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From: bobmcl@ibm.net                                    30-Oct-99 11:10:27
  To: All                                               30-Oct-99 04:09:29
Subj: Re: FP-11/12, Networking, TCP/IP & StarOffice

From: Bob McLellan <bobmcl@ibm.net>


Lorne Sunley wrote:

> On Fri, 29 Oct 1999 10:09:29, "Andrew Grygus" <lists@aaxnet.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Here's the situation:
> >
> <snip>
>
> > Well, as an experiment, we upgraded TCP/IP and Peer on one
> > machine.  >>>That machine no longer autostarts its connections<<<
> > (except to the Samba server).  We have to "reconnect" them all
> > by hand.  No help for StarOffice.
> >
> > So, to try to get to the bottom of this, we installed FixPack-12,
> > TCP/IP upgrade and Peer upgrade on two of the NET-2 machines.
> > >>>No autostart of connections<<<.  We deleted the shares and
> > connections and reestablished them.  No dice.  Still no
> > autoconnect -  >>>and no error messages saying "one or more of
> > your connections failed<<<.  We have to connect each one by
> > hand at both machines.
> >
> > Anyone know what's going on here?
> >
>
> Any Peer fixpack past IP8407 has the problem with
> >>>>No autostart of connections<<<<<<
> >>>>No autostart of shares<<<<<
> with resources shared on a Peer workstation. The
> resources shared from the server always work fine.
>
> I ran into this with both IP8410 and IP8412. The only way to
> get it to work is to roll back to the IP8407 level.
>
> It affects both disk shares and printer shares.
>
> If you have a support agreement with IBM file a
> program defect and maybe they will have it fixed
> for the next fixpack. There have been a number of
> complaints concerning this problem in the USENET
> comp.os.os2.networking groups. It happens with both
> NETBIOS and NETBIOS over TCP/IP so it is not
> a protocol problem.
>
> Lorne Sunley

 I am autostarting sharing resources from a peer with IP8407 and it
works fine. Same with connections.
I don't understand the Samba implications but I run Netbeui and TCPIP
each bound directly to the LAN, not Netbeui over TCPIP.
Is it the share or the connect that is failing?

--
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Bob McLellan
The Little Blue Kiwi
OS/2 Solutions for New Zeland


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From: lsunley@mb.sympatico.ca                           30-Oct-99 01:03:18
  To: All                                               30-Oct-99 04:09:29
Subj: Re: FP-11/12, Networking, TCP/IP & StarOffice

From: lsunley@mb.sympatico.ca (Lorne Sunley)

On Sat, 30 Oct 1999 15:10:54, Bob McLellan <bobmcl@ibm.net> wrote:

> 
> 
> Lorne Sunley wrote:
> 
> > On Fri, 29 Oct 1999 10:09:29, "Andrew Grygus" <lists@aaxnet.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Here's the situation:
> > >
> > <snip>
> >
> > > Well, as an experiment, we upgraded TCP/IP and Peer on one
> > > machine.  >>>That machine no longer autostarts its connections<<<
> > > (except to the Samba server).  We have to "reconnect" them all
> > > by hand.  No help for StarOffice.
> > >
> > > So, to try to get to the bottom of this, we installed FixPack-12,
> > > TCP/IP upgrade and Peer upgrade on two of the NET-2 machines.
> > > >>>No autostart of connections<<<.  We deleted the shares and
> > > connections and reestablished them.  No dice.  Still no
> > > autoconnect -  >>>and no error messages saying "one or more of
> > > your connections failed<<<.  We have to connect each one by
> > > hand at both machines.
> > >
> > > Anyone know what's going on here?
> > >
> >
> > Any Peer fixpack past IP8407 has the problem with
> > >>>>No autostart of connections<<<<<<
> > >>>>No autostart of shares<<<<<
> > with resources shared on a Peer workstation. The
> > resources shared from the server always work fine.
> >
> > I ran into this with both IP8410 and IP8412. The only way to
> > get it to work is to roll back to the IP8407 level.
> >
> > It affects both disk shares and printer shares.
> >
> > If you have a support agreement with IBM file a
> > program defect and maybe they will have it fixed
> > for the next fixpack. There have been a number of
> > complaints concerning this problem in the USENET
> > comp.os.os2.networking groups. It happens with both
> > NETBIOS and NETBIOS over TCP/IP so it is not
> > a protocol problem.
> >
> > Lorne Sunley
> 
>  I am autostarting sharing resources from a peer with IP8407 and it
> works fine. Same with connections.
> I don't understand the Samba implications but I run Netbeui and TCPIP
> each bound directly to the LAN, not Netbeui over TCPIP.
> Is it the share or the connect that is failing?
> 

I believe it is the "share" that does not autostart, As soon as
you use the handy "shares and connections" GUI object to
start the share it will work. The manual intervention is a real
PITA.

The problem is in IP8410 and IP8412.

Lorne Sunley

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From: ecmille@ibm.net                                   30-Oct-99 00:59:17
  To: All                                               30-Oct-99 04:09:29
Subj: Re: Lexmark Optra 40

From: ecmille@ibm.net (Ted Miller)

In message <Z8vLRdP7nz3N-pn2-ef9dS6w9nBcb@dt143n21.tampabay.rr.com> -
donnelly@tampabay.rr.com (Buddy Donnelly)Fri, 29 Oct 1999 16:19:35 GMT writes:

Hello Buddy

Thanks a lot fot the response. This is exactly the precise information I am
looking for

:> will just about guarantee you'll see the difference immediately. I popped
:>in an old 16MB in mine and the performance jumped, and so far I don't feel 
:>the need to increase it again.
:>

Will any 72 pin Simm work or does the simm have to have a certain speed? And
to think that I gave away a couple of 16 meg simms when I upgraded my computer
memory.

:>
:>> 
:>> Am I to understand that if a print job produces postscript output that is
:>> greater than 4 megs per page the printer won't print? I picture a process
:>> something like this:
:>>      -an order is given to print a file
:>>      -The file is dumped to the spooler
:>
:>No, first the application that does the printing sends the data file to the
:>Printer Driver, based on settings in the Printer Object.
:>
:>You can speed up bottlenecks that occur at this stage by changing your 
:>CONFIG.SYS setting to:
:>
:>SET PRINTMONBUF=1512,134,134 (for instance, if your printer is on parallel 
:>port LPT1) or even
:>SET PRINTMONBUF=2048,134,134
:>if you've got plenty of RAM and do a lot of printing. (I do both and have 
:>2048.)
:>

I've always had this setting (2048) in my config.sys.

:>
:>>      -The printer driver produces postscript output which is dumped to the
:>> printer's memory
:>>      -when a page is recieved into printer memory, the printer begins to
print
:>
:>No, the PS data stream has to be composed into a page of rasterized output 
:>first. That's where the builtin printer memory becomes useful. If there's 
:>not enough printer memory, the job has to be rasterized piecemeal and this 
:>makes it very very slow.
:>

This just goes to show how wrong one can be. Thanks for the illumination.


:>Some color pages might take 4 minutes. I haven't timed it, and wouldn't be 
:>shocked if I had to wait 4 minutes for color output. I've worked with 
:>larger printers where we all went to lunch after sending the job to the 
:>printer, and sometimes it was still cranking the paper feed when we got 
:>back.
:>
:>The Optra 40 uses "photo quality" ink cartridges if you want to do 
:>hexacolor, and I haven't gotten those to try out. I would be willing to bet
:>everything gets much slower when they're being used.
:>
:>

I haven't felt the need to try photo quality. I am more than satisfied with
the standard 600 DPI output.

:>> 
:>> I guess I will contact Lexmark and see what driver they suggest for PCL
mode.
:>
:>Use the Lexmark Optra Color 1200 driver, inside the PCL5 package. I don't 
:>know why IBM or Lexmark didn't show a separate Color 40 driver, but this 
:>one works the same.
:>

I just heard back from Lexmark and they suggested the HP 1600c

:>
:>If you can't find the drivers write to me and I'll mail you what I'm using.
:>

No need. I already have the PCL5 drivers installed but thanks for the kind
offer.

:>Good luck,
:>
:>Buddy
:>
:>Buddy Donnelly
:>donnelly@tampabay.rr.com
:>
:>

BTW what basdev print driver are you using - The standard print01.sys or the
bidi driver par1284.sys. Do you think the bidi driver should help performance?
I have tried both (currently using the bidi driver) and don't really notice
much difference other than not being able to use the markvision utility with
print01.sys. If you are using the bidi driver what mode is the output port in?
Mine is in nibble. 

Ted Miller
ecmille@ibm.net
 

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From: firzwv@forno.eg.net                               29-Oct-99 23:54:22
  To: All                                               30-Oct-99 04:09:29
Subj: New Search Engine  7626

From: firzwv@forno.eg.net

Brand new search engine.
http://www.linkgrinder.com

Brand new search engine.
http://www.linkgrinder.com
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From: bobmcl@ibm.net                                    30-Oct-99 12:42:22
  To: All                                               30-Oct-99 04:09:29
Subj: OpenGL and CID

From: Bob McLellan <bobmcl@ibm.net>

Does anybody know how to install OpenGL with CID. I can't find a
response file entry anywhere.
Alternatively, does anybody know for sure that it is OK to just unpack
the OpenGL bundles.

--
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Bob McLellan
The Little Blue Kiwi
OS/2 Solutions for New Zeland


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From: horseman@ibm.net                                  29-Oct-99 10:24:02
  To: All                                               30-Oct-99 10:28:11
Subj: Re: OS/2 Warp Boot Diskettes And Novell Netware

From: Tony Wright <horseman@ibm.net>


barney wrote:

> I have just recently built warp boot diskettes. In this case I have managed
> to get the boot diskettes to be netware aware. The problem is that on boot
> when loading the Token.sys( IBM ISA Adapter Auto 16/4 Card ) it will only
> connect at a ring speed of 4meg. This is despite the fact that the ring is
> running at 16meg.
> I forgot to mention that there are only two diskettes in the boot sequence.
>
> I am running Warp 4 fixpak 10 with Novell requester 4.2 with OS2PT1 as the
> latest patch.  Any ideas ?
>
> Cheers

It is unclear as to whether you have run the TR Diags/Config program to
confirm
whether TR nic correctly autosenses and/or have tried explicitly setting the
ringspeed at 16?

--
Rgds Tony W   Email: horseman@ibm.net

"humanum est errare: To err is human
.... and to fail is to be a Project Manager...
...but to foul things up completely needs a computer!"




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From: lyn@zolotek.REMOVE-SPAM.com                       30-Oct-99 10:04:25
  To: All                                               30-Oct-99 10:28:12
Subj: Torisan CD rom??

From: lyn@zolotek.REMOVE-SPAM.com

I'm thinking of buying a laptop from timecomputers.com here in the UK.
I've checked the hardware in the shop with win98's stuff, and 
everything seems to be OK according to Dr Martinus etc. The only thing
I can't find any real info on is the CD drive. This is reported as:
TORiSAN CD-ROM CDR_U20, which is not listed at Dr Martinus, IBM, or 
anywhere. A search on google.com showed mainly win results, but 
nothing solid for OS/2 (though it may, possibly, be a Sanyo drive).

Has anyone any experience or knowledge of this drive under OS/2?

Cheers
Lyn 

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From: davidb@magicnet.net                               30-Oct-99 13:56:17
  To: All                                               30-Oct-99 14:31:17
Subj: Re: FP-11/12, Networking, TCP/IP & StarOffice

From: davidb@magicnet.net

In <yvfgfnnkargpbz.fkd07t0.pminews@news.jps.net>, "Andrew Grygus"
<lists@aaxnet.com> writes:
>Here's the situation:  

snip>

>Well, as an experiment, we upgraded TCP/IP and Peer on one 
>machine.  >>>That machine no longer autostarts its connections<<< 
>(except to the Samba server).  We have to "reconnect" them all 
>by hand.  No help for StarOffice.  
>
>So, to try to get to the bottom of this, we installed FixPack-12, 
>TCP/IP upgrade and Peer upgrade on two of the NET-2 machines.  
>>>>No autostart of connections<<<.  We deleted the shares and 
>connections and reestablished them.  No dice.  Still no 
>autoconnect -  >>>and no error messages saying "one or more of 
>your connections failed<<<.  We have to connect each one by 
>hand at both machines.  
>
>Anyone know what's going on here?  
>
>ajg@aaxnet.com
>

snip>

I haven't upgraded to FP12 (yet) and also haven't used Star Office that much
yet but I am up to FP 11 and did have the same non connection problem.  I
found a solution by Network->Network Services->Lan Services
Admin->(Your)Domain->User Accounts->(Tab) Assignments you can set the
connections to become active.  Active is the operative word here.  I found no
help available and tried every setting I could everywhere until I did the
above.  I hope this helps.

David

davidb@magicnet.net

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From: tvoltagg@home.com                                 30-Oct-99 15:36:18
  To: All                                               30-Oct-99 14:31:18
Subj: Re: How to speed up mouse in OS/2?

From: tvoltagg@home.com

I tried to find this on Hobbes and couldn't.  Can you tell me the name of
the compressed file



In <7vbmv4$btp$1@nnrp1.deja.com>, Nenad Milenkovic <nenad@my-deja.com> writes:
>  "Richard Price" <Richard_Price@nospam.compuserve.com> wrote:
>
>> There is a program called MOUSPEED, which I think is on
>> Hobbes, that you can use to tweak your mouse to behave any
>> way you want.
>
>It works! Thank you!
>
>Now I have only to find out if it's possible to speed up
>vertical movement independently of horizontal movement. :)
>
>But this is good enough for now, thanks! :)
>
>Nenad
>
>
>Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
>Before you buy.

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From: bandyo@wam.umd.edu                                30-Oct-99 12:45:28
  To: All                                               30-Oct-99 16:38:13
Subj: Re: Help: Warp 4 TCPIP can't find DNS

From: Sushenjit Bandyopadhyay <bandyo@wam.umd.edu>

Thank you Buddy for your response.  I have narrowed down the problem a
little bit but I am nowhere near the solution.

I checked resolv2 and it is fine.  The problem is elsewhere I think.
Some progarm tries to connect to the internet and if there is no 
internet connetion, it calls DOIP.

I think when there is no connection, some program is trying to connect
to a nonexistant LAN or some such thing.  The clue is in 0.0.0.0 that
I find after this happens:

[E:\]netstat -a
addr            0.0.0.0 interface 10 mask 0  broadcast 0.0.0.0
addr         128.8.22.5 interface 10 mask ffff0000  broadcast 
128.8.3.101
addr          127.0.0.1 interface 0 mask ff000000  broadcast 127.0.0.1

could someone tell me what is addig the first line?

Thanks.

Sushenjit


>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

On 10-29-99, 3:58:55 PM, donnelly@tampabay.rr.com (Buddy Donnelly)
wrote regarding Re: Help: Warp 4 TCPIP can't find DNS:


> On Thu, 28 Oct 1999 11:10:01, Sushenjit Bandyopadhyay
<bandyo@wam.umd.edu>
> a ?crit dans un message:

> > I recently installed Warp 4 over Warp 3.  I have no background on
> > networking in general and TCPIP in particular.  I have just a dialup
> > connection to my ISP and no network cards.  I just want to connect to
> > the internet, POP server etc.
> >
> > The problem:  the system works fine after booting.  I can dial my ISP
> > and everything works.  After a few days of running and dialing and
> > disconnecting, One day the dial up suddenly can't find the DNS.  The
> > RESOLV file seems fine.  A reboot corrects the problem.
> >
> > Normally netstat -a shows this:
> >
> > [E:\]netstat -a
> > addr       128.8.22.108 interface 10 mask ffff0000  broadcast
> > 128.8.3.102
> >
> > addr          127.0.0.1 interface 0 mask ff000000  broadcast
> > 127.0.0.1
> >
> > but once this problem occurs netstat -a adds another line on top with
> > IP address 0.0.0.0.  (Sorry I don't have the exact line with me.)
> >
> > What is causing this?  How can I correct it?
> >
> > The system: Warp 4 FP 12, TCPIP 4.0 with latest fixes from WarpUp CD.
> > No network card.  I am dialing with DOIP and the rexx script, PPPDial.

> If you use the InJoy dialer (highly recommended for plenty of other
> reasons) it will manage DNS assignments for you. But OS/2 looks at a
file
> named RESOLV2, not RESOLV. DOS tcpip apps and functions look for
RESOLV, by
> the way.

> Just copy RESOLV to RESOLV2 and as long as it is in the right form and
> located in \MPTN\ETC you'll be in good shape. Probably.

> Good luck,

> Buddy

> Buddy Donnelly
> donnelly@tampabay.rr.com



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From: jbrush@aros.net                                   30-Oct-99 10:53:03
  To: All                                               30-Oct-99 16:38:13
Subj: US West DSL Modems?

From: jbrush@aros.net

It seems that I can finally get high speed access from my home, but US
West refuses to provide support or even information to anyone who uses
OS/2 (or *nix for that matter)

The modems they provide are Cisco 675 which needs a 3Com NIC, and a Cisco
605 internal

I am just wondering if anyone has come up against this combo, or has any
ideas or theories about whether this service can be made to work with OS/2
in spite of the severe predjudice shown by US Worst??

If it comes down to it, I suppose I could set up my son's W95 machine and
then network to it from my Warp system. If I use the networked external
modem, US Worst says I can share it, but I don't quite grasp how that
would be done. I need a NIC in my OS/2 machine as well, and then a hub or
whatever to get to the W95 machine?

Any thoughts or comments would be most welcome. My phone lines don't even
support 56K, so having just moved here, I lost even that speed and now
have trouble getting past 26.4K 

Thanks,

John



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From: doug.bissett"at"attglobal.net                     30-Oct-99 19:16:22
  To: All                                               30-Oct-99 16:38:13
Subj: Re: FP-11/12, Networking, TCP/IP & StarOffice

From: doug.bissett"at"attglobal.net (Doug Bissett)

On Sat, 30 Oct 1999 13:56:35, davidb@magicnet.net wrote:

..snip...
>  
> I haven't upgraded to FP12 (yet) and also haven't used Star Office that much 
yet but I am up to FP 11 and did have the same non connection problem.  I
found a solution by Network->Network Services->Lan Services
Admin->(Your)Domain->User Accounts->(Tab) Assignments you can set the
connections to become active.  Active is the operative word here.  I found no
help available and tried every setting I could everywhere until I did the
above.  I hope this helps.
>  
> David
>  
> davidb@magicnet.net
>  

FP12, StarOffice etc. has nothing to do with the problem, and the 
suggested "fix" *might* work on a real LAN server, but there is no 
such thing (that I have been able to get to) in a peer network. My 
"workaround", is to do the network logon, then run a batch (*.CMD) 
file, to do a NET USE to connect each of the resources.

Hope this helps...
******************************
From the PC of Doug Bissett
doug.bissett at attglobal.net
The " at " must be changed to "@"
******************************

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From: whonea@codenet.net                                30-Oct-99 13:28:15
  To: All                                               30-Oct-99 16:38:13
Subj: Re: FP-11/12, Networking, TCP/IP & StarOffice

From: whonea@codenet.net (Will Honea)

On Fri, 29 Oct 1999 10:09:29, "Andrew Grygus" <lists@aaxnet.com> 
wrote:

> So, to try to get to the bottom of this, we installed FixPack-12, 
> TCP/IP upgrade and Peer upgrade on two of the NET-2 machines.  
> >>>No autostart of connections<<<.  We deleted the shares and 
> connections and reestablished them.  No dice.  Still no 
> autoconnect -  >>>and no error messages saying "one or more of 
> your connections failed<<<.  We have to connect each one by 
> hand at both machines.  

That started with with the WR08410 Peer fixpak - and 8412 didn't help.
 It's not a FP12 problem.  I gave up and just did the connections in a
startup.cmd file.  Not a big issue, since restarts with NT and Solaris
servers in the net are problematic anyway so we've been usin startup 
.cmd for several years.  We had to do that with DB2 logons anyway so 
why not the rest of the connections?

