop backup and reinstall PC. 

                         Before installing PC, save a copy of KBDBASE.SYS as KDBBASE.MCP. If
                         you performed a MCP full install, the PC installation will be gone. Reinstall
                         PC from the CD. Do not install the alternate keyboard driver. 

                         The install will report an error attempting to patch DOSCALL1.DLL. Ignore
                         this error and continue. 

                         Do not reboot yet. 

                         If you did an MCP upgrade install, reinstall PC with: 

                           PCINSDLL /INSTALL_HOOK /INSTALL_PMSHELL /INSTALL_FS

                         Do not reboot yet. 

                         To patch DOSCALL1.DLL, use C. W. Rose's exepatch utility. 

                         From the command line: 

                             cd \os2\dll
                             copy doscall1.dll doscall1.mcp
                             exepatch doscall1.mcp doscall1.pc
                             unlock doscall1.dll
                             copy doscall.pc doscall1.dll

                         Unlock is part of the LxLite Tool Kit. 

                         Exepatch and unlock must be available via the PATH setting. 

                         To install the alternate keyboard driver, add the driver to config.sys after
                         KBDBASE.SYS as: 

                             DEVICE=x:\PC\TMP\PCKBD.SYS KEYB:CA-F12

                         where x: is the boot drive. This setting will use Ctrl-Alt-F12 as the hotkey to
                         pop up the PC fullscreen. If you have other Process Command related
                         DEVICE statements, add the new line after them. 

                         Reboot to activate PC. 

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