If you can back the Peer fix level up to WR08407, your re-connects 
will reappear.

As for SO, the Sun ver. 5.1a (free, even for commercial use) has no 
problem with either nb/ip or straight nb on our mixed up domain.

Will Honea <whonea@codenet.net>

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From: doug.bissett"at"attglobal.net                     30-Oct-99 19:16:27
  To: All                                               30-Oct-99 16:38:14
Subj: Re: Java 1.1 Help please

From: doug.bissett"at"attglobal.net (Doug Bissett)

On Fri, 29 Oct 1999 00:52:55, Vishanti_i@hotmail.com wrote:

> I am using Java 1.1 with Netscape 2
>  
> I had to install java by hand into
> the Netscape dir..
>  
> It works (script debug) but I really
> need to know the dir structure for java and netscape.
> Am not real sure I have the class paths correct.
>  
> My config sys Path for Netscape Java path is
> Netscape;java11
>  
>  
> any help on this Thanks,
>  
> Vishanti
> 

If you installed it by hand, I am surprised that you got it to work at
all.

I suggest thet you go to 
http://service.boulder.ibm.com/asd-bin/doc/en_us/catalog.htm and 
download JAVA 1.1.8 (you only need the runtime part), along with the 
Feature Installer 1.25, and, possibly even Netscape 4.61. Be sure to 
READ the installation instructions, and follow them to the letter. 
(The bit, in Feature Installer, about uninstalling everything is 
misleading, you only do that, if you use Feature Installer, to build 
Install packages, so just install the new Feature installer).

Then go to ftp://ftp.hursley.ibm.com/pub/java/fixes/os2/11/ follow the
appropriate links, and get the latest update.

To partially answer your question: JAVA 1.1.x lives in the x:\JAVA11 
directory structure, and your CLASSPATH statement, in CONFIG.SYS 
should not reference any older versions of JAVA. You should also not 
specify any CLASSPATH stuff within Netscape (unless you have a 
specific need for something, but you would know what that was, if you 
needed it). 

Hope this helps...
******************************
From the PC of Doug Bissett
doug.bissett at attglobal.net
The " at " must be changed to "@"
******************************

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From: Agnamemnon@Home.now                               30-Oct-99 18:42:28
  To: All                                               30-Oct-99 16:38:14
Subj: HOW TO CONNECT WARP4 <--->WIN98, NIC's are working and using BNC not a 

From: Agnamemnon@Home.now (Agnamemnon Nemesis Enforcer III)

I need to be able to see win98 drives  and Printers(Shared of coarse)
on the Warp4 machine, and vise versa, (2) win98 machines are already
networked via NIC's with BNC interface, and all works well, 
new employee has his own computer with business software already
setup., so we need to add him to the network..


Thanks for any help

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From: efries@my-deja.com                                30-Oct-99 20:16:21
  To: All                                               30-Oct-99 19:47:00
Subj: Re: Newbie: Ntwk errors NET3403 & SYS1719

From: efries@my-deja.com

In article <3818ED92.4312F8E2@ibm.net>,
  merlins@attglobal.net wrote:



> If you don't need to access netware servers, you don't need IPX.

-Unfortunately Backup Exec Agnt requires IPX to attach to OS2 boxes.

<snip>..

> The requester was setup to use NETBEUI. The corresponding line in
IBMLAN.INI
> - usually located in C:\IBMLAN - reads:
>
> net1 = NETBEUI$,0,LM10,34,70,14
>
> Change it to
> net1 = TCPBEUI$,1,LM10,34,70,14
>
> This will cause the requester to use Netbios over TCP/IP.
>
> Bye/2
> Meinolf

I made the change you suggested & rec'd a 3406 error, "An error occurred
while opening network device driver net1 = tcpbeui$."  Your suggestion
put me on the right path though.  My original net1 line had different
parameters ..,0,LM10,100,100,14.  I inserted these after tcpbeui$ & it's
working fine, or at least I'm not seeing any errors.

Thanks very much for your help.

--
efries =AT= unilink-inc. No=Spam .com


Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
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From: cleber@ibm.net                                    30-Oct-99 23:21:19
  To: All                                               30-Oct-99 19:47:00
Subj: Cannot make different partitions

From: "Clemens Pipek" <cleber@ibm.net>

Hi all,

I got a new 6GB HD in my notebook. But with PartitionMagic v3.x or also 
os/2 fdisk i cannot choose the size of the partition. It will select 2GB even 
if i install Bootmanager. Pretty nice if BM takes 2GB place !!!
Any ideas?

Thanks for info,
Clemens




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From: bhk@dsl.co.uk                                     30-Oct-99 20:07:02
  To: All                                               30-Oct-99 21:22:10
Subj: Re: Wesb Boot

From: bhk@dsl.co.uk (Brian {Hamilton Kelly})

On Thursday, in article <3818d5ea_1@news1.prserv.net>
     Valheru@guesswhere.com "Valheru" wrote:

> FYI, I moved to Florida from Canada and some disks got broken during the
> move so please don't make assumptions you know nothing about. I did not know
> that this wasn't a binary group, sorry for asking for files.

Just in case you ever make this mistake again (of asking for binaries to
be posted to a discussion group), NO group is a binaries group unless it
is in one of the recognized *.binaries hierarchies (such as alt.binaries.*,
comp.binaries.*, etc.).  Whilst some groups not in these hierarchies may
tolerate the posting of binaries, or even (alt.mags.playboy) encourage
it, it is nevertheless regarded by most ISPs as a gross abuse of the 'Net
to post binaries anywhere else.  All binaries were moved into these
sub-hierarchies about 5--6 years ago to allow sysadmins readily to decide
whether or not to accept binary postings, without having to work on a
group-by-group basis.  (See the bincancel FAQ in n.a.n-a.u for further
detail, especially of a *few* exceptions to the rule.)

Therefore you (and anyone else who may be listening) ought to have known
that "this wasn't a binaries group": it HASN'T got the word in its title.

I *always* report posters of binaries to their ISPs; most ISPs will issue
a warning to the customer on the first such report, but some suspend or
terminate access immediately.  So don't even think of doing it :-)

-- 
Brian {Hamilton Kelly}                                         bhk@dsl.co.uk
    "But we're a university.  We /have/ to have a library!..."said Ridcully,
         "What sort of people would we be if we didn't go into the library?"
    "Students", said the Senior Wrangler, morosely. [TP: The Last Continent]

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From: khalsa@attglobal.net                              30-Oct-99 19:23:22
  To: All                                               30-Oct-99 21:22:10
Subj: edit/customize rt-click popup menu

From: Satnam Singh <khalsa@attglobal.net>

I've been using the "create another" command on the context sensitive
(popup, right click) menu to make new folders.  This choice comes up
when right clicking on an old folder, I chose a new name, target folder
for the new folder and I done.  For some reason, the cascaded menu
choices when I click on "create another" have been unintentionally
increasing.  Originally, there were two choices, "default" and
"folder."  Now it has "folder" six times.  Although it has leveled of at
six, my maintenance partition has eight "folder" 's.  I guess there is
something I'm doing inadvertently  to cause this.

How can I edit the menu to remove this?  It appears on the popup menu of
all folders.

How I can avoid causing this to happen again?  I did a fresh install of
Warp 3 Connect this past month and it has recurred already.

Any ideas?  The Settings, Menu tab does not offer me the "create
another" menu choice as one that can be modified.

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From: vxuxqz@usa.net                                    30-Oct-99 23:16:28
  To: All                                               30-Oct-99 21:22:10
Subj: FREE MONEY just for being online! YOU get paid! No investment needed!  

From: vxuxqz@usa.net

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From: nospam@nospam.com                                 29-Oct-99 15:49:15
  To: All                                               31-Oct-99 05:35:14
Subj: Re: OS2, NT or Linux

From: nospam@nospam.com

On Sun, 17 Oct 1999 16:32:21, letoured@nospam.net wrote:

> <99078729@brookes.ac.uk> said:
> 
> >You can pretty much forget os2.... support for that operating system is
> >dropping.
The problem is that there are currently no real alternatives. I've 
installed and used windows nt 4 and most recently BeOS 4.5, they are 
no match for OS/2 Warp 4.

> And that is why IBM has been releasing Fixpaks for years now? Not to
> mention server editions, etc. -- The real bottome line is that OS2 is
> still more advanced the Winoze anything. 
> 
> If you want to play games -- go windows. 
> If you want to get work done -- go OS2.
> If you want to be first with a system that still takes work -- go Linux.
Great summary. I'll just point out that if you want a decent looking, 
object-based, consistent and extensible GUI there's only one option 
out there, and that's of course OS/2's WPS. Also the help available in
the system, even through installation, beats windows, not to mention 
the BeOS. Linux is a unix and is as such not designed with a simple to
use or powerful GUI in mind (it's power is based on the command line 
and GUI comes from addons like X, which you can run under OS/2 if 
you'd like or need).

-
Magnus Olsson

"Nothing in the affairs of men is worthy of great anxiety."
 - Plato

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From: nospam@nospam.com                                 29-Oct-99 15:49:16
  To: All                                               31-Oct-99 05:35:14
Subj: Re: OS2, NT or Linux

From: <nospam@nospam.com>

On Fri, 15 Oct 1999 05:44:00, "Bones" <oskib@hotmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks everyone for all of your valuable input. I must say that after
> reading everything I am TERRIFIED about actually trying to install any of
> the Win98 alternatives. It seems that so much can go wrong, I can just
> imagine hours and hours of frustrations. Perhaps waiting for Win2k is the
> best bet. I just really hate Win98. I just got this computer and I started
> getting the predictable crashes already. I used NT for a while on another
> system and it crashed as well, but at least when an application crashed, it
> didn't usually bring the whole operating system down with it.
> 
> I would like to switch to OS2 or Linux, but I don't have the technical
Learn about all the short-comings of OS/2 and see if they affect you, 
if not then choose OS/2. Some short-comings like poor unicode support 
will not be avoided by choosing linux, go with a professional unix, 
windows NT or the BeOS for this specific functionality. More native 
software is definitely available for linux, but OS/2 can run X and 
also win3.1 and win32s apps as well as DOS. The native software 
situation for OS/2 has improved a lot in recent years, and there are 
now at least two office suites (Star Office and Lotus Smartsuite), 
Communicator, and a feature rich news reader ProNews/2 (said to be the
best of all platforms). 

-
Magnus Olsson

"Nothing in the affairs of men is worthy of great anxiety."
 - Plato

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From: ows@netcom.ca                                     29-Oct-99 14:52:23
  To: All                                               31-Oct-99 05:35:14
Subj: Re: ThinkPad 600E & 3Com 3C589 PCMCIA  *PROBLEMS*

From: ows@netcom.ca (Orest Skrypuch)

Hello Meinolf,

You were on the right track, sort of.

I discovered the problem at 6:20pm on Thurs and jumped up yelling 
eureka! <g> I WAS clothed unlike Arcimedes.

The problem is that virtually all of the IRQs are by default assigned,
RMview DOES NOT recognize this, and misled me.

I discovered it when I loaded the IBM thinkpad utilites program, it 
told me so when I tried changing the PCMCIA settings. I hadn't loaded 
the utilities program before because it is just a little too big to 
transfer by floppy - and I was waiting to get the network interface 
working!

Kind of a Catch /22, a bit of Irony. So it is all fixed up.

Thanks for the reply.


On Thu, 28 Oct 1999 23:58:43, Meinolf Sondermann <merlins@ibm.net> 
wrote:

> ust a guess:
> If you're using it in a docking station, give it at first a try 
> without the dock, or at least use the slots in the thinkpad itself
> and not the dock's ones.
>  
> Why ?
> Well, there is a known problem with 3com PCI networks cards and the
> TP 600E in a dock, where the 3com driver can access 8 PCI busses
> numberd 0 to 7, The 600E ( and just this machine ) assigns the number
> 8 to the bus in the dock. Maybe PCMCIA is a similar case.
> 

* Orest

          ~~~
ows |at| netcom |dot| ca

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From: joehenley@worldnet.att.net                        29-Oct-99 11:05:16
  To: gail.koontz@quancon.com                           31-Oct-99 05:35:15
Subj: Re: Adding Peer to WARP 4

To: Gail Koontz <gail.koontz@quancon.com>
From: "Joseph O. Henley" <joehenley@worldnet.att.net>

Gail,

I think the locked disk/not enough space issues are resolved by making
sure your IFS statement is first in your Config.sys file.

Relative to the rest of your question, I clipped the following, rather
long, note from the Voice "tips" section.  Perhaps it will help you. 
Good luck.

Joe
================================
Feb 25, 1998, Having problems installing Peer networking on OS/2? Here
is a post from Daniel M. Pomerantz, on
comp.os.os2.bugs:

I posted a problem with the PEERINST program last week. With the help of
others, I was able to manually
install/copy the files and I created instructions for others who
experience this bug. Please feel free to critisize these
and to change them, as long as you note which changes were made by you,
or you inform me of the changes so that
I can make them and feel good about putting something out there with my
name on it. I am going to upload this to
hobbes, and hopefully it will sit there. Please feel free to direct
others to these instructions, or to post these yourself.
I hope to continually monitor this newsgroup, but if I don't, or if I
miss a message on the same topic, please help
others, and thank you all who helped me on my problem.

Daniel M. Pomerantz

GENERAL DISCLAIMER:
I MAKE NO GUARENTEE THAT THIS WILL WORK, OR NOT BREAK ANY COMPUTER. THIS
IS
WHAT I DID ON MY OS/2 WARP 4 (NO FIXPAK) COMPUTER, AND I HAVE BEEN ABLE
TO USE
THE PEER SERVICES ON IT WITHOUT PROBLEM. THIS PROCESS IS NOT FOR THE
SQUEEMISH
AND SHOULD ONLY BE PERFORMED BY SOME ONE WHO KNOWS WHAT HE/SHE IS DOING
AND HIS/HER WAY AROUND AN OS/2 SYSTEM, AND ITS NETWORKING COMPONENTS.
PLEASE
BE CAREFUL. I MAKE NO GUARENTEES, BUT IF ANY ONE HAS ANY PROBLEMS OR
QUESTIONS, FEEL FREE TO ASK. IF I KNOW THE ANSWER, I SHALL DO MY BEST TO
GET IT TO
YOU. ELSE, I SUGGEST YOU CONSULT ANOTHER SOURCE. ONES WHICH I HAVE FOUND
USEFUL ARE THE #OS/2 AND OS/2WARP CHANNELS ON EFNET IRC, AND THE
COMP.OS.OS2.NETWORKING.MISC NEWSGROUP ON USENET.

Daniel M. Pomerantz
hole@nfocomm.com

1) The first step is to unzip the files. On the WARP4 installation CD,
go to the directory \CID\IMG\IBMPEER.
You will find sub-directories named IBM100R? where ? is 1 through 5.
Copy each of those onto a hard drive
directory. I used C:\NETTEMP. Then go into each of those five
directories on the hard drive and unzip EVERY zip
file. There may be one coflict. error.txt, just overwrite that. After
they are all unzipped, delete all of the zip files. This
is not NEEDED, but will help save space. Also, in the IBM100R1
directory, delete the other files which are in the
root of that directory. Again, they are not needed. When you are
finished, each of the five directories will have one
or more of the following sub-directories in it:

IBMLAN
MUGLIB
OS2

Consolidate all of those into one tree. There are likely to be
conflicts, but from what I can tell, all of the conflicts are
the exact same files and can be over written. I used a Norton Commander
clone to make it easier, but you can do
what you choose. I also moved instead of copiing to save time and space.

2) This step is not required, but I do suggest it. Install the latest
FixPak to the new tree of files. It will pick it up as a
complete installation and do what it needs.

3) If you have not already done so, install any other components of your
networking, especially MPTN and the
IBMCOM components which are required. With these you will install and
bind the neccessary NIC drivers and
bind the neccessary protocols (NetBEUI or TCPBEUI) to them. None of the
files installed by these utils will need
to be edited except for your config.sys.

4) Create the following directories on your Boot Partion: \IBMLAN and
\MUGLIB. Copy (or move) the complete
directory trees that you just made of the same name and updated to those
directories (xcopy /s/e). The OS2
directory from the tree you just made will also have to be copied. It
should have three subdirectories in it (DLL,
HELP, and INSTALL). Simply copy the contents of those directories to the
directories of the same name under
\OS2 on your boot partition.

5) Make the following changes to your config.sys

Add the following paths to the beginning of your LIBPATH statement:
C:\MUGLIB\DLL;C:\IBMLAN\NETLIB

Add the following paths to your PATH statement right before any
references to C:\OS2:
C:\IBMLAN\NETPROG;C:\MUGLIB

Add the following paths to your DPATH statement right before any
references to C:\OS2:
C:\IBMLAN\NETPROG;C:\IBMLAN;C:\MUGLIB

Find one or more of the following statemements in your config.sys:

DEVICE=C:\IBMCOM\PROTOCOL\TCPBEUI.OS2
DEVICE=C:\IBMCOM\PROTOCOL\NETBEUI.OS2
DEVICE=C:\IBMCOM\PROTOCOL\NETBIOS.OS2

Ensure that the NETBIOS.OS2 line comes AFTER either of the other two.
Add the following lines after it:

REM ********************START IBMLAN *******************************
DEVICE=C:\IBMLAN\NETPROG\RDRHELP.200
IFS=C:\IBMLAN\NETPROG\NETWKSTA.200 /I:C:\IBMLAN /N
RUN=C:\IBMLAN\NETPROG\LSDAEMON.EXE
DEVICE=C:\IBMLAN\NETPROG\VNETAPI.OS2
RUN=C:\IBMLAN\NETPROG\VNRMINIT.EXE
SET NWDBPATH=C:\IBMLAN\NETPROG
SET DLSINI=C:\IBMLAN\NETPROG\NETGUI.INI
SET INIT_FILE_NAMES=netgui
SET INIT_FILE_RANGES=200
SET WPS_COMMUNICATION=YES
REM *********************END IBMLAN**********************************

6) Create the following directories on your boot partition:

\IBMLAN\ACOUNTS
\IBMLAN\USERS

7) Copy the file \IBMLAN\INSTALL\NET.ACC to C:\IBMLAN\ACCOUNTS\NET.ACC

8) Create the file C:\IBMLAN\IBMLAN.INI or copy a previously created
one. For a sample file and advice on
what all the settings mean, consult the INF files.

9) Reboot the computer and it should work. Typing LOGON will start the
requester service and prompt you for a
logon. The default is "USERID" and "PASSWORD" Once logged on, MUGACCTS
will allow you to create and
change accounts (as will NET USER), and UPMCSET will need to be used in
order to use long group and uid
names if you have an HPFS drive. The WPS icons and other extensions will
not be created, but I have not found
them required. If any one is interested in creating a REXX script to
create these icons/extensions, please let me
know. Also, if any one is interested in a REXX script which will do this
automatically, please let me know.
===============


Gail Koontz wrote:
> 
> I need to install peer services on my computer, and I definitely don't want
to reinstall WARP 4 to do it. I've
> already tried once and run into the problem with processing locked files. I
have some long LIBPATH and
> PATH statements, so this is likely to be the problem. I've installed peer on 
an alternate OS/2 partition so
> that I could see what was added to CONFIG.SYS. Is either of these approaches 
likely to work and be
> relatively safe?
> 
> (1) Save the current CONFIG.SYS. Temporarily remove enough references in the 
long statements to get
> them below 256 characters. Boot with that and just don't start anything
likely to use the removed entries.
> Run the selective install. Add the removed entries back to the new
CONFIG.SYS.
> 
> (2) Create empty directories for the entries that would be added by the
selective install (\IBMLAN\NETLIB,
> \IBMLAN\NETPROG, etc.) and insert the necessary references to them in
CONFIG.SYS, making sure that
> they fall within the first 256 characters of the statements they are added
to. Run selective install.
> 
> And in the second case, would I have to insert stuff only in the PATH, etc.
statements that already exist, or
> would I have to add the new statements too (DEVICE=, RUN=, etc.)?
> 
> Grateful, as usual, for any help!
> 
> Gail Koontz             Retired in my home state
> 836 Mallard Rd.          . . . and loving it!
> Cocoa, FL 32926 gail.koontz@quancon.com

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From: donnelly@tampabay.rr.com                          29-Oct-99 16:19:17
  To: All                                               31-Oct-99 05:35:15
Subj: Re: Lexmark Optra 40

From: donnelly@tampabay.rr.com (Buddy Donnelly)

On Thu, 28 Oct 1999 23:57:24, ecmille@ibm.net (Ted Miller) a Úcrit dans un 
message:
> I was hoping someone who has actual experience with this printer would 
> have responded so I could have a direct comparison.
> 
> 
> :>> Would adding more memory to
> :>> the base 4 megs speed up the processing?

I will just about guarantee you'll see the difference immediately. I popped
in an old 16MB in mine and the performance jumped, and so far I don't feel 
the need to increase it again.


> 
> Am I to understand that if a print job produces postscript output that is
> greater than 4 megs per page the printer won't print? I picture a process
> something like this:
>      -an order is given to print a file
>      -The file is dumped to the spooler

No, first the application that does the printing sends the data file to the
Printer Driver, based on settings in the Printer Object.

You can speed up bottlenecks that occur at this stage by changing your 
CONFIG.SYS setting to:

SET PRINTMONBUF=1512,134,134 (for instance, if your printer is on parallel 
port LPT1) or even
SET PRINTMONBUF=2048,134,134
if you've got plenty of RAM and do a lot of printing. (I do both and have 
2048.)


>      -The printer driver produces postscript output which is dumped to the
> printer's memory
>      -when a page is recieved into printer memory, the printer begins to
print

No, the PS data stream has to be composed into a page of rasterized output 
first. That's where the builtin printer memory becomes useful. If there's 
not enough printer memory, the job has to be rasterized piecemeal and this 
makes it very very slow.

Some color pages might take 4 minutes. I haven't timed it, and wouldn't be 
shocked if I had to wait 4 minutes for color output. I've worked with 
larger printers where we all went to lunch after sending the job to the 
printer, and sometimes it was still cranking the paper feed when we got 
back.

The Optra 40 uses "photo quality" ink cartridges if you want to do 
hexacolor, and I haven't gotten those to try out. I would be willing to bet
everything gets much slower when they're being used.


> 
> I guess I will contact Lexmark and see what driver they suggest for PCL
mode.

Use the Lexmark Optra Color 1200 driver, inside the PCL5 package. I don't 
know why IBM or Lexmark didn't show a separate Color 40 driver, but this 
one works the same.

PCL is good for speed, especially if you try, whenever you can, to use the 
built in printer fonts for your copy, or at least for drafts. Lexmark has 
TrueType versions of the printer fonts on the install CD, and if you 
install these in OS/2 you can select them for screen fonts, but the printer
will make use of its internal copies of these for printing. Much faster.

I bought the Optra 40 specifically to proof color PostScript files, 
however, and rely on a 1-color laser for my big text outputs.

If you can't find the drivers write to me and I'll mail you what I'm using.

Good luck,

Buddy

Buddy Donnelly
donnelly@tampabay.rr.com


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From: donnelly@tampabay.rr.com                          29-Oct-99 15:58:27
  To: All                                               31-Oct-99 05:35:15
Subj: Re: Help:  Warp 4 TCPIP can't find DNS

From: donnelly@tampabay.rr.com (Buddy Donnelly)

On Thu, 28 Oct 1999 11:10:01, Sushenjit Bandyopadhyay <bandyo@wam.umd.edu> 
a Úcrit dans un message:

> I recently installed Warp 4 over Warp 3.  I have no background on 
> networking in general and TCPIP in particular.  I have just a dialup 
> connection to my ISP and no network cards.  I just want to connect to 
> the internet, POP server etc.
> 
> The problem:  the system works fine after booting.  I can dial my ISP 
> and everything works.  After a few days of running and dialing and 
> disconnecting, One day the dial up suddenly can't find the DNS.  The 
> RESOLV file seems fine.  A reboot corrects the problem.
> 
> Normally netstat -a shows this:
> 
> [E:\]netstat -a
> addr       128.8.22.108 interface 10 mask ffff0000  broadcast       
> 128.8.3.102
> 
> addr          127.0.0.1 interface 0 mask ff000000  broadcast          
> 127.0.0.1
> 
> but once this problem occurs netstat -a adds another line on top with 
> IP address 0.0.0.0.  (Sorry I don't have the exact line with me.)
> 
> What is causing this?  How can I correct it?
> 
> The system: Warp 4 FP 12, TCPIP 4.0 with latest fixes from WarpUp CD.  
> No network card.  I am dialing with DOIP and the rexx script, PPPDial. 

If you use the InJoy dialer (highly recommended for plenty of other 
reasons) it will manage DNS assignments for you. But OS/2 looks at a file 
named RESOLV2, not RESOLV. DOS tcpip apps and functions look for RESOLV, by
the way.

Just copy RESOLV to RESOLV2 and as long as it is in the right form and 
located in \MPTN\ETC you'll be in good shape. Probably.

Good luck,

Buddy

Buddy Donnelly
donnelly@tampabay.rr.com


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From: Valheru@guesswhere.com                            29-Oct-99 16:05:12
  To: All                                               31-Oct-99 05:35:15
Subj: Re: Wesb Boot

From: "Valheru" <Valheru@guesswhere.com>

Thanks, Happy Halloween by the way. I thought that IBM would want me to buy
it all over again and I don't feel like dropping another 1000. Good info to
know :D


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From: bandyo@wam.umd.edu                                29-Oct-99 15:37:24
  To: All                                               31-Oct-99 05:35:15
Subj: Re: Help: Warp 4 TCPIP can't find DNS

From: Sushenjit Bandyopadhyay <bandyo@wam.umd.edu>

Thank you Buddy for your response.  I have narrowed down the problem a
little bit but I am nowhere near the solution.

I checked resolv2 and it is fine.  The problem is elsewhere I think.
This trouble with DNS arises only after I use a cmd file that calls
Post-Road-Mailer email program.  This progarm tries to connect to the
POP server and if there is no internet connetion, it calls DOIP.  
Unfortunately I can't reproduce it.  It happened twice this morning 
but since then the connection seems fine.

I think when there is no connection, something is trying to connect
to a nonexistent LAN or some such thing.  The clue is in 0.0.0.0 that
I find after this happens:

[E:\]netstat -a
addr     0.0.0.0 interface 10 mask 0  broadcast  0.0.0.0
addr     128.8.22.5 interface 10 mask ffff0000  broadcast 128.8.3.101
addr     127.0.0.1 interface 0 mask ff000000  broadcast 127.0.0.1

Could someone tell me where that 0.0.0.0 comes from?

Thanks.

Sushenjit


>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

On 10-29-99, 3:58:55 PM, donnelly@tampabay.rr.com (Buddy Donnelly)
wrote regarding Re: Help: Warp 4 TCPIP can't find DNS:


> On Thu, 28 Oct 1999 11:10:01, Sushenjit Bandyopadhyay
<bandyo@wam.umd.edu>
> a ?crit dans un message:

> > I recently installed Warp 4 over Warp 3.  I have no background on
> > networking in general and TCPIP in particular.  I have just a dialup
> > connection to my ISP and no network cards.  I just want to connect to
> > the internet, POP server etc.
> >
> > The problem:  the system works fine after booting.  I can dial my ISP
> > and everything works.  After a few days of running and dialing and
> > disconnecting, One day the dial up suddenly can't find the DNS.  The
> > RESOLV file seems fine.  A reboot corrects the problem.
> >
> > Normally netstat -a shows this:
> >
> > [E:\]netstat -a
> > addr       128.8.22.108 interface 10 mask ffff0000  broadcast
> > 128.8.3.102
> >
> > addr          127.0.0.1 interface 0 mask ff000000  broadcast
> > 127.0.0.1
> >
> > but once this problem occurs netstat -a adds another line on top with
> > IP address 0.0.0.0.  (Sorry I don't have the exact line with me.)
> >
> > What is causing this?  How can I correct it?
> >
> > The system: Warp 4 FP 12, TCPIP 4.0 with latest fixes from WarpUp CD.
> > No network card.  I am dialing with DOIP and the rexx script, PPPDial.

> If you use the InJoy dialer (highly recommended for plenty of other
> reasons) it will manage DNS assignments for you. But OS/2 looks at a
file
> named RESOLV2, not RESOLV. DOS tcpip apps and functions look for
RESOLV, by
> the way.

> Just copy RESOLV to RESOLV2 and as long as it is in the right form and
> located in \MPTN\ETC you'll be in good shape. Probably.

> Good luck,

> Buddy

> Buddy Donnelly
> donnelly@tampabay.rr.com



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From: ames@deltrak.demon.co.uk                          31-Oct-99 01:11:00
  To: All                                               31-Oct-99 05:35:15
Subj: Re: Wesb Boot

From: ames@deltrak.demon.co.uk (Andrew Stephenson)

In article <19991030.1907.28711snz@dsl.co.uk>
	   bhk@dsl.co.uk "Brian {Hamilton Kelly}" writes:

> [...]  All binaries were moved into these sub-hierarchies about
> 5--6 years ago to allow sysadmins readily to decide whether or
> not to accept binary postings, without having to work on a
> group-by-group basis.  [...]

And some ISPs use the fact of a group being a *.binaries.* to set
its expiry period shorter than other groups, so as to free up ISP
storage ASAP.
--
Andrew Stephenson

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From: khalsa@attglobal.net                              30-Oct-99 21:27:25
  To: All                                               31-Oct-99 05:35:15
Subj: Win95 prog in Winos2 ini 

From: Satnam Singh <khalsa@attglobal.net>

How do you prevent Win95 stuff on a FAT drive from interfering with a
Warp Winos2 installation?

I did a fresh install of Warp 3 Connect blue spine on my G drive.   I
had fits getting Winos2 to work because Win95 stuff (my C drive) was
recognized and incorporated into the Winos2 Win.ini file, especially
(dozens of lines) in the embedding section.   A few lines as an example:

[embedding]
;AVIFile=Movie Clip (AVI),Movie Clip (AVI),C:\WINDOWS\mplayer.exe
/avi,picture
;midfile=MIDI Sequence,MIDI Sequence,C:\WINDOWS\mplayer.exe /mid,picture

;mplayer=Media Clip,Media Clip,C:\WINDOWS\mplayer.exe,picture
;Paint.Picture=Bitmap Image,Bitmap
Image,C:\Progra~1\Access~1\MSPAINT.EXE,picture
;WangImage.Document=Image Document,Image
Document,C:\WINDOWS\WangImg.Exe,picture
;Wordpad.Document.1=WordPad Document,WordPad
;Document,C:\PROGRA~1\ACCESS~1\WORDPAD.EXE,picture

Winos2 wouldn't load: "Dos exception:23," or "wrong version of Dos."
Upon figuring it out, I went through the ini files searching on "C:" and
remming those lines (maybe 60-80 lines).  I wonder if somethings that
should have been picked up from Winos2 on my G drive were preempted by
the nonsense it incorporated from the Win95 on the C drive.

I thought of hiding the C drive and reinstalling, but that would change
the drive letter assignments.  I could hide it, create a tiny empty
partition, as to recreate the original drive letters temporarily, then
delete the dummy partition, unhide the Win95 partition (the miracle of
Partition Magic), but that seems extreme.  Any other ideas?  Isn't there
a normal, simple approach I'm missing?

Also, I've installed a lot of fixpacks and OS/2 programs in the past few
days since the fresh install; could I selective uninstall Winos2 and
selective install again without messing with OS/2?


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From: rsteiner@visi.com                                 30-Oct-99 20:50:09
  To: All                                               31-Oct-99 05:35:15
Subj: Re: US West DSL Modems?

From: rsteiner@visi.com (Richard Steiner)

Here in comp.os.os2.setup.misc, jbrush@aros.net spake unto us, saying:

>It seems that I can finally get high speed access from my home, but US
>West refuses to provide support or even information to anyone who uses
>OS/2 (or *nix for that matter)

The internet provider "uswest.net" owned by USWest  has policies which
tend to favor the majority platforms, yes, but the USWest folks who are
maintaining the ADSL connection don't care one way or the other.

Just use USWest's ADSL and use another (more open-minded) ISP.

>The modems they provide are Cisco 675 which needs a 3Com NIC, and a
>Cisco 605 internal

It's my understanding that drivers for the 675 are only available for
Windows flavors.

However, the 675 will work with *any* 10BaseT NIC (I use it with the
NE2000 clone I have in my firewall box).

>I am just wondering if anyone has come up against this combo, or has any
>ideas or theories about whether this service can be made to work with
>OS/2 in spite of the severe predjudice shown by US Worst??

USWest's ADSL works just fine with OS/2.  The potential for problems
lies with the specific ISP you choose to use.

>If it comes down to it, I suppose I could set up my son's W95 machine and
>then network to it from my Warp system. If I use the networked external
>modem, US Worst says I can share it, but I don't quite grasp how that
>would be done. I need a NIC in my OS/2 machine as well, and then a hub
>or whatever to get to the W95 machine?

I use a Linux box (and IP masquerading) to distribute the one internet
connection to several boxes.  I believe Injoy has something similar,
but don't know how well that applies to a dedicated LAN connection.

>Any thoughts or comments would be most welcome. My phone lines don't even
>support 56K, so having just moved here, I lost even that speed and now
>have trouble getting past 26.4K 

Has USWest verified that your phone line is DSL-capable?

-- 
   -Rich Steiner  >>>--->  rsteiner@visi.com  >>>---> Bloomington, MN
     OS/2 + BeOS + Linux + Solaris + Win95 + WinNT4 + FreeBSD + DOS
      + VMWare + Fusion + vMac + Executor = PC Hobbyist Heaven! :-)
              "I didn't expect the Spanish Inquisition!"

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From: donnelly@tampabay.rr.com                          31-Oct-99 03:20:16
  To: All                                               31-Oct-99 06:30:21
Subj: Re: Wesb Boot

From: donnelly@tampabay.rr.com (Buddy Donnelly)

On Fri, 29 Oct 1999 20:05:25, "Valheru" <Valheru@guesswhere.com> a Úcrit 
dans un message:

> Thanks, Happy Halloween by the way. I thought that IBM would want me to buy
> it all over again and I don't feel like dropping another 1000. Good info to
> know :D

IBM, for all their corporate faults, are beautiful on this issue. We had a 
Warp4 CD that was unreadable and they overnighted a fresh one to us without
even taking the (expected) time to get us to fax them proof of ownership.

Good luck,

Buddy

Buddy Donnelly
donnelly@tampabay.rr.com


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From: donnelly@tampabay.rr.com                          31-Oct-99 03:16:00
  To: All                                               31-Oct-99 06:30:21
Subj: Re: Lexmark Optra 40

From: donnelly@tampabay.rr.com (Buddy Donnelly)

On Sat, 30 Oct 1999 00:59:34, ecmille@ibm.net (Ted Miller) a Úcrit dans un 
message:

> 
> Will any 72 pin Simm work or does the simm have to have a certain speed? And
> to think that I gave away a couple of 16 meg simms when I upgraded my
computer
> memory.

Every oddball SIMMs I have works, for whatever that's worth. (I still have 
the 16MB strip I paid $480 for, actually, and it doesn't work any better 
than the "comes with" junk I've accumulated since.)


> 
> I've always had this setting (2048) in my config.sys.

It's worth playing with, especially on <64MB systems, I think. I've had 
configurations where 512 worked just about identically to anything larger.

> 
> I haven't felt the need to try photo quality. I am more than satisfied with
> the standard 600 DPI output.

It's pretty darned good, and for my purposes, just proofing PS output to 
make sure I haven't left out something glaring, it's extremely 
cost-effective. Smooth paper adds plenty of extra quality.

> 
> I just heard back from Lexmark and they suggested the HP 1600c

Hm. Did you talk to a real OS/2 person at Lexmark? They've got at least one
who really knows his stuff.

Anyway, I've used the Optra Color 1200 and haven't had a single problem 
with it.


> 
> :>
> :>If you can't find the drivers write to me and I'll mail you what I'm
using.
> :>
> 
> No need. I already have the PCL5 drivers installed but thanks for the kind
> offer.

There are differences between the IBM and Lexmark sourced drivers, by the 
way. They don't use compatible (comparable, that is) version numbers, so 
it's a matter of installing the driver and seeing that it works for you. 
That's been true of their PCL5 drivers for the nearly 4 years I've used a 
Lexmark laser.



> 
> BTW what basdev print driver are you using - The standard print01.sys or the
> bidi driver par1284.sys. Do you think the bidi driver should help
performance?
> I have tried both (currently using the bidi driver) and don't really notice
> much difference other than not being able to use the markvision utility with
> print01.sys. If you are using the bidi driver what mode is the output port
in?
> Mine is in nibble. 

For some reason I can't make BIDI work in WSeB, so I'm back to using 
PRINT01.SYS in flat polled action (no /IRQ, in other words.) The standard 
add-on BIDI package doesn't give me BIDI, the WSeB BIDI option doesn't work
as BIDI, and it ain't hardware because I can boot into Win98 without a 
single change and it sees the BIDI printer and drives it just fine. It's 
possible some resource is impinging on my DMA 3 assignment but I haven't 
found the OS/2 tools to track it down.


Good luck,

Buddy

Buddy Donnelly
donnelly@tampabay.rr.com


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From: nospam_evr@spam.net                               30-Oct-99 22:33:28
  To: All                                               31-Oct-99 06:30:21
Subj: Re: Win95 prog in Winos2 ini

From: "/2 User" <nospam_evr@spam.net>

On Sat, 30 Oct 1999 21:27:51 -0400, Satnam Singh wrote:

>How do you prevent Win95 stuff on a FAT drive from interfering with a
>Warp Winos2 installation?
>
>I did a fresh install of Warp 3 Connect blue spine on my G drive.   I
>had fits getting Winos2 to work because Win95 stuff (my C drive) was
>recognized and incorporated into the Winos2 Win.ini file, especially
>(dozens of lines) in the embedding section.   A few lines as an example:

When you select Win-OS2 from install, use the advanced method, and select,
install standard Win-OS2 desktop.
Uninstall your current Win-OS2 and try again, be sure to delete any thing
that is left behind in the Win-OS2 directory.


~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"I tend to stay away from the Advocacy groups to avoid the WindTrolls"
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


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From: ecmille@ibm.net                                   31-Oct-99 05:06:16
  To: All                                               31-Oct-99 06:30:21
Subj: Re: Lexmark Optra 40

From: ecmille@ibm.net (Ted Miller)

In message <381E1844.B17D2CF1@ibm.net> - Douglas Houck <houck@ibm.net> writes:
:>
:>I also recently purchased an Optra40 and installed a 16 meg ram chip,
:>that I got from another Optra45.  I haven't had time to compare the 4
:>vs. 16 meg but here are my impressions.
:>
:>In printing a text page the response is much faster than my Lexmark
:>5700.  I have close to immediate control of the computer.  When printing
:>a graphic, I've noticed the same thing you have; a long, long amount of
:>blinking light before it finally prints.  It almost seemed that I needed
:>to send another print job to get the first one out.  (I need to contact
:>Lexmark on this).  I have my PRINTMONFBUF set to 2048.  The printing of
:>graphics is simply slower than the Lexmark 5700.  This is also true for
:>NT4.  I've only tried graphics at 1200 dpi so I can't say if there is
:>any improvement if I use the normal 600 dpi setting.
:>
:>I'll try the PCL5 driver and see what happens.
:>

Hello Douglas

Thanks for the feedback. As soon as i find out exactly what kind of SIMM this
printer needs I will be installing another 16 megs. I did try the PCL5 driver
but didn't notice a signifigant increase in performance and the Postscript
driver seemed to give better output. Also I got errors when trying to print
from Netscape so I have since deleted the PCL5 printer object.

I did get feedback from another owner who told me that it took him about half
the time to print the same graphic file as I did and he had 20 megs installed.
It was a jpg picture printed at 600 dpi through PMview (2.5 minutes vs my
aprox 5 minutes). At least there is no slowdown on the system unlike the 3200
I had before.

Overall I am much happier with this printer than with the 3200

Ted Miller
ecmille@ibm.net

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From: pjarvinsquiglyaattglobal.net                      31-Oct-99 14:31:11
  To: All                                               31-Oct-99 06:30:21
Subj: Minstall broken

From: pjarvinsquiglyaattglobal.net

Hi all,

    After a reinstall of Warp 4 and fp12 I now have a broken
minstall. When I start the program and select a feature to 
install, the minstall screen freezes and I have to kill the
process with WatchCat. The result is that it is a really
time consuming job to install any multimedia programs.

I have tried using the original minstall as well as the fp9
version with the same results.

Any ideas on how to fix it?


Paul Jarvinen 
-----------------------------------------------------------
pjarvin@attglobal.net
-----------------------------------------------------------

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From: lsunley@mb.sympatico.ca                           31-Oct-99 05:42:18
  To: All                                               31-Oct-99 06:30:21
Subj: Re: Minstall broken

From: lsunley@mb.sympatico.ca (Lorne Sunley)

On Sun, 31 Oct 1999 19:31:22, pjarvinsquiglyaattglobal.net wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
>     After a reinstall of Warp 4 and fp12 I now have a broken
> minstall. When I start the program and select a feature to 
> install, the minstall screen freezes and I have to kill the
> process with WatchCat. The result is that it is a really
> time consuming job to install any multimedia programs.
> 
> I have tried using the original minstall as well as the fp9
> version with the same results.
> 
> Any ideas on how to fix it?

When the screen displays with the list of modules to install
move it to the right hand side of the desktop so that a 
portion of it is off the screen.

When you press the "Install" button the dialog box
that continues the install will display properly.

Lorne Sunley

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From: pjarvinsquiglyaattglobal.net                      31-Oct-99 16:07:24
  To: All                                               31-Oct-99 06:30:21
Subj: Re: Minstall broken

From: pjarvinsquiglyaattglobal.net

In <qpkdVVNoMoTk-pn2-BgN1R7CeWnUP@tcpserver>, on 10/31/99 
   at 05:42 AM, lsunley@mb.sympatico.ca (Lorne Sunley) said:

>On Sun, 31 Oct 1999 19:31:22, pjarvinsquiglyaattglobal.net wrote:

>> Hi all,
>> 
>>     After a reinstall of Warp 4 and fp12 I now have a broken
>> minstall. When I start the program and select a feature to 
>> install, the minstall screen freezes and I have to kill the
>> process with WatchCat. The result is that it is a really
>> time consuming job to install any multimedia programs.
>> 
>> I have tried using the original minstall as well as the fp9
>> version with the same results.
>> 
>> Any ideas on how to fix it?

>When the screen displays with the list of modules to install move it to
>the right hand side of the desktop so that a 
>portion of it is off the screen.

>When you press the "Install" button the dialog box
>that continues the install will display properly.

>Lorne Sunley

Thanks for the reply,

Tried it, but still no install.

Paul Jarvinen
-----------------------------------------------------------
pjarvin@attglobal.net
-----------------------------------------------------------

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From: jong.sachs@freeserve.com                          31-Oct-99 06:48:17
  To: All                                               31-Oct-99 06:30:21
Subj: Re: OS/2 Warp Boot Diskettes And Novell Netware

From: "barney" <jong.sachs@freeserve.com>

The ring speed and card were verified using Lanaid.

I took the advice of Meinolf and have now got ODI2NDI talking to the ring
using IPX only. The only problem I really have now is that I would like to
use the MAC Address on the cards rather than a specific Netaddress.
When you configure Netware Requester and IEE8.02 using MPTS ( old LAPS) and
leave the Netaddress field
blank it defaults to FFFFFFFFFFFF and obviously will not insert into the
ring.

I have looked on various sites including IBM/NOVELL/MADGE etc to no avail.
If you can help then that would be excellent. If not then my thanks for
getting me this far.

Cheers

barney wrote in message <7vae4j$h4$1@news5.svr.pol.co.uk>...
>I have just recently built warp boot diskettes. In this case I have managed
>to get the boot diskettes to be netware aware. The problem is that on boot
>when loading the Token.sys( IBM ISA Adapter Auto 16/4 Card ) it will only
>connect at a ring speed of 4meg. This is despite the fact that the ring is
>running at 16meg.
>I forgot to mention that there are only two diskettes in the boot sequence.
>
>I am running Warp 4 fixpak 10 with Novell requester 4.2 with OS2PT1 as the
>latest patch.  Any ideas ?
>
>Cheers
>
>


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From: nenad@my-deja.com                                 31-Oct-99 09:16:10
  To: All                                               31-Oct-99 10:32:26
Subj: Re: How to speed up mouse in OS/2?

From: Nenad Milenkovic <nenad@my-deja.com>

  tvoltagg@home.com wrote:

> I tried to find this on Hobbes and couldn't.  Can you tell me the
> name of the compressed file

Search for mouspd.zip.

Nenad


Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy.

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From: davidb@magicnet.net                               01-Nov-99 00:15:03
  To: All                                               31-Oct-99 22:05:18
Subj: Re: FP-11/12, Networking, TCP/IP & StarOffice

From: davidb@magicnet.net

In <wtrgfbvnapfvpbz.fkh22o0.pminews@news.compuserve.com>, "John Getsoian"
<jgetsoian@csi.com> writes:
>On Sat, 30 Oct 1999 13:56:35 GMT, davidb@magicnet.net wrote:
>
>>I found a solution by Network->Network Services->Lan Services
Admin->(Your)Domain->User Accounts->(Tab) Assignments you can set the
connections to become active.
>
>David;
>
>Are you running warp server or did you install the extra
>administrative options when you installed peer? - I have no such
>objects in the network folder here. (FP10, 8407, 8610)
>
>
>regards;
>-john getsoian
>(jgetsoian@csi.com)
>
>
My apologies to all ...  I am running on a small Lan Server so I have LS
Administrator.

Oops ...  :-|

David

davidb@magicnet.net

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From: donnelly@tampabay.rr.com                          01-Nov-99 00:23:08
  To: All                                               31-Oct-99 22:05:18
Subj: Re: Lexmark Optra 40

From: donnelly@tampabay.rr.com (Buddy Donnelly)

On Sun, 31 Oct 1999 22:49:48, donnelly@tampabay.rr.com (Buddy Donnelly) a 
Úcrit dans un message:
sniptorized
> I just tear off a Printer template panel to create mine. Lexmarks come with
> an OS/2 install utility that handles this stuff pretty nicely, by the way. 
> It's also downloadable from their website, as:

(nothing useful there)

(so clip down to)

> ftp://ftp.lexmark.com/pub/driver/printer_utilities/mvos3xde.exe

Which is the utility I meant to point to but bad proofreading (sloppy 
workhabits all around, today) left it out.

Sorry.

Good luck,

Buddy

Buddy Donnelly
donnelly@tampabay.rr.com


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From: mipri@gmx.net                                     31-Oct-99 22:38:14
  To: All                                               31-Oct-99 22:05:18
Subj: Re: Shooting an elephant... Re: Warp registration popup

From: "Michael Prinzing" <mipri@gmx.net>

On Sun, 31 Oct 1999 16:17:17 GMT, ten@rumms.uni-mannheim.de wrote:

>Thanks for the info, yet deleting the application altogether, one will
>never know where IBM has been hiding the instruction that is starting it
>(supposedly through the ARTCHRON program). Do you know how to identify
>where it is launched and disable it without deleting all of its files ?

In OS2.INI there is an application "PM_WORKPLACE:ART". It contains a
key named "ENABLED" pointing to c:\os2\art\artchron.exe. Rename this
key to DISABLED and there will be no more elephants.


Michael



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From: Frank@get-lost.spam                               01-Nov-99 00:40:09
  To: All                                               31-Oct-99 22:05:18
Subj: Ensoniq 1371 PCI sound Card

From: Frank@get-lost.spam (Frank)

Please inform me about this Ens. 1371 drivers.

Greeetings,

Frank

PS. : I missed the replies on the following messages :

>Gooitzen Alberts wrote :

>I use a SB64 PCI with a 1371 chip so I might get it to work like 
yours.
>I've been looking for this ES1371 driver, but not succesfull in 
finding
>it. Were did you get it from?

>Yuri Dario wrote:

> On Thu, 9 Sep 1999 07:53:19, "John E. Jones" <jejs@verinet.com> wrote:
> > Will the newer Sound Blaster cards work with OS/2?
> SB 64 works with the new ensoniq ES1371 driver. Maybe also 128 could
> work.


The box said:"Requires Windows 95/98, NT or better" .......... So I 
too installed OS/2.


Reply per Email to franklyware@-NOSPAM-beer.com

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From: piquant00@uswestmail.net                          31-Oct-99 16:23:07
  To: All                                               31-Oct-99 22:05:18
Subj: Re: Minstall broken

From: piquant00@uswestmail.net (Annie K.)

On Sun, 31 Oct 1999 19:31:22, pjarvinsquiglyaattglobal.net wrote:

:After a reinstall of Warp 4 and fp12 I now have a broken
:minstall. When I start the program and select a feature to 
:install, the minstall screen freezes and I have to kill the
:process with WatchCat. The result is that it is a really
:time consuming job to install any multimedia programs.
: 
:I have tried using the original minstall as well as the fp9
:version with the same results.
: 
:Any ideas on how to fix it?

 Try turning off any WPS enhancers you may be running. There was a 
known bug running minstall.exe when one also had NPSWPS running; and 
maybe other similar programs give minstall.exe fits as well.

-- 
Klaatu barada nikto

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From: ten@rumms.uni-mannheim.de                         31-Oct-99 16:17:08
  To: All                                               31-Oct-99 22:05:18
Subj: Shooting an elephant... Re: Warp registration popup

From: ten@rumms.uni-mannheim.de

Bob Eager <rde@tavi.co.uk> wrote:
> On Mon, 25 Oct 1999 16:27:28, Sadfer <sadfer@local.net> wrote:
> >   How can I get rid of this obnoxious popup.  The system doesn't
> > have a printer and is not online (which seem to be the only 2 ways
> > to register).
> [...] Best thing is to deinstall ART (the Axtive Registration Tool).
> Open \OS2\INSTALL\Installed Features\Feature Install Base    (do this
> via the Drives object)
> Check the ART - Inventory box
> Press the Uninstall button
> reboot as requested
> It will all be gone - cleanly - even ALL of the relevant files.

Thanks for the info, yet deleting the application altogether, one will
never know where IBM has been hiding the instruction that is starting it
(supposedly through the ARTCHRON program). Do you know how to identify
where it is launched and disable it without deleting all of its files ?

Thanks in advance for your reply (please do also send it by eMail).

Greetinx/2

Andreas Grosche <ten@rumms.uni-mannheim.de>


Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy.

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From: ecmille@ibm.net                                   31-Oct-99 18:42:29
  To: All                                               31-Oct-99 22:05:18
Subj: Re: Lexmark Optra 40

From: ecmille@ibm.net (Ted Miller)

In message <Z8vLRdP7nz3N-pn2-xq5meXShnG6B@sphericalburn.tampabay.rr.com> -
donnelly@tampabay.rr.com (Buddy Donnelly) writes:
:>
::>
:>Every oddball SIMMs I have works, for whatever that's worth. (I still have 
:>the 16MB strip I paid $480 for, actually, and it doesn't work any better 
:>than the "comes with" junk I've accumulated since.)
:>

Time to go shopping for a Simm

:>> 
:>> I just heard back from Lexmark and they suggested the HP 1600c
:>
:>Hm. Did you talk to a real OS/2 person at Lexmark? They've got at least one
:>who really knows his stuff.
:>

No. I left an email and just received a one line response to use HP 1600c

:>Anyway, I've used the Optra Color 1200 and haven't had a single problem 
:>with it.
:>
:>
:>There are differences between the IBM and Lexmark sourced drivers, by the 
:>way. They don't use compatible (comparable, that is) version numbers, so 
:>it's a matter of installing the driver and seeing that it works for you. 
:>That's been true of their PCL5 drivers for the nearly 4 years I've used a 
:>Lexmark laser.
:>

Interesting. I did try the Optra 1200 driver found in the PCL5 package that I
downloaded from IBM's device driver online site and did have problems. I
recieved an error when I tried to print through Netscape 4.61. BTW when you
have both Postscript and PCL5 drivers installed, and if you have only one
physical parallel port (lpt1), do you associate both printer objects with
lpt1. Do you have to reconfigure the output port everytime you choose one
driver or the other? I assumed that when I recieved errors in printing it was
due to the setup and not the driver, and have subsequently deleted the PCL5
driver. I didn't notice a significant difference with the PCL5 driver printing
tests that were successful.


:>For some reason I can't make BIDI work in WSeB, so I'm back to using 
:>PRINT01.SYS in flat polled action (no /IRQ, in other words.) The standard 
:>add-on BIDI package doesn't give me BIDI, the WSeB BIDI option doesn't work
:>as BIDI, and it ain't hardware because I can boot into Win98 without a 
:>single change and it sees the BIDI printer and drives it just fine. It's 
:>possible some resource is impinging on my DMA 3 assignment but I haven't 
:>found the OS/2 tools to track it down.
:>
:>
:>Good luck,
:>
:>Buddy
:>
:>Buddy Donnelly
:>donnelly@tampabay.rr.com
:>
:>

I don't want to be presumptuous and recognize that your knowledge in printing
matters is far greater than my own, but did you update the printer port when
you installed the bidi package? Without this step the installation isn't
complete and the docs don't make this clear. Does the Markvision utility work
without bidi capability or do you just not bother with it?

Again thanks for your time and info.

Ted MIller
ecmille@ibm.net

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From: nps@zeta.org.au                                   31-Oct-99 20:18:03
  To: All                                               31-Oct-99 22:05:19
Subj: Getting JDK 1.1.8

From: nps@zeta.org.au (Alvredus)

There wants to be a better way than downloading a 20 Mb file from IBM's
web site, because I've tried it twice and both times it's crashed partway
through, making me start again.

Please tell me that there is some way of getting it by straightforward
FTP so that I can use the re-get feature.

Thanks for any help offered.

	Nik S.

|\ Location: Sydney, Australia      | To summarize the summary of the summary: 

|\ E-mail: nps@zeta.org.au          | people are a problem.                    

|  WWW: http://www.zeta.org.au/~nps |                                          

|  ---> Cynicism & Negativity       | - Douglas Adams, The Restaurant at the   

                                      End of the Universe                      


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From: nospam_hkelder@capgemini.nl                       31-Oct-99 21:34:03
  To: All                                               31-Oct-99 22:05:19
Subj: Re: Minstall broken

From: Henk kelder <nospam_hkelder@capgemini.nl>

I've seen this error occur on my machine when MMPM2.INI was damaged.

This file is in \MMOS2 and is a text file. 
In my situation one line contained clear nonsense. Weird chars on the
line.

Try renaming your MMPM2.INI and then starting MINSTALL. If Install does
not crash then the problem is in MMPM2.INI.

Try selective install then to rebuild the MMPM2.INI. Then re-apply FP12.

Henk


pjarvinsquiglyaattglobal.net wrote:
> 
> Hi all,
> 
>     After a reinstall of Warp 4 and fp12 I now have a broken
> minstall. When I start the program and select a feature to
> install, the minstall screen freezes and I have to kill the
> process with WatchCat. The result is that it is a really
> time consuming job to install any multimedia programs.
> 
> I have tried using the original minstall as well as the fp9
> version with the same results.
> 
> Any ideas on how to fix it?
> 
> Paul Jarvinen
> -----------------------------------------------------------
> pjarvin@attglobal.net
> -----------------------------------------------------------

-- 
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From: rde@tavi.co.uk                                    31-Oct-99 20:45:25
  To: All                                               31-Oct-99 22:05:19
Subj: Re: Shooting an elephant... Re: Warp registration popup

From: rde@tavi.co.uk (Bob Eager)

On Sun, 31 Oct 1999 16:17:17, ten@rumms.uni-mannheim.de wrote:

> Thanks for the info, yet deleting the application altogether, one will
> never know where IBM has been hiding the instruction that is starting it
> (supposedly through the ARTCHRON program). Do you know how to identify
> where it is launched and disable it without deleting all of its files ?

The point is that this is a proper uninstall - so all the work is done
including that.

-- 
Bob Eager
rde at tavi.co.uk
PC Server 325; PS/2s 8595*3, 9595*3 (2*P60 + P90), 8535, 8570, 9556*2,
8580*6,
8557*2, 8550, 9577, 8530, P70, PC/AT..

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From: donnelly@tampabay.rr.com                          31-Oct-99 22:49:24
  To: All                                               31-Oct-99 22:05:19
Subj: Re: Lexmark Optra 40

From: donnelly@tampabay.rr.com (Buddy Donnelly)

On Sun, 31 Oct 1999 18:42:58, ecmille@ibm.net (Ted Miller) a Úcrit dans un 
message:
> 
> Interesting. I did try the Optra 1200 driver found in the PCL5 package that
I
> downloaded from IBM's device driver online site and did have problems. I
> recieved an error when I tried to print through Netscape 4.61. 

That's not necessarily the driver's bug, but try this one:

	ftp://ftp.lexmark.com:/pub/driver/laser_os2/os32p5e.exe

for PCL5 and 

	ftp://ftp.lexmark.com:/pub/driver/laser_os2/mpos32ae.exe
for PS.

These are what I've been using and had zero problems with them.



> BTW when you
> have both Postscript and PCL5 drivers installed, and if you have only one
> physical parallel port (lpt1), do you associate both printer objects with
> lpt1. Do you have to reconfigure the output port everytime you choose one
> driver or the other? 

Yes, no. When you open the Printer Driver page in the Printer Object 
settings you'll see all available Printer Driver Files in the upper window,
with the ones assigned to that same Port highlited. In the lower window, 
you'll see the ones assigned to that Port, with the one designated for that
Printer Object highlited.

You should, at this point, set the default settings two ways: by 
doubleclicking on the designated printer driver icon, and by hitting the 
Job Properties button. For some reason, some applications look for these 
settings in one place, and not the other, and they have to be set 
identically for the printer to work the same everywhere.

But any printer that autoswitches from PCL to PS mode will know what kind 
of code stream is coming down the wire, so you don't have to go inside 
these settings again. Just be sure to make a separate object for each type 
of printing. As illustration, I create 4 printer objects to run with my 2 
Lexmark printers:

LaserPCL
LaserPS
ColourPCL
ColourPS

The two "Laser" printers are assigned to LPT1, and the other two to LPT2. 
(Reboot at every step of creating these, and you'll make good printer 
objects, by the way. You should have to reboot twice before using the 
printer.)

I just tear off a Printer template panel to create mine. Lexmarks come with
an OS/2 install utility that handles this stuff pretty nicely, by the way. 
It's also downloadable from their website, as:



>I assumed that when I recieved errors in printing it was
> due to the setup and not the driver, and have subsequently deleted the PCL5
> driver. I didn't notice a significant difference with the PCL5 driver
printing
> tests that were successful.

The best way to make PCL5 work for you as a speed driver is to be using the
Resident Printer Fonts. For printing long documents from DeScribe or Lotus,
you'll save at least half the time and maybe two thirds of the time.


> I don't want to be presumptuous and recognize that your knowledge in
printing
> matters is far greater than my own, but did you update the printer port when
> you installed the bidi package? Without this step the installation isn't
> complete and the docs don't make this clear. 


Presume away. I'm as numbnutz as the next feller in a lot of stuff, and 
have displayed it around here fairly regularly. But in this case I did do 
that step, both from the Boulder BIDI package and using the supposed 
capability built into WSeB. I've now installed an add-on parallel port card
and will be testing it for improved BIDI power, later.

> Does the Markvision utility work
> without bidi capability or do you just not bother with it?

Markvision needs BIDI for most of its functions, and you'll need BIDI if 
you want to use the printer control panel for the Color 40, to change ink 
carts and stuff.

There's a downloadable MV file that has slightly older printer drivers in 
it, at:

ftp://ftp.lexmark.com/pub/driver/printer_utilities/mvos3xde.exe

It's fairly easy to copy in the newer packed drivers over these before 
running the SETUP program. This creates the multiple drivers as well as all
the other MV control panels, but I don't know if it has the panel for the 
Color 40 in it or not. I don't use MV these days.

Good luck,

Buddy

Buddy Donnelly
donnelly@tampabay.rr.com


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From: rsteiner@visi.com                                 01-Nov-99 02:25:04
  To: All                                               01-Nov-99 05:45:08
Subj: Re: US West DSL Modems?

From: rsteiner@visi.com (Richard Steiner)

Here in comp.os.os2.setup.misc, rsteiner@visi.com (Richard Steiner)
spake unto us, saying:

>It's my understanding that drivers for the 675 are only available for
>Windows flavors.

Eeek!!  I meant "605" above!!  The 675 doesn't require any "drivers"
except the ones for your NIC...

-- 
   -Rich Steiner  >>>--->  rsteiner@visi.com  >>>---> Bloomington, MN
     OS/2 + BeOS + Linux + Solaris + Win95 + WinNT4 + FreeBSD + DOS
      + VMWare + Fusion + vMac + Executor = PC Hobbyist Heaven! :-)
          Any sufficiently advanced magic looks like technology.

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From: matt196@mindspring.com                            01-Nov-99 04:29:17
  To: All                                               01-Nov-99 10:23:23
Subj: Re: I Quit

From: Nelson and Satasha Williams <matt196@mindspring.com>

Just a quick note for Ray AND Ben:  The Vibra 16 is made by Creative Labs. 
So,
buying a SB16 is not much different than what he currently has.  The Vibra's
are mainly sold to OEMs.  BTW, if you select an SB16, the Vibra 16 will work.
Win95, OS/2, it doesn't matter.  Later guys!

Nelson



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From: cvopicka@erols.com                                01-Nov-99 10:18:16
  To: All                                               01-Nov-99 14:27:20
Subj: Daylight Saving Time Change

From: Ron Vopicka <cvopicka@erols.com>

Ok, I give up.  Twice a year for several years now, I get exercised over
OS/2 not changing the time automatically.  The irritation usually lasts
about 2 minutes, but this time it has lasted longer.

Searches of HELP have proved fruitless, as have looking in the manuals I
can still find (that my son hasn't "misplaced").

I have   set TZ=est5edt  in config.sys... but now I have to assume there
is some other module that must be loaded also???

I'm also curious if the standard/daylight(summer) time logic actually
changes the hardware clock or if at every boot the system just
determines which time we should be running in. (Of course, if it worked
I could answer my own question.)

I hate to think how many years I have been saying... I'll fix it next
year.

Please help the digitally (intellectually) challenged.

Ron

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From: dtander@agts.net                                  01-Nov-99 14:52:09
  To: All                                               01-Nov-99 14:27:20
Subj: Re: Daylight Saving Time Change

From: dtander@agts.net (David T. Anderson)

On Mon, 1 Nov 1999 15:18:33, Ron Vopicka <cvopicka@erols.com> wrote:

> Ok, I give up.  Twice a year for several years now, I get exercised over
> OS/2 not changing the time automatically.  The irritation usually lasts
> about 2 minutes, but this time it has lasted longer.
> Please help the digitally (intellectually) challenged.


Hi Ron --  I'm not aware of any software or fix that adjusts daylight 
saving time automatically.  However, I find it quite easy to adjust 
the time using the Time868 Time Protocol server, available for free on
Hobbes and the "MustHave" site.  You can set it up so a single 
mouseclick resets your time, and I make it a rule to run it every 
Sunday since my computer loses about 7 or 8 seconds a week.  In the 
case of Daylight Saving, it simply adjusts the time by 86,407 seconds 
[plus or minus a second or two] and all is well. 

Not the perfectly automatic solution you are looking for, 
perhaps...but I notice that while my Win95 setup DOES automatically 
adjust for Daylight Saving, it then gives me a popup window I MUST 
acknowlege with....a mouseclick.

So...given the same degree of 'effort', I'll stick to my practice of 
setting my time myself, and recommending it to others.  

David T. Anderson
Calgary, Alberta
http://www.agt.net/public/dtander/

Using ProNews/2 for OS/2 Warp

**NOSPAM**  To email me, remove the 's' from my address...

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From: w.h.m.wauters.1998@cranfield.ac.uk                01-Nov-99 18:17:05
  To: All                                               01-Nov-99 17:33:18
Subj: Aurora also affected

From: Wim Wauters <w.h.m.wauters.1998@cranfield.ac.uk>

Well, I had some Aurora (for the uninitiated: OS/2 4.5 WSeB) boot disks made,
and lo !

Same story for Aurora, which is 'good' news (i.e. the more people running in
to this
memory problem, the faster it'll get solved).

That mem/2 program is the most efficient I've ever seen (1 output line ;-)

Warning ! Add ! (For the few of us without a memory reporting utility.)
---------------
By Bob Eager:
He probably means MY 'mem' program which tells you how much memory
OS/2 thinks it has....

   http://www.tavi.co.uk/os2pages/mem.html
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From: doug.bissett"at"attglobal.net                     01-Nov-99 17:52:09
  To: All                                               01-Nov-99 17:33:18
Subj: Re: Getting JDK 1.1.8

From: doug.bissett"at"attglobal.net (Doug Bissett)

On Sun, 31 Oct 1999 20:18:07, nps@zeta.org.au (Alvredus) wrote:

> There wants to be a better way than downloading a 20 Mb file from IBM's
> web site, because I've tried it twice and both times it's crashed partway
> through, making me start again.
> 
> Please tell me that there is some way of getting it by straightforward
> FTP so that I can use the re-get feature.
> 
> Thanks for any help offered.
> 
> 	Nik S.
> 
> |\ Location: Sydney, Australia      | To summarize the summary of the
summary: 
> |\ E-mail: nps@zeta.org.au          | people are a problem.                  
  
> |  WWW: http://www.zeta.org.au/~nps |                                        
  
> |  ---> Cynicism & Negativity       | - Douglas Adams, The Restaurant at the 
  
>                                       End of the Universe                    
  
> 

Get WGET (look for WGET145.ZIP, in the usual places) and AWGET 
http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Vista/7567/software/english/ind
ex.html
then learn how to use them together. That "fixes" the Netscape 
download problems (by not using Netscape to do the downloads), and 
automatically, retries getting a file (as long as you can feed a URL 
into the AWget daemon (usually, just drag the file link onto the 
desktop, or into the ToDo folder, depending on which version of 
Netscape you are using), or you can type it in, once you find out what
the link is.

Hope this helps...
******************************
From the PC of Doug Bissett
doug.bissett at attglobal.net
The " at " must be changed to "@"
******************************

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From: doug.bissett"at"attglobal.net                     01-Nov-99 17:52:08
  To: All                                               01-Nov-99 17:33:18
Subj: Re: Daylight Saving Time Change

From: doug.bissett"at"attglobal.net (Doug Bissett)

On Mon, 1 Nov 1999 15:18:33, Ron Vopicka <cvopicka@erols.com> wrote:

> Ok, I give up.  Twice a year for several years now, I get exercised over
> OS/2 not changing the time automatically.  The irritation usually lasts
> about 2 minutes, but this time it has lasted longer.
> 
> Searches of HELP have proved fruitless, as have looking in the manuals I
> can still find (that my son hasn't "misplaced").
> 
> I have   set TZ=est5edt  in config.sys... but now I have to assume there
> is some other module that must be loaded also???
> 
> I'm also curious if the standard/daylight(summer) time logic actually
> changes the hardware clock or if at every boot the system just
> determines which time we should be running in. (Of course, if it worked
> I could answer my own question.)
> 
> I hate to think how many years I have been saying... I'll fix it next
> year.
> 
> Please help the digitally (intellectually) challenged.
> 
> Ron

OS/2 does NOT attempt to change a system clock between Daylight 
Savings Time and Standard Time. The logic to do this is a horrible 
thing to contemplate, as Win95 users discovered a few years ago (I 
don't know if M$ ever did figure it out).

There is a package, called DSTswitch (look for DST152.ZIP, in the 
usual places), which is supposed to handle this. I have no idea how 
successful it is, since I decided I would rather do it myself, and be 
sure it is done right. Just go to System Setup-> System Clock-> right 
mouse click-> Properties-> and use the scroll thing beside the hour, 
to go up, or down, as required, then close the window. This does 
change the real time clock.

By the way, if you boot OS/2, and change the time (or, let DSTswitch 
do it), then boot Win9x, Win9x will change the time AGAIN. It might 
also work the other way around, as well. So, be careful.

Hope this helps...
******************************
From the PC of Doug Bissett
doug.bissett at attglobal.net
The " at " must be changed to "@"
******************************

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From: bd83h@bedford.waii.com                            01-Nov-99 11:58:07
  To: All                                               01-Nov-99 17:33:18
Subj: Java - how to uninstall?

From: Steve Drewell <bd83h@bedford.waii.com>

For certain reasons, I decided to uninstall Java 1.1.8 and reinstall
1.1.7. However, going the official route of running uninstal.exe resulted
in WPS crashes and lockups. I read the readme file and tried the CID
(CLIFI) method for uninstalling and that also hung.

My next approach was to remove all references to Java. The Java11
directory was removed, the references in "Installed Features" were deleted
and something Java-related in user.ini or system.ini (can't remember
which) was removed. The config.sys was also appropriately edited.

On reboot, I had no Java, as expected, so I tried to install Java 1.1.7.
The process went fine but didn't actually install anything but it did
give a loud beep just before saying that installation was complete. The
same thing happened when I tried reinstalling 1.1.8 too.

Being adventurous, I tried the CID method. That completed but didn't
install anything, and again there was a loud beep before "completion".

Looking in the logs, the only thing I can see which is actually an error
message is that current.log cannot be appended. That file resides in
x:\os2\install and only has the archive bit set.

I'm now at a loss as to what to do next. I have a backup with Java 1.1.8
which cannot easily be uninstalled but I'd like a fresh install of Java as
I was getting lockups in Netscape 4.61 and JavaICQ.

If anyone knowledgeable on the subject has any ideas, I'd appreciate some
help.

Cheers,
Steve

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From: cvopicka@erols.com                                01-Nov-99 14:44:20
  To: All                                               01-Nov-99 17:33:18
Subj: Re: Daylight Saving Time Change

From: Ron Vopicka <cvopicka@erols.com>

Doug and David, thanks for the info.  That would certainly explain why
my time didn't change :-)

David, if you got 11 copies of the same note from me, I apologize,
Netscape insisted it couldn't find the mail server.  I suspect, it gets
logged before it's sent, though... and only went once.

Ron

PS  Now I have the problem of my Radio Shack Atomic clock that doesn't
seem to know we are back on standard time.  What a trial life is!



Doug Bissett wrote:
> 
> On Mon, 1 Nov 1999 15:18:33, Ron Vopicka <cvopicka@erols.com> wrote:
> 
> > Ok, I give up.  Twice a year for several years now, I get exercised over
> > OS/2 not changing the time automatically.  The irritation usually lasts
> > about 2 minutes, but this time it has lasted longer.
> >
> > Searches of HELP have proved fruitless, as have looking in the manuals I
> > can still find (that my son hasn't "misplaced").
> >
> > I have   set TZ=est5edt  in config.sys... but now I have to assume there
> > is some other module that must be loaded also???
> >
> > I'm also curious if the standard/daylight(summer) time logic actually
> > changes the hardware clock or if at every boot the system just
> > determines which time we should be running in. (Of course, if it worked
> > I could answer my own question.)
> >
> > I hate to think how many years I have been saying... I'll fix it next
> > year.
> >
> > Please help the digitally (intellectually) challenged.
> >
> > Ron
> 

> OS/2 does NOT attempt to change a system clock between Daylight
> Savings Time and Standard Time. The logic to do this is a horrible
> thing to contemplate, as Win95 users discovered a few years ago (I
> don't know if M$ ever did figure it out).
> 
> There is a package, called DSTswitch (look for DST152.ZIP, in the
> usual places), which is supposed to handle this. I have no idea how
> successful it is, since I decided I would rather do it myself, and be
> sure it is done right. Just go to System Setup-> System Clock-> right
> mouse click-> Properties-> and use the scroll thing beside the hour,
> to go up, or down, as required, then close the window. This does
> change the real time clock.
> 
> By the way, if you boot OS/2, and change the time (or, let DSTswitch
> do it), then boot Win9x, Win9x will change the time AGAIN. It might
> also work the other way around, as well. So, be careful.
> 
> Hope this helps...
> ******************************
> From the PC of Doug Bissett
> doug.bissett at attglobal.net
> The " at " must be changed to "@"
> ******************************

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From: jong.sachs@freeserve.com                          01-Nov-99 18:50:27
  To: All                                               01-Nov-99 17:33:18
Subj: Re: Cannot make different partitions

From: "barney" <jong.sachs@freeserve.com>

Sounds as though you need the new IBM1S506.ADD basedev  which allows fdisk
etc to see beyond 2 GB.

You can get this fom the IBM web site.

Cheers Jim

Clemens Pipek wrote in message ...
>Hi all,
>
>I got a new 6GB HD in my notebook. But with PartitionMagic v3.x or also
>os/2 fdisk i cannot choose the size of the partition. It will select 2GB
even
>if i install Bootmanager. Pretty nice if BM takes 2GB place !!!
>Any ideas?
>
>Thanks for info,
>Clemens
>
>
>
>


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From: donnelly@tampabay.rr.com                          01-Nov-99 22:43:21
  To: All                                               01-Nov-99 19:58:10
Subj: Re: Lexmark Optra 40

From: donnelly@tampabay.rr.com (Buddy Donnelly)

On Mon, 1 Nov 1999 21:08:35, donnelly@tampabay.rr.com (Buddy Donnelly) a 
Úcrit dans un message:

> I still haven't tested the add-on port 
> card to see if it works any differently.

And it still doesn't matter; BIDI ain't active, though I've got all the 
pieces in place.


> 
> Two things you can change to solve the "hang" feeling. Lower the Print 
> Priority in the Settings for that printer object, on the page after the 
> Port assignment. I normally set to the lowest possible priority 
> automatically.

I should have named that correctly. It's the "Queue Priority" setting on 
the Queue Options page.


Good luck,

Buddy

Buddy Donnelly
donnelly@tampabay.rr.com


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From: DLaRue@NetSRQ.Com                                 01-Nov-99 22:48:28
  To: All                                               01-Nov-99 19:58:10
Subj: Re: Daylight Saving Time Change

From: DLaRue@NetSRQ.Com (David LaRue)

  I logged onto my system to change the time and it had been changed.  It
took me a few seconds to recall that when I built my system last year I
placed NISTIME.EXE in the list of programs run after In-Joy connects to the
net.  NISTIME updates my time when it is off by a few seconds and keeps my
timer drift to a minimum.  I didn't realize it understood the DST settings and
would get it right.

  David LaRue

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From: tkayser@ibm.net                                   01-Nov-99 16:54:12
  To: All                                               01-Nov-99 19:58:10
Subj: Motherboard

From: Terry Kayser <tkayser@ibm.net>

Hi,

I hope somebody out there can help me.  I need a little bit of
information on what type of mother board will work best with OS/2 Warp.

I'm narrowed my choices down to these two mother boards
1. Tyan s1590s - with 1 mb cache, socket 7, 4 PCI/4 ISA slots, 1 AGP,
384 MB maximum memory, with a AMD K6-3/500 CPU or
2.Asus p5a without audio - 512k cache, Socket 7, 5 PCI/ 2 ISA, 1 AGP,
384 Maximum memory, with a AMD K6-3/500 CPU.

I plan to run all SCSI hardware. Hard drive, tape backup, CD-RW, etc.

Is there anything in particular I should look for or ask about when I
order my mother board?  This is my first time buying a mother board and
I would like to make as few mistakes as possible.

One last thing, I'm buying the mother board from a company called
Aventec in Ohio.  Has anybody had any dealing with them and if so where
you pleased with the service you received from them?

Terry

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From: camilla@primenet.com                              02-Nov-99 00:48:02
  To: All                                               01-Nov-99 21:31:00
Subj: Need new tape backup

From: Camilla Cracchiolo <camilla@primenet.com> (Camilla Cracchiolo, R.N.)

I have to get a new tape drive.  I've got a HP Traven T-3000.  

I'd like to get away from HP products altogether.  They have great
tech support, but I suspect that's because their products die so
often.  (Long history of failures here).

I'm considering a Seagate SCSI 8 Gig backup.  Anyone here have
experience with this drive?  Also, I'm currently using Backmaster. 
Will it support this tape drive or do I have to get BackAgain/2?

Please send me an e-mail copy of any replies you post to the
newsgroup.

Thanks.



Please send me an e-mail copy of any replies you post to the
newsgroup.

Thanks.



-------------------------------------------------------------
"The trick is to keep an open mind, without it being so open
                   that your brain falls out"

                    Camilla Cracchiolo
                     Registered Nurse
                  Los Angeles, California 
                          USA

camilla@primenet.com         http://www.primenet.com/~camilla


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From: Valheru@guesswhere.com                            01-Nov-99 18:28:05
  To: All                                               01-Nov-99 21:31:00
Subj: Bad Install disk

From: "Valheru" <Valheru@guesswhere.com>

Does anyone know where I can get an image of a warp v3 red spine install
disk? The package I just bought from Ebay has a bad install disk. Thanks




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From: abeagley@datatone.com                             01-Nov-99 19:41:06
  To: All                                               01-Nov-99 21:31:00
Subj: Re: Bad Install disk

From: Alan Beagley <abeagley@datatone.com>

Do you have the CD-ROM? The images of the floppies are somewhere on the CD,
but I don't rmember in which directory.

Alan


Valheru wrote:

> Does anyone know where I can get an image of a warp v3 red spine install
> disk? The package I just bought from Ebay has a bad install disk. Thanks

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From: jnichols@tcia.net                                 01-Nov-99 19:35:25
  To: All                                               01-Nov-99 21:31:00
Subj: Re: Bad Install disk

From: jnichols@tcia.net

In <381e21ce_3@news1.prserv.net>, on 11/01/99 
   at 06:28 PM, "Valheru" <Valheru@guesswhere.com> said:

>Does anyone know where I can get an image of a warp v3 red spine install
>disk? The package I just bought from Ebay has a bad install disk. Thanks

Run cdinst.bat off the Warp 3 cd from the dos prompt.

Are cdinst.cmd off the Warp 3 cd from the OS/2 window.

Later,
Nick


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From: mz@skynet.be                                      01-Nov-99 22:35:13
  To: All                                               01-Nov-99 21:31:00
Subj: Re: XFree86 3.3.5 and ATI Video Xpression

From: Martin Zimmermann <mz@skynet.be>

With my ATI RageIIc i have exactly the same effects as you describe.
Under Linux it works. Importing xf86config from linux doesnt work for me.

Martin Zimmermann

Marcel Aartsen schrieb:

> Holger Veit wrote:
> >
> > On Mon, 11 Oct 1999 02:12:51 +0100,
> >         Marcel Aartsen <M.Th.Aartsen@direct.A2000.nl> wrote:
>
> [snip]
>
> > >Now the problem is: I _can_ get it started, but only with a resolution
> > >of 320x240 or so, which I cannot change with [CTRL] [ALT] [+] etc. This
> > >happens when I do not choose a video card during XF86config.exe . When I
> >
> > Who told you not to choose a video card?
>
> Thank you for your reply. Well, nobody told me. But it didn't work at
> all when I chose my card, so I tried something different. See below.
>
> > >_do_ choose my card (ATI Video Xpression), or when I edit XF86Config so
> > >that every "Screen" section has the Device "My Video Card" instead of
> > >Device "Generic VGA", the server won't start at all although I still
> > >select the SVGA driver during XF86config.exe .
> >
> > And why did you choose the SVGA server, not the Mach64 server?
>
> I tried the Mach64 server at first and that didn't work at all. When I
> searched in the XFree86-OS/2 mailing list archives, I deduced from some
> messages that it was wisest to choose the SVGA server instead if you
> have an ATI card and things don't work. Did I misunderstand this then?
> See e.g. http://ais.gmd.de/~veit/os2/mailinglist/5707.html
>
> Anyway, this is also why I tried to not choose a video card. And that
> got me one little step further... :-) When I use the Mach64 server (and
> choose my ATI Video Xpression during XF86Config.exe), as your suggestion
> seems to be, the output of startx reads as follows:
>
> =========== begin of STARTX output ======================
> XFree86 Version 3.3.5 / X Window System
> (protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6300)
> Release Date: August 3 1999
>         If the server is older than 6-12 months, or if your card is newer
>         than the above date, look for a newer version before reporting
>         problems.  (see http://www.XFree86.Org/FAQ)
> Operating System: OS/2 IBM
> Configured drivers:
>   Mach64: accelerated server for ATI Mach64 graphics adaptors
> (Patchlevel 0)
> xf86-OS/2: gethostname() returns: "localhost"
> xf86-OS/2: DISPLAY to listen is set to: "localhost:0.0"
> xf86-OS/2: gethostbyname() returns the following data:
> xf86-OS/2:    official host name: "localhost"
> xf86-OS/2:    addr type = 2,  addr length = 4
> xf86-OS/2:      Internet address: "127.0.0.1"
> xf86-OS/2: Console opened
> xf86-OS/2: Keyboard opened
> xf86-OS/2: Started Vio thread, Tid=2
> xf86-OS/2: Started hard error Vio mode monitor thread, Tid=3
> xf86-OS/2: Started Kbd monitor thread, Tid=4
> xf86-OS/2: Started Kbd bit-bucket thread, Tid=5
> xf86-OS/2: Opened kbd monitor, rc=0
> xf86-OS/2: Kbd monitor registered, rc=0
> xf86-OS/2: Kbd Queue created, rc=0
> XF86Config: C:/XFree86/lib/X11/XF86Config
> (**) stands for supplied, (--) stands for probed/default values
> (**) XKB: keymap: "xfree86(br)" (overrides other XKB settings)
> (**) OsMouse selected for mouse input
> (**) Mach64: Graphics device ID: "ATI Video Xpression"
> (**) Mach64: Monitor ID: "My Monitor"
> (--) Mach64: Mode "1600x1200" needs hsync freq of 87.50 kHz. Deleted.
> (--) Mach64: Mode "1152x864" needs hsync freq of 89.62 kHz. Deleted.
> (--) Mach64: Mode "1280x1024" needs hsync freq of 91.15 kHz. Deleted.
> (--) Mach64: Mode "1600x1200" needs hsync freq of 93.75 kHz. Deleted.
> (--) Mach64: Mode "1600x1200" needs hsync freq of 105.77 kHz. Deleted.
> (--) Mach64: Mode "1280x1024" needs hsync freq of 107.16 kHz. Deleted.
> (--) Mach64: Mode "1800X1440" needs hsync freq of 96.15 kHz. Deleted.
> (--) Mach64: Mode "1800X1440" needs hsync freq of 104.52 kHz. Deleted.
> (**) FontPath set to
>
"C:/XFree86/lib/X11/fonts/misc/,C:/XFree86/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled,C:/XFr
ee86/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled,C:/XFree86/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/,C:/XFree86/
lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/,C:/XFree86/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/,C:/XFree86/lib/X11/fonts/
100dpi/"
> (--) Mach64: PCI: Mach64 VT rev 64, Aperture @ 0xe0000000, Block I/O @
> 0x6200
> xf86ReadBIOS: BIOS map failed, addr=c0000, rc=87
>
>  *** None of the configured devices were detected.***
>
> Fatal server error:
> no screens found
>
> When reporting a problem related to a server crash, please send
> the full server output, not just the last messages
>
> _X11TransOs2OpenClient: Open server pipe \PIPE\xf86.0 failed, rc=3
> _X11Trans       Probable causes: either the XServer is not running, or has
not
> started properly,
> _X11Trans       or the DISPLAY variable is set incorrectly.
> _X11TransOpen: transport open failed for local/localhost:0
> giving up.
>
> C:\XFree86\bin\xinit:  Interrupted system call (errno 4):  unable to
> connect to X server
>
> C:\XFree86\bin\xinit:  No such process (errno 3):  Server error.
> ============ end of STARTX output =======================
>
> The relevant section in my CONFIG.SYS reads:
>
> SET HOME=C:\MPTN\ETC
> SET HOSTNAME=localhost
> SET DISPLAY=localhost:0.0
> SET LOGNAME=Marcel
> SET MANPATH=C:\XFree86\man
> SET TERM=ansi
> SET TERMCAP=C:/XFree86/lib/X11/etc/emx.termcap.x11
> SET USE_HOSTS_FIRST=1
> SET USER=Marcel
> SET X11ROOT=C:
> SET XSERVER=C:/XFREE86/bin/XF86_Mach64.exe
> DEVICE=C:\XFree86\lib\xf86sup.sys
>
> and in my C:\MPTN\BIN\MPTSTART.CMD the last line is
>
> ifconfig lo 127.0.0.1 up
>
> Furthermore, v3.3.3.1 worked well on this same system.
>
> Thanks for any suggestions,
> Marcel

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From: Roland.Pinches@pmail.net                          01-Nov-99 23:35:19
  To: All                                               01-Nov-99 21:31:00
Subj: Problems with CD-RW and Adaptec AIC7890 SCSI

From: "Roland Pinches" <Roland.Pinches@pmail.net>

Hi,

I have run into a problem with my CR-RW. It is a Yamaha 4416 SCSI CD-RW and
up until recently it was installed internally in the machine. However, I have
recently upgraded from Warp 4.0 to WSeB and in order to get a complete backup
I had to install a tape drive in the place of the CD-RW (my case doesn't have
enough space to install both the CD-RW and the tape drive at the same time).
This shouldn't be a problem as the CD-RW was supplied in an external case, so
I now have it connected to SCSI bus externally, using the same SCSI id.

Now, the problem I have is that when I try to boot the system with the
external CD-RW powered on, the system never gets past loading AIC78U2.ADD, as
displayed when booting with the ALT-F2 option. If I boot with the external
CD-RW powered off, everything boots ok, but obviously I can't use my CD-RW
:-(

I might add at this point that if I boot to NT 4.0, everything works ok.
Don't you just hate it when that happens!!

I don't think it is the CD-RW drive that is causing the problem as I get the
same problem when I plug an external Jaz drive into the SCSI bus. The CD-RW
worked perfectly when it was installed internally in the machine.

There are no SCSI id conflicts.

My system specs are as follows:
Motherboard	: ASUS P2B-DS
Processors	: 2 x 400 MHz PII
SCSI		: Adaptec 7890 on-board
		: 4.3Gb Hard drive 	ID 0
		: CD-RW		ID 4
		: 4mm Dat drive 		ID 5
		: CDROM drive		ID 6
		: 2.25Gb Hard drive 	ID 10
Memory	: 128Mb
OS		: Warp Server e-Business

I've tried renumbering the SCSI devices, but this hasn't made any difference.
I've also tried some of the switches on the BASEDEV=AIC78U2.ADD line, but I'm
not really sure what I'm doing here....

The only difference between being internal and external, is that it uses a
different connection on the motherboard ie: there is one SCSI connector for
internal devices and one for external.

I'm using the latest version of the AIC78U2.ADD, and I have also tried the
previous 3 versions that I can find.

This is driving me mad so if anyone can help it would be much appreciated.

TIA,

Roly.




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From: davek@clark.net                                   02-Nov-99 00:13:21
  To: All                                               01-Nov-99 21:31:00
Subj: Re: Motherboard

From: davek@clark.net (David Kunz)

Terry Kayser (tkayser@ibm.net) wrote:                                 
...
: I'm narrowed my choices down to these two mother boards             

: 1. Tyan s1590s - with 1 mb cache, socket 7, 4 PCI/4 ISA slots, 1 
: AGP, 384 MB maximum memory, with a AMD K6-3/500 CPU or              

: 2.Asus p5a without audio - 512k cache, Socket 7, 5 PCI/ 2 ISA, 1 
: AGP, 384 Maximum memory, with a AMD K6-3/500 CPU.                   

: I plan to run all SCSI hardware. Hard drive, tape backup, CD-RW, 
: etc.                                                                
...

I've installed os/2 on a p5ab with no problems (other than updating
the atapi / ide stuff on the install disks).  I'm running on an asus
p2b-s (*almost* all scsi) with no complaints.  Works great with linux
also.  Don't know anything about the tyan...

--
David Kunz
Operator error.  Replace operator and strike any key to continue...

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From: JHB@jita.nospam.demon.co.uk                       02-Nov-99 00:22:23
  To: All                                               01-Nov-99 21:31:00
Subj: Re: Daylight Saving Time Change

From: JHB@jita.nospam.demon.co.uk (Jim Backus)

On Mon, 1 Nov 1999 14:52:19, dtander@agts.net (David T. Anderson) 
wrote:

> On Mon, 1 Nov 1999 15:18:33, Ron Vopicka <cvopicka@erols.com> wrote:
> 
> > Ok, I give up.  Twice a year for several years now, I get exercised over
> > OS/2 not changing the time automatically.  The irritation usually lasts
> > about 2 minutes, but this time it has lasted longer.
> > Please help the digitally (intellectually) challenged.
> 
> 
> Hi Ron --  I'm not aware of any software or fix that adjusts daylight 
> saving time automatically.  However, I find it quite easy to adjust 
> the time using the Time868 Time Protocol server, available for free on
> Hobbes and the "MustHave" site.  You can set it up so a single 
> mouseclick resets your time, and I make it a rule to run it every 
> Sunday since my computer loses about 7 or 8 seconds a week.  In the 
> case of Daylight Saving, it simply adjusts the time by 86,407 seconds 
> [plus or minus a second or two] and all is well. 
> 
<snip>

the daylight saving change certainly doesn't seem as easy as it could 
be - the help files for Time868 do have a comprehensive explanation fo
the TZ environment variable - mine was set to gmt0bst with no 
parameter and it ignored the change.  I gave it a second chance later 
in the day by bodging the "time to change" parameter (specifically 
from 2 am to 10 am) and it set itself OK but I'm sure that for a while
the system clock was showing BST (GMT + 1 hr) while the clock on the 
task bar was showing GMT - weird!

Time868 is aware of whether it is operating in DST or standard time 
but how?  The time setting within OS/2 does not have a DST check box.

As for the check box in Windows systems - the company I work for has 
some PC driven demos in the foyer - shame all the screens had the 
windows message "Windows has adjusted the system clock ..." on them 
this morning :-) - I wonder when someone will click the OK button?

Jim Backus  OS/2 user because it's better
bona fide replies to jimb(at)jita(dot)demon(dot)co(dot)uk

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From: jnichols@tcia.net                                 01-Nov-99 19:31:17
  To: All                                               01-Nov-99 21:31:00
Subj: Re: Microphone Recording Level

From: jnichols@tcia.net

In <381A2868.8EB76DF6@attglobal.net>, on 10/29/99 
   at 07:06 PM, Jim Marshall <jmarsha@attglobal.net> said:

>I want to start using VoiceType on Warp 4 so I bought an Andrea NC-50
>headset and plugged it into my Aopen AW230 audio card.  The first thing I
>did was run the Check Installation, but I can't seem to get a good input
>level.  I bought an auxillary power supply to boost the level but still
>it seems too weak.  Is there a setting for the microphone input level
>somewhere that I should be adjusting?

>I appreciate any help on this.
>Jim Marshall


You may need to get mixer to work with your sound card.


Later,
Nick


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From: lsunley@mb.sympatico.ca                           02-Nov-99 05:34:16
  To: All                                               02-Nov-99 03:18:29
Subj: Re: Warp Connect without LAN card???

From: lsunley@mb.sympatico.ca (Lorne Sunley)

On Tue, 2 Nov 1999 03:12:47, thoman@verinet.com wrote:

>         I'd like to be a little "naughty" and set up Warp Connect on
> a machine having no LAN card.  The idea is dialup connection to a
> LAN.
>         After my initial install of LAN services (and after every
> configuration attempt, every fixpak application, ..., you get the
> picture) I get a failure of the REQUESTER to start during bootup
> NET3060).  This is quite irritating because it takes a LONG TIME
> for the requester to give up!  I suppose it also indicates that
> I'm not likely to have any success connecting to the LAN.
> 
>         I'd appreciate any and all hints, URL's to go read, or
> whatever that will help with preparing a dialup-only installation
> of Warp Connect.  I think I'm pretty close and that some mere
> fragment of ignorance stands between me and the LAN.
> 

I assume you are using the dial-up connection to access
files on a file server. The product you need is the LAN
distance client software. When it is installed you can toggle
between a regular LAN connection (with a NIC) or a dial up
connection.

You can also get rid of the Requester startup blues by
configuring MPTS with the Parallel Port NIC driver. This
gives the requester a NIC-like device to talk to during startup.

Lorne Sunley

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From: sperber@airmail.net                               02-Nov-99 01:21:18
  To: All                                               02-Nov-99 05:18:28
Subj: Re: Problems with CD-RW and Adaptec AIC7890 SCSI

From: Darryl Sperber <sperber@airmail.net>

On Mon, 01 Nov 1999 23:35:38 +0000 (GMT), "Roland Pinches"
<Roland.Pinches@pmail.net> wrote:


>  Now, the problem I have is that when I try to boot the system with the
>  external CD-RW powered on, the system never gets past loading AIC78U2.ADD,
as
>  displayed when booting with the ALT-F2 option. If I boot with the external
>  CD-RW powered off, everything boots ok, but obviously I can't use my CD-RW

>  
>  I don't think it is the CD-RW drive that is causing the problem as I get
the
>  same problem when I plug an external Jaz drive into the SCSI bus. The CD-RW
>  worked perfectly when it was installed internally in the machine.
>  
>  There are no SCSI id conflicts.

I've got a true Adaptec 2940U2W with the same AIC7890 chip.  It has three
connectors (internal 50-pin, internal 68-pin ultra/wide, internal 68-pin
LVD).  It is not an onboard AIC7890 but a real Adaptec card.

And then I have their special 50-pin internal-to-external cable which runs
from the card's 50-pin internal through two internal narrow devices (one of
which is Ultra) and out to the back of the case, where there is an external
connector to which I have my narrow scanner connected.

I've got three internal U/W drives on the 68-pin internal chain... the last
of which is terminated.  And I've got one LVD drive on the 68-pin LVD
internal chain, with the drive not terminated because of the special cable
with its built-in terminator. And I've got two non-terminated internal narrow
(one Ultra) devices (DAT and CD) on the 50-pin internal chain, running out to
the back where my terminated narrow scanner is connected.

And I too use AIC78U2.ADD, but with no problems.


Anyway, my point is that termination is crucial here.  When using the
internal-to-external cable, where the one 50-pin chain really runs through
the two internal devices and out the back to the external device, neither of
the two internal devices is to be terminated.  Instead, it is the external
device where the termination must be on that special 50-pin chain.

And of course, on both the 68-pin internal chain the last device must be
terminated.  And on the 68-pin LVD chain, no device must be terminated... as
the special LVD cable itself has a special active terminator built into the
end of it.


So... when your CD-RW was internal, was it the last device?  Was it
terminated or not?  And now that you've moved it to the external chain, is
there any special termination consideration?  What about the remaining
devices on the internal chain... did you terminate the last one of them on
the internal chain, now that it's the last one?

As you know, termination on SCSI chains is critical.  Depending on the
sophistication of the BIOS, you may be told about a faulty termination
situation or it may simply die on you.  The fact that your Jaz drive also
causes a problem when connected suggests to me something about the chains
themselves that might be an issue... like possible improper termination.

What about the BIOS for that AIC7890?  Does it provide auto-termination for
the host adapter, as necessary? 


Of course, the fact that NT boots just fine with the identical hardware
configuration suggests just the opposite, that it's not a hardware issue but
a software problem with AIC78U2.ADD.

But all I can say is that I have no problem with my configuration that has
device chains on all three connectors.


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From: dspisak@ccnet.com                                 01-Nov-99 23:49:21
  To: All                                               02-Nov-99 05:18:28
Subj: Cannot Install FP42 on v3.0

From: Dan Spisak/Marcia Trial <dspisak@ccnet.com>

I have reinstalled Warp v3.0 on my computer and I want to install fixpak
42.  Every time I try to install fp42 using FSERVICE I get the fatal
error message "CSF0257: no product selected".  Now what do I do?  The
current CSD level of the base system is XR0300.  I have installed fixpak
5 which I thought would bring Warp to CSD level XR0W005, but SYSLEVEL
still reports XR03000.  I have tried installing fp42 from the *.zip and
the *.*dk files (using pkunzip, loaddskf, and xcopy as appropriate), but
the same error message is returned.  Any help will be appreciated. 
Thank you.

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From: mmadden@wsnet.com                                 02-Nov-99 04:04:05
  To: All                                               02-Nov-99 10:31:21
Subj: Kernel File is missing from the disk

From: "Michael D. Madden" <mmadden@wsnet.com>

Help. I am very frustrated.

486/DX4 - 100mhz
64 megs RAM
3 harddrives - 4.3 gig/2.3 gig/204 megs

Been trying to install OS/2 3.0 all day and I constantly get this upon
booting to complete the installation.

"A kernel file is missing from the disk. Insert a system disk and
restart the system."

I have replaced the three files in Disk 1 so the big harrdrives are
recognized. That part works. Can't seem to install this system however.

I even tried to install to the small 204 meg drive and that did not work
either.

I am trying to install from the CD-ROM version of OS/2.

Is there anyone out there who has experienced this problem and who can
shed some light on this problem??

Thanks

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From: pjarvinsquiglyaattglobal.net                      02-Nov-99 21:55:23
  To: All                                               02-Nov-99 10:31:21
Subj: Minstall broken - Thanks All

From: pjarvinsquiglyaattglobal.net

Thanks to all suggestions.

It took a selective install and everything is as it was before.

All Hail the Newsgroup!
(paraphrased from  All Hail the Hertzog! (-an obscure Harry Harrison
quote.))

Paul Jarvinen
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From: abeagley@datatone.com                             02-Nov-99 07:08:22
  To: All                                               02-Nov-99 10:31:21
Subj: Re: Cannot Install FP42 on v3.0

From: Alan Beagley <abeagley@datatone.com>

Isn't FP 41 the last one that is intended for Warp/Warp Connect? I think FP
42 is for Warp Server only.

Alan


Dan Spisak/Marcia Trial wrote:

> I have reinstalled Warp v3.0 on my computer and I want to install fixpak
> 42.  Every time I try to install fp42 using FSERVICE I get the fatal
> error message "CSF0257: no product selected".  Now what do I do?  The
> current CSD level of the base system is XR0300.  I have installed fixpak
> 5 which I thought would bring Warp to CSD level XR0W005, but SYSLEVEL
> still reports XR03000.  I have tried installing fp42 from the *.zip and
> the *.*dk files (using pkunzip, loaddskf, and xcopy as appropriate), but
> the same error message is returned.  Any help will be appreciated.
> Thank you.

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From: rcrane@octa4.net.au                               02-Nov-99 14:04:25
  To: All                                               02-Nov-99 14:32:22
Subj: Re: Need new tape backup

From: rcrane@octa4.net.au (Richard A Crane)

The following ngs trimmed from reply: 
comp.os.os2.apps,comp.os.os2.bugs,comp.os.os2.marketplace,co
mp.os.os2.networking.misc,


On Tue, 2 Nov 1999 00:48:05, Camilla Cracchiolo 
<camilla@primenet.com> (Camilla Cracchiolo, R.N.) wrote:

> 
> I have to get a new tape drive.  I've got a HP Traven T-3000.  
> 
> I'd like to get away from HP products altogether.  They have great
> tech support, but I suspect that's because their products die so
> often.  (Long history of failures here).
> 
> I'm considering a Seagate SCSI 8 Gig backup.  Anyone here have
> experience with this drive?  Also, I'm currently using Backmaster. 
> Will it support this tape drive or do I have to get BackAgain/2?
> 
> Please send me an e-mail copy of any replies you post to the
> newsgroup.

As someone who has had 2 x shortlived Seagate 8Gb SCSI  tape
drives and 3 other shortlived Seagate products and purchased
both Backmaster and Backagain/2:
a) I cannot recommend any Seagate product;
b) Backmaster didn't suppport the Seagate SCSI drive (out of
the box - I don't know if they have posted a update or 
upgrade that does - my own experience with Backmaster is 
that it has a 100% failure rate on making restoreable 
backups on equipment allegedly supported;
c) Backagain works well with the Seagate tape unit but also 
seems to create apparently successful backups that aren't 
(or if they are are non restoreable) on occassion (to often 
for me to have any confidence in it alone as a backup)

I recommend that you invest in downloading and learning the 
linux like ports that are around (i would say more but I 
haven't as yet had the time to figure them out (learning 
curve like a ski jump).

Richard A Crane
Barrister & Solicitor
slightly altered email (anti-spamming) rcrane AT 
octa4.net.au 
OR rcrane AT attglobal.net

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From: Valheru@guesswhere.com                            02-Nov-99 09:16:16
  To: All                                               02-Nov-99 14:32:22
Subj: Re: Bad Install disk

From: "Valheru" <Valheru@guesswhere.com>

I just called IBM and they want me to either buy a new contract, buy version
4, or go to egghead and buy version 3 which is on back order 30 days+.
Arrghhhh !!!!


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From: abeagley@datatone.com                             02-Nov-99 09:29:07
  To: All                                               02-Nov-99 14:32:22
Subj: Re: Need new tape backup

From: Alan Beagley <abeagley@datatone.com>

Did you use the Verify option when you did your backups?

Alan


Richard A Crane wrote:

<snip>

> c) Backagain works well with the Seagate tape unit but also
> seems to create apparently successful backups that aren't
> (or if they are are non restoreable) on occassion (to often
> for me to have any confidence in it alone as a backup)

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From: wbg@hevanet.com                                   02-Nov-99 14:30:25
  To: All                                               02-Nov-99 14:32:22
Subj: Large drives/help

From: wbg@hevanet.com (wbg)

I just had my ancient 2Gb crash, and am attempting the laborious process
of restoration. Unfortunately, I was running NO-FP Warp 4, so it thinks
my new 8.4 Gb drive is 20 terabytes.

Can some knowledgable soul point me to
		(1) the appropriate driver filenames required to
                    allow Warp4 to see the 8.4 as it really is,

			and,

		(2) the address of the site where they can be found

Seems I recall it being Boulder IBM, but my first couple of searches
through my archives have not produced a web or FTP address.

I assume the fix is, bring Warp up via floppies, then use the drivers
from another floppy to get OS2's FDISK straight with the world . . . ?

I can also run text Part.Mag. from CD . . 

The way I've been set up is:
		
		Boot Mangler
		
		C:	FAT	The Virus (98)	(alternately hidden)
		C:	FAT	NovellDos 7		"
		D:	FAT	DOS/WIN APPS/DATA
		E:	HPFS	WARP 4 (SYS)
		F:-H:	HPFS	OS/2 apps, data, etc.
			ext2	Linux

Thanks,


Brewster
--
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      "Corruptissimae republicae, plurimae leges."   Tacitus

W. Brewster Gillett	wbg@hevanet.com		Portland, Oregon USA
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From: bv@mail.bv.no                                     02-Nov-99 15:54:10
  To: All                                               02-Nov-99 14:32:22
Subj: Re: Lexmark Optra 40

From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Bj=F8rn?= Vermo <bv@mail.bv.no>

Ted Miller wrote:

> ... The only anomaly I have noticed was in
> printing a 3 page file with an old english style true type font through IBM
> works. In this case it took several minutes to start printing and the
computer
> was almost in a hung condition during this period. Once printing started
> everything was released again. When I changed the font to a printer resident
> one printing was almost instantaneous. Obviously there is something about
this
> particular font that
> postscript doesn't like.
>

This is very logical - TT fonts work on TT printers, PS fonts on PostScript
printers.
When you print something with a True Type font to a PostScript printer, the
printer
driver has to convert everything into a graphical image before it is sent to
the
printer. If you print with a PS font which is not resident in the printer, the 
font
(or possibly only the part of it you actually use) is just included as part of 
the
print job. This adds very little overhead.

Generally speaking, TT fonts are not very good for printing  - they are not
really up
to the high professional standards of good PS fonts. If you have a PS printer, 
you
should avoid them altogether.


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From: lsunley@mb.sympatico.ca                           02-Nov-99 14:41:03
  To: All                                               02-Nov-99 14:32:22
Subj: Re: Cannot Install FP42 on v3.0

From: lsunley@mb.sympatico.ca (Lorne Sunley)

On Tue, 2 Nov 1999 12:08:44, Alan Beagley <abeagley@datatone.com> 
wrote:

> Isn't FP 41 the last one that is intended for Warp/Warp Connect? I think FP
> 42 is for Warp Server only.
> 

Actually, FP 40 is the last one that will update Warp 3.

Fixpacks 41 and 42 are for Warp Server only.

Lorne Sunley


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From: prayer5@my-deja.com                               02-Nov-99 15:12:09
  To: All                                               02-Nov-99 14:32:22
Subj: Video wrong at boot desktop, how fix?

From: prayer5@my-deja.com

During boot up I get a very fine white logo screen for e-business.
That if fine.

Then goes undefined sync for a while then the desktop begins to build.
That is OK for me also.

The Desktop begins first with the blue background and the "writstwatch"
hourglass mouse icon with more to come later.  This video mode is NOT
the exact same as the 640x480 bitmap displayed earlier.  What is
different in the video mode?  Several have told me is VGA, (I even
chose F3 in the Alt-F1 select list to be sure) and it still is
different than the bmp display. This VGA mode appears to be either 31.5
or 51 Khz. Both are too slow for my card and monitor.

My card and monitor are matched for each other. The card "looks" like a
SVGA card to the AGP bus, but it is supposed to address only 70-80 Khz
horiz and not the standard 31.5Khz in normal VGA. This works fine in
Dos and Win9x, and during install OS2 before graphics.

Do you know how to setup the Alt-F1 F3 video mode to function at 81 Khz
for 640x480 VGA mode? Any experts I might e-mail?


Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy.

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From: spam_free_norrisg@linkline.com                    02-Nov-99 08:10:01
  To: All                                               02-Nov-99 14:32:22
Subj: Re: Kernel File is missing from the disk

From: "Graham C. Norris" <spam_free_norrisg@linkline.com>

Did you also stick this:

SET COPYFROMFLOPPY=1

in the CONFIG.SYS on your boot floppies?

Graham.

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From: galberts@mediaport.org                            02-Nov-99 17:42:07
  To: All                                               02-Nov-99 14:32:22
Subj: Re: Ensoniq 1371 PCI sound Card

From: Gooitzen Alberts <galberts@mediaport.org>

It's on
http://service.software.ibm.com/os2ddpak/html/multimed/ensoniqc/index.htm
It works for CDsound on my system, nothing else however.

Gooitzen


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From: lsunley@mb.sympatico.ca                           02-Nov-99 16:52:17
  To: All                                               02-Nov-99 14:32:22
Subj: Re: Large drives/help

From: lsunley@mb.sympatico.ca (Lorne Sunley)

On Tue, 2 Nov 1999 14:30:51, wbg@hevanet.com (wbg) wrote:

> I just had my ancient 2Gb crash, and am attempting the laborious process
> of restoration. Unfortunately, I was running NO-FP Warp 4, so it thinks
> my new 8.4 Gb drive is 20 terabytes.
> 
> Can some knowledgable soul point me to
> 		(1) the appropriate driver filenames required to
>                     allow Warp4 to see the 8.4 as it really is,

You can find it at this URL

ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/ps/products/os2/os2ddpak/idedasd.exe

If it wraps it's supposed to be one line.

Lorne Sunley

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From: lsunley@mb.sympatico.ca                           02-Nov-99 16:56:24
  To: All                                               02-Nov-99 14:32:22
Subj: Re: Video wrong at boot desktop, how fix?

From: lsunley@mb.sympatico.ca (Lorne Sunley)

On Tue, 2 Nov 1999 15:12:18, prayer5@my-deja.com wrote:

> During boot up I get a very fine white logo screen for e-business.
> That if fine.
> 
> Then goes undefined sync for a while then the desktop begins to build.
> That is OK for me also.
> 
> The Desktop begins first with the blue background and the "writstwatch"
> hourglass mouse icon with more to come later.  This video mode is NOT
> the exact same as the 640x480 bitmap displayed earlier.  What is
> different in the video mode?  Several have told me is VGA, (I even
> chose F3 in the Alt-F1 select list to be sure) and it still is
> different than the bmp display. This VGA mode appears to be either 31.5
> or 51 Khz. Both are too slow for my card and monitor.
> 
> My card and monitor are matched for each other. The card "looks" like a
> SVGA card to the AGP bus, but it is supposed to address only 70-80 Khz
> horiz and not the standard 31.5Khz in normal VGA. This works fine in
> Dos and Win9x, and during install OS2 before graphics.
> 
> Do you know how to setup the Alt-F1 F3 video mode to function at 81 Khz
> for 640x480 VGA mode? Any experts I might e-mail?
> 

OK, I'll try, but first the questions...

What kind of video card is this anyway?

If it does not support standard VGA specs do you have
OS/2 drivers for it?

Do you get any kind of display at all under the standard VGA
drivers?

Lorne Sunley

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From: bdavis@fn.net                                     02-Nov-99 16:54:08
  To: All                                               02-Nov-99 14:32:22
Subj: Re: Cannot Install FP42 on v3.0

From: bdavis@fn.net (Brian Davis)

On Tue, 2 Nov 1999 07:49:43, Dan Spisak/Marcia Trial 
<dspisak@ccnet.com> wrote:

> I have reinstalled Warp v3.0 on my computer and I want to install fixpak
> 42.  Every time I try to install fp42 using FSERVICE I get the fatal
> error message "CSF0257: no product selected".  Now what do I do?  The
> current CSD level of the base system is XR0300.  I have installed fixpak
> 5 which I thought would bring Warp to CSD level XR0W005, but SYSLEVEL
> still reports XR03000.  I have tried installing fp42 from the *.zip and
> the *.*dk files (using pkunzip, loaddskf, and xcopy as appropriate), but
> the same error message is returned.  Any help will be appreciated. 
> Thank you.

You might take a look at

http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/cgi-bin/h-viewer?sh=1&fname=/pub/os2/system/pat
ches/b110.zip

I've never tried it so I don't know if it works.
The standard disclamer YMMV would apply, Good luck. 

Brian Davis (bdavis@fn.net)

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From: rjfreem@attglobal.net                             02-Nov-99 10:18:13
  To: All                                               02-Nov-99 16:47:17
Subj: Re: Need new tape backup

From: rjfreem@attglobal.net

In <7vlcc5$b1o$3@nnrp02.primenet.com>, on 11/02/99 
   at 12:48 AM, Camilla Cracchiolo <camilla@primenet.com> (Camilla
Cracchiolo, R.N.) said:

Another backup alternitive, is to backup to a removable hard drive using
xcopy and hpfs file systems in both prtitions. I have restored the OS on
numerous occasions. The only failure occured went I changed video cards.
Booting to VGA and reinstalling the video driver will solve this. A
removable hard drive is only 250 for 13 gigs. Brad Barkley is concerned
with hard drive reliablility. If the computer case and the hard drive is
properly cooled, reliability is much less of an issue. I have five HD's in
computer A, one of which is removable and has its own little fan; and
three in computer B. I have three case fans in A, in addition to the power
supply fan. Heat kills.

RJF



>I have to get a new tape drive.  I've got a HP Traven T-3000.  

>I'd like to get away from HP products altogether.  They have great tech
>support, but I suspect that's because their products die so often.  (Long
>history of failures here).

>I'm considering a Seagate SCSI 8 Gig backup.  Anyone here have experience
>with this drive?  Also, I'm currently using Backmaster.  Will it support
>this tape drive or do I have to get BackAgain/2?

>Please send me an e-mail copy of any replies you post to the newsgroup.

>Thanks.



>Please send me an e-mail copy of any replies you post to the newsgroup.

>Thanks.



>-------------------------------------------------------------
>"The trick is to keep an open mind, without it being so open
>                   that your brain falls out"

>                    Camilla Cracchiolo
>                     Registered Nurse
>                  Los Angeles, California 
>                          USA

>camilla@primenet.com         http://www.primenet.com/~camilla



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From: christian.hennecke@ruhr-uni-boch...               29-Oct-99 01:23:04
  To: All                                               02-Nov-99 16:47:17
Subj: Gravis Joystick support

Message sender: christian.hennecke@ruhr-uni-bochum.de

From: Christian Hennecke <christian.hennecke@ruhr-uni-bochum.de>

Who would have thought? Sometimes you DO get positively surprised. 8-) 

Some hours ago I tried to run the setup program for my Gravis Firebird2
joystick in an OS/2 DOS-box. It refused to start showing a message that
a driver Phoenix$ was missing. Well, after fiddling around a bit I read
the message more closely and it said "Unable to load the Phoenix OS/2
Configuration Manager". OS/2????? This little program knew where it was
running. The Phoenix is another joystick by Gravis. I had a look at the
directory listing and discovered a file "FIREBIRD.SYS" which a loaded
into a hex-editor. And there it was: "this is an OS/2 16-bit dynamic
link library" and "Phoenix OS/2 Configuration Manager v 0.98      by
David Bollo". So I added a DEVICE statement to my CONFIG.SYS and
rebooted to see the above message. The setup program is working fine
now. This driver seems to provide hardware access to the setup program
that is neccessary to be able to program the joystick.
So if you have a programmable Gravis joystick and you like to play DOS
and Windows games under OS/2 like me (a lot of them DO run better under
OS/2) then search your utility program's directory for this driver!

Christian Hennecke
-- 
Keep passing the open windows! ("The Hotel New Hampshire", John Irving)

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From: zeppelin@gte.net                                  02-Nov-99 18:23:21
  To: All                                               02-Nov-99 16:47:17
Subj: Re: Need new tape backup

From: "zeppelin@gte.net" <zeppelin@gte.net>

Techmar Tape drives have worked well with BA/2. And CDS even sells them
at discount

Richard A Crane wrote:

> The following ngs trimmed from reply:
> comp.os.os2.apps,comp.os.os2.bugs,comp.os.os2.marketplace,co
> mp.os.os2.networking.misc,
>
> On Tue, 2 Nov 1999 00:48:05, Camilla Cracchiolo
> <camilla@primenet.com> (Camilla Cracchiolo, R.N.) wrote:
>
> >
> > I have to get a new tape drive.  I've got a HP Traven T-3000.
> >
> > I'd like to get away from HP products altogether.  They have great
> > tech support, but I suspect that's because their products die so
> > often.  (Long history of failures here).
> >
> > I'm considering a Seagate SCSI 8 Gig backup.  Anyone here have
> > experience with this drive?  Also, I'm currently using Backmaster.
> > Will it support this tape drive or do I have to get BackAgain/2?
> >
> > Please send me an e-mail copy of any replies you post to the
> > newsgroup.
>
> As someone who has had 2 x shortlived Seagate 8Gb SCSI  tape
> drives and 3 other shortlived Seagate products and purchased
> both Backmaster and Backagain/2:
> a) I cannot recommend any Seagate product;
> b) Backmaster didn't suppport the Seagate SCSI drive (out of
> the box - I don't know if they have posted a update or
> upgrade that does - my own experience with Backmaster is
> that it has a 100% failure rate on making restoreable
> backups on equipment allegedly supported;
> c) Backagain works well with the Seagate tape unit but also
> seems to create apparently successful backups that aren't
> (or if they are are non restoreable) on occassion (to often
> for me to have any confidence in it alone as a backup)
>
> I recommend that you invest in downloading and learning the
> linux like ports that are around (i would say more but I
> haven't as yet had the time to figure them out (learning
> curve like a ski jump).
>
> Richard A Crane
> Barrister & Solicitor
> slightly altered email (anti-spamming) rcrane AT
> octa4.net.au
> OR rcrane AT attglobal.net

--
"Windows N.T."  ........OS/2 for the masses?


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From: cb@lim.nl                                         02-Nov-99 19:29:26
  To: All                                               02-Nov-99 16:47:17
Subj: Lexmark resident fonts 

From: Colin Brace <cb@lim.nl>

In <381EFAF3.D2DEABE7@mail.bv.no>, on 11/02/99 
   at 03:54 PM, Bj›rn Vermo <bv@mail.bv.no> said:

> This is very logical - TT fonts work on TT printers, PS fonts on
> PostScript printers. When you print something with a True Type font to a
> PostScript printer, the printer driver has to convert everything into a
> graphical image before it is sent to the printer. If you print with a PS
> font which is not resident in the printer, the font (or possibly only
> the part of it you actually use) is just included as part of the print
> job. This adds very little overhead.

Hello, I wonder if you can explain how resident fonts work.

My Lexmark Optra R has a fair number of built-in PCL fonts (fifty or so).
If I select this printer from within DeScribe, the full range of fonts are
displayed in the font display dialog, as I would expect. However, if I
select this printer from within Netscape, this is NOT the case. I assume
then that I have to install these fonts manually within OS/2, or not? As
far as I can tell, the Lexmark installation program does not install these
fonts.

thanks for your help.


-- 
  Colin Brace <cb@lim.nl>
  Amsterdam
  http://www.lim.nl


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From: doug.bissett"at"attglobal.net                     02-Nov-99 17:31:07
  To: All                                               02-Nov-99 16:47:17
Subj: Re: Large drives/help

From: doug.bissett"at"attglobal.net (Doug Bissett)

On Tue, 2 Nov 1999 14:30:51, wbg@hevanet.com (wbg) wrote:

> I just had my ancient 2Gb crash, and am attempting the laborious process
> of restoration. Unfortunately, I was running NO-FP Warp 4, so it thinks
> my new 8.4 Gb drive is 20 terabytes.
> 
> Can some knowledgable soul point me to
> 		(1) the appropriate driver filenames required to
>                     allow Warp4 to see the 8.4 as it really is,
> 
> 			and,
> 
> 		(2) the address of the site where they can be found
> 
> Seems I recall it being Boulder IBM, but my first couple of searches
> through my archives have not produced a web or FTP address.
> 
> I assume the fix is, bring Warp up via floppies, then use the drivers
> from another floppy to get OS2's FDISK straight with the world . . . ?
> 
> I can also run text Part.Mag. from CD . . 
> 
> The way I've been set up is:
> 		
> 		Boot Mangler
> 		
> 		C:	FAT	The Virus (98)	(alternately hidden)
> 		C:	FAT	NovellDos 7		"
> 		D:	FAT	DOS/WIN APPS/DATA
> 		E:	HPFS	WARP 4 (SYS)
> 		F:-H:	HPFS	OS/2 apps, data, etc.
> 			ext2	Linux
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> 
> Brewster
> --
> ***********************************************************************
>       "Corruptissimae republicae, plurimae leges."   Tacitus
> 
> W. Brewster Gillett	wbg@hevanet.com		Portland, Oregon USA
> ***********************************************************************

You, probably, need the updated IDE drivers. Look for IDEDASD.EXE, at:
http://service.software.ibm.com/os2ddpak/html/index.htm
You should find it in a lot of places. It is a self extracting file, 
and has instructions in it.

Hope this helps...
******************************
From the PC of Doug Bissett
doug.bissett at attglobal.net
The " at " must be changed to "@"
******************************

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From: piquant00@uswestmail.net                          02-Nov-99 17:52:03
  To: All                                               02-Nov-99 16:47:17
Subj: Re: Large drives/help

From: piquant00@uswestmail.net (Annie K.)

On Tue, 2 Nov 1999 14:30:51, wbg@hevanet.com (wbg) wrote:

:Can some knowledgable soul point me to
:                (1) the appropriate driver filenames required to
:                    allow Warp4 to see the 8.4 as it really is,
: 
:                        and,
: 
:                (2) the address of the site where they can be found

 ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/ps/products/os2/os2ddpak/idedasd.exe

-- 
Klaatu barada nikto

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From: abeagley@datatone.com                             02-Nov-99 14:40:21
  To: All                                               02-Nov-99 16:47:18
Subj: Re: Need new tape backup

From: Alan Beagley <abeagley@datatone.com>

How many generations of backups are you going to make to a removable hard
disk?

I realize that the initial cost of a tape drive is higher, but the incremental
cost for additional backups and the ease of storing backups off site is a
tremendous plus.

Using DAT, a 4GB (uncompressed) backup costs less than $10.

And what happens if the hard disk controller goes belly up? The backup is
likely to be worthless too.

Alan


rjfreem@attglobal.net wrote:

> In <7vlcc5$b1o$3@nnrp02.primenet.com>, on 11/02/99
>    at 12:48 AM, Camilla Cracchiolo <camilla@primenet.com> (Camilla
> Cracchiolo, R.N.) said:
>
> Another backup alternitive, is to backup to a removable hard drive using
> xcopy and hpfs file systems in both prtitions. I have restored the OS on
> numerous occasions. The only failure occured went I changed video cards.
> Booting to VGA and reinstalling the video driver will solve this. A
> removable hard drive is only 250 for 13 gigs. Brad Barkley is concerned
> with hard drive reliablility. If the computer case and the hard drive is
> properly cooled, reliability is much less of an issue. I have five HD's in
> computer A, one of which is removable and has its own little fan; and
> three in computer B. I have three case fans in A, in addition to the power
> supply fan. Heat kills.
>
> RJF
>
> >I have to get a new tape drive.  I've got a HP Traven T-3000.
>
> >I'd like to get away from HP products altogether.  They have great tech
> >support, but I suspect that's because their products die so often.  (Long
> >history of failures here).
>
> >I'm considering a Seagate SCSI 8 Gig backup.  Anyone here have experience
> >with this drive?  Also, I'm currently using Backmaster.  Will it support
> >this tape drive or do I have to get BackAgain/2?
>
> >Please send me an e-mail copy of any replies you post to the newsgroup.
>
> >Thanks.
>
> >Please send me an e-mail copy of any replies you post to the newsgroup.
>
> >Thanks.
>
> >-------------------------------------------------------------
> >"The trick is to keep an open mind, without it being so open
> >                   that your brain falls out"
>
> >                    Camilla Cracchiolo
> >                     Registered Nurse
> >                  Los Angeles, California
> >                          USA
>
> >camilla@primenet.com         http://www.primenet.com/~camilla
>
> --
> -----------------------------------------------------------
> rjfreem@attglobal.net
> -----------------------------------------------------------

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From: donnelly@tampabay.rr.com                          02-Nov-99 21:18:11
  To: All                                               02-Nov-99 19:59:29
Subj: Re: Lexmark resident fonts 

From: donnelly@tampabay.rr.com (Buddy Donnelly)

On Tue, 2 Nov 1999 18:29:52, Colin Brace <cb@lim.nl> a Úcrit dans un 
message:

> In <381EFAF3.D2DEABE7@mail.bv.no>, on 11/02/99 
>    at 03:54 PM, Bj±rn Vermo <bv@mail.bv.no> said:
> 
> > This is very logical - TT fonts work on TT printers, PS fonts on
> > PostScript printers. 

Perhaps this is just an overstrained attempt at simplifying, but it's not 
quite accurate. I don't think there are any "TT Printers". TrueType Fonts 
and Type 1 Fonts ("ATM Fonts or, slightly erroneously, "PostScript Fonts") 
are just two different, competing, formats for storing vector information 
that can be turned into the letterforms needed to print text. Generally, 
the printer itself performs the task of converting vector into raster, but 
in "Windows" printers a lot of the rasterization and paper-handling 
formatting is performed within the Windows Print System. I guess if there 
is such a thing as a "TT Printer" it would be a Windows Printer?


> > When you print something with a True Type font to a
> > PostScript printer, the printer driver has to convert everything into a
> > graphical image before it is sent to the printer. 

Close. The printer driver's job (in OS/2, for instance) is to combine the 
desired data (text strings, artwork, format elements like page layouts, 
header/footer elements, etc.) with code language that commands the actual 
print head to lay the dots down on the paper in a rasterized line-by-line 
construction that ends up looking like individual letters and other stuff 
you want to see. 

PostScript is a code language that some printers can understand, and PCL is
a competing code language that some printers can understand.


> > If you print with a PS
> > font which is not resident in the printer, the font (or possibly only
> > the part of it you actually use) is just included as part of the print
> > job. This adds very little overhead.

Well, you can have printer driver settings that insist on *everything* 
being fully rasterized before it goes down the wire to the printer, or none
of it, or just some of it. A printer that owns enough printer memory to 
form a full page all at once can do it more quickly than forcing the 
operating system to piece part of the work out to the main CPU, system RAM,
and maybe the swap file.


> 
> Hello, I wonder if you can explain how resident fonts work.
> 
> My Lexmark Optra R has a fair number of built-in PCL fonts (fifty or so).
> If I select this printer from within DeScribe, the full range of fonts are
> displayed in the font display dialog, as I would expect. 

Well, don't expect it because it's one of the nice extra things that 
DeScribe does for you. It goes past the OS/2 Font Palette and also 
recognizes fonts which are installed in your printer, and you can even tell
it, via Printer Setup, to recognize and use *only* printer resident fonts.


> However, if I
> select this printer from within Netscape, this is NOT the case. 

That's because Netscape (and most other apps) only see the fonts installed 
in OS/2. Normal.


> I assume
> then that I have to install these fonts manually within OS/2, or not? As
> far as I can tell, the Lexmark installation program does not install these
> fonts.

You can actually *use* these fonts, but the screen won't show them unless 
you install screen font versions of the font files. Personally, I can't use
a font unless I can see it on screen, so I get copies of the fonts in an 
OS/2-installable format and install them.

Lexmark mailed them to me for my Optra Rt+ several years ago, after a 
couple of phone calls. The diskettes I received had Type 1 files for each 
font, and installed just fine. However, I just bought an Optra Color 40 
that came with TrueType versions of the printer fonts on the install CD. I 
haven't gone through the lists for each but most appear to be the same.

I'd suggest contacting Lexmark directly, asking for the "free screen fonts 
for OS/2" which their registration card advertises. But if they don't come 
through, if you write me I'd be happy to email you what I've got.



Good luck,

Buddy

Buddy Donnelly
donnelly@tampabay.rr.com


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From: nospam_evr@spam.net                               02-Nov-99 16:53:05
  To: All                                               02-Nov-99 19:59:29
Subj: Re: Daylight Saving Time Change

From: "/2 User" <nospam_evr@spam.net>

On Mon, 01 Nov 1999 22:48:57 GMT, David LaRue wrote:

>  I logged onto my system to change the time and it had been changed.  It
>took me a few seconds to recall that when I built my system last year I
>placed NISTIME.EXE in the list of programs run after In-Joy connects to the
>net.  NISTIME updates my time when it is off by a few seconds and keeps my
>timer drift to a minimum.  I didn't realize it understood the DST settings
and
>would get it right.
>
>  David LaRue

I think it links up to the Atomic Clock in Colorado, so it has to be 100%
accurate.
I been using Nistime for quite a few years my self.


~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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From: brian@cpuguide.com                                02-Nov-99 15:51:16
  To: All                                               02-Nov-99 19:59:29
Subj: OS2 3.00 & NT4.0

From: "Brian" <brian@cpuguide.com>

I need to connect our OS2 System with our NT System over our existing LAN.
The only thing I need to do is get files from one to the other on a daily
basis.
I have Warp Connect installed on the os2 system.

Thanks in advance for any help!!


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From: oliver.rick@oor.de                                01-Nov-99 22:44:22
  To: All                                               02-Nov-99 21:24:23
Subj: Re: Getting JDK 1.1.8

From: oliver.rick@oor.de (Oliver Rick)

On Sun, 31 Oct 1999 Alvredus wrote:

> Please tell me that there is some way of getting it by straightforward
> FTP so that I can use the re-get feature.

As long as it is possible I keep listing direct links to the free features
from Software Choice. Choose the packages you want from
http://www.warpupdates.de/english/dev_javainstall.html

   /Olli/
--
IBM OS/2 Warp Update Summary:
http://www.warpupdates.de/english/warpupdates.html

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From: mmadden@wsnet.com                                 02-Nov-99 18:01:17
  To: All                                               02-Nov-99 21:24:23
Subj: Re: Kernel File is missing from the disk

From: "Michael D. Madden" <mmadden@wsnet.com>

Yes sir. I did, in small letters at the end of the file.

Disk 1 is the one that I changed. Never changed the install disk.
(except for the fact that I do not use the original. Made a copy of the
disk). A shame too. I would like to install  OS/2 on my system.

Funny thing though is if I try to install on my small hard drive, which
means that I do not change anything on the disk on use a straight copy
then when I try to boot into OS/2 to finish the installation instead of
the "Kernel File is missing from the disk" error I get a trap instead.

Help.

Thanks

Michael Madden

"Graham C. Norris" wrote:

> Did you also stick this:
>
> SET COPYFROMFLOPPY=1
>
> in the CONFIG.SYS on your boot floppies?
>
> Graham.

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From: Nullmudshark-505@worldnet.att.net                 02-Nov-99 19:22:06
  To: All                                               02-Nov-99 21:24:23
Subj: Re: Daylight Saving Time Change

From: "Dave" <Nullmudshark-505@worldnet.att.net>

On 1 Nov 1999 17:52:16 GMT, Doug Bissett wrote:

>
>OS/2 does NOT attempt to change a system clock between Daylight 
>Savings Time and Standard Time. The logic to do this is a horrible 
>thing to contemplate, as Win95 users discovered a few years ago (I 
>don't know if M$ ever did figure it out).

There is a formular.  Something like (but certainly NOT it) the second Sunday
after the first full moon of October.  Tidal programs can chart this.
>


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From: ecmille@ibm.net                                   03-Nov-99 01:55:07
  To: All                                               03-Nov-99 03:33:27
Subj: Re: Lexmark Optra 40

From: ecmille@ibm.net (Ted Miller)

In message <381EFAF3.D2DEABE7@mail.bv.no> - =?iso-8859-1?Q?Bj=F8rn?= Vermo
<bv@mail.bv.no>Tue, 02 Nov 1999 15:54:21 +0100 writes:

Thanks a lot for the information

:>
:>Ted Miller wrote:
:>
:>> ... The only anomaly I have noticed was in
:>> printing a 3 page file with an old english style true type font through
IBM
:>> works. In this case it took several minutes to start printing and the
computer
:>> was almost in a hung condition during this period. Once printing started
:>> everything was released again. When I changed the font to a printer
resident
:>> one printing was almost instantaneous. Obviously there is something about
this
:>> particular font that
:>> postscript doesn't like.
:>>
:>
:>This is very logical - TT fonts work on TT printers, PS fonts on PostScript
printers.
:>When you print something with a True Type font to a PostScript printer, the
printer
:>driver has to convert everything into a graphical image before it is sent to 
the
:>printer.

This I now realize. I never had a printer before where fonts were an issue or
concern. What I don't understand though is why there is such a hit to the
system when processing such a file. E.g. if I print a jpg graphic there is
also a certain amount of processing time but no slow down in the computer. If
the printer sees a page of text with a TT font as a graphics file why this
huge hit on resources? 

 If you print with a PS font which is not resident in the printer, the font
:>(or possibly only the part of it you actually use) is just included as part
of the
:>print job. This adds very little overhead.
:>

Is there then not much to gain by downloading the font?

:>Generally speaking, TT fonts are not very good for printing  - they are not
really up
:>to the high professional standards of good PS fonts. If you have a PS
printer, you
:>should avoid them altogether.
:>
:>

Is there a reason for Postscript's inability to handle TT fonts? licensing
issues? I always thought a font was a font.

Ted Miller
ecmille@ibm.net



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From: ecmille@ibm.net                                   03-Nov-99 01:55:06
  To: All                                               03-Nov-99 03:33:27
Subj: Re: Lexmark Optra 40

From: ecmille@ibm.net (Ted Miller)

In message <Z8vLRdP7nz3N-pn2-M6edNFrcCFcW@sphericalburn.tampabay.rr.com> -
donnelly@tampabay.rr.com (Buddy Donnelly)Tue, 02 Nov 1999 02:30:19 GMT writes:
:>
:>On Tue, 2 Nov 1999 01:52:30, ecmille@ibm.net (Ted Miller) a ‚crit dans un 
:>message:
:>
:>> 
:>> It took a lower priority in both the queue setting and the print spooler
:>> setting. Kept the system going in my problem printout and doesn't seem to
:>> effect other printing. I think I am finally finished with fiddling.
:>> 
:>
:>We'll cast those words in bronze. Not. We're *never* finished with 
:>fiddling. Six months downstream we'll be sure to see something we were too 
:>inexperienced to understand previously, and see that we can make further 
:>changes.
:>
:>
:>
:>Good luck,
:>
:>Buddy
:>
:>Buddy Donnelly
:>donnelly@tampabay.rr.com
:>
:>

I'll certainly concur with that statement. I still plan to fool around with
the PCL5 driver again. Just not right now. Hopefully something will come up
that will allow the use of the bidi driver again. I sort of liked Markvision.
Its strange that bidi really was required for optimal performance with the
3200 and is the worst case with the Optra 40. I guess thats the nature of
computing

Thanks to you and everyone else who responded to my numerous questions I
believe I now have an optimal setup.

Ted Miller
ecmille@ibm.net


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From: cb@lim.nl                                         03-Nov-99 03:07:08
  To: All                                               03-Nov-99 03:33:27
Subj: Re: Lexmark Optra 40

From: Colin Brace <cb@lim.nl>

In <381f9602_4@news3.prserv.net>, on 11/03/99 
   at 01:55 AM, ecmille@ibm.net (Ted Miller) said:

> Is there a reason for Postscript's inability to handle TT fonts?
> licensing issues? I always thought a font was a font.

unless I'm mistaken, TT was originally envisaged as a fullblown
alternative to PS, no? Bill Gates got tired of paying Adobe royalties.
Nasty tactic, but it did open up Adobe considerably...

I will defer to others re. the relative merits of the two formats, but TT
has one advantage in my mind: everything is in just ONE file (.TT).


-- 
  Colin Brace <cb@lim.nl>
  Amsterdam
  http://www.lim.nl


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From: srd@x.mcmail.com                                  03-Nov-99 02:35:06
  To: All                                               03-Nov-99 03:33:27
Subj: Java 1.1.8 - Installation problems - what's the answer?

From: Steve Drewell <srd@x.mcmail.com>

For the past one and a half hours I've been scouring through deja.com
trying to find a solution to the "common" problem of installing Java
1.1.8. The problem being:

(Copied from Christopher Hodges post in August):

1)  I get the installation window in the Netscape browser.
2)  I select the options and the drive
3)  The program tells me to hit the button to begin installation 4) 
Almost immediately the program beeps and tells me that installation
    is complete and I should reboot my computer
5)  I reboot the computer but it never created a directory or moved any
    files anywhere.


In WPINSTAL.LOG, there's:

03-11-1999  00:55:50 **NULLID** :: Exception -1073741819 returned to
instthrd.c 538l

which others have reported.

I'm running Warp 4 (FP12), FI 1.25, Comm/2 4.61 GA. I've tried the CID
method and that also failed.

I can't find the answer on deja.com, so if someone would share their
knowledge on how to solve this problem, it would be greatly appreciated.

Cheers,
Steve
-- 
Steve Drewell             (Remove x. from address to reply)
_____________________________________________________________
Using IBM OS/2 Warp 4 running 24 processes with 123 threads.
Machine uptime is 0 days, 1 hour, 9 mins and 57 secs.
_____________________________________________________________


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From: Roland.Pinches@pmail.net                          03-Nov-99 00:52:21
  To: All                                               03-Nov-99 03:33:27
Subj: Re: Problems with CD-RW and Adaptec AIC7890 SCSI

From: "Roland Pinches" <Roland.Pinches@pmail.net>

On Tue, 02 Nov 1999 01:21:37 -0600, Darryl Sperber wrote:

>On Mon, 01 Nov 1999 23:35:38 +0000 (GMT), "Roland Pinches"
><Roland.Pinches@pmail.net> wrote:
>
>
>>  Now, the problem I have is that when I try to boot the system with the
>>  external CD-RW powered on, the system never gets past loading AIC78U2.ADD, 
as
>>  displayed when booting with the ALT-F2 option. If I boot with the external
>>  CD-RW powered off, everything boots ok, but obviously I can't use my CD-RW
>
>>  
>>  I don't think it is the CD-RW drive that is causing the problem as I get
the
>>  same problem when I plug an external Jaz drive into the SCSI bus. The
CD-RW
>>  worked perfectly when it was installed internally in the machine.
>>  
>>  There are no SCSI id conflicts.
>
>I've got a true Adaptec 2940U2W with the same AIC7890 chip.  It has three
>connectors (internal 50-pin, internal 68-pin ultra/wide, internal 68-pin
>LVD).  It is not an onboard AIC7890 but a real Adaptec card.
>
>And then I have their special 50-pin internal-to-external cable which runs
>from the card's 50-pin internal through two internal narrow devices (one of
>which is Ultra) and out to the back of the case, where there is an external
>connector to which I have my narrow scanner connected.
>
>I've got three internal U/W drives on the 68-pin internal chain... the last
>of which is terminated.  And I've got one LVD drive on the 68-pin LVD
>internal chain, with the drive not terminated because of the special cable
>with its built-in terminator. And I've got two non-terminated internal narrow
>(one Ultra) devices (DAT and CD) on the 50-pin internal chain, running out to
>the back where my terminated narrow scanner is connected.
>
>And I too use AIC78U2.ADD, but with no problems.
>
>
>Anyway, my point is that termination is crucial here.  When using the
>internal-to-external cable, where the one 50-pin chain really runs through
>the two internal devices and out the back to the external device, neither of
>the two internal devices is to be terminated.  Instead, it is the external
>device where the termination must be on that special 50-pin chain.
>
>And of course, on both the 68-pin internal chain the last device must be
>terminated.  And on the 68-pin LVD chain, no device must be terminated... as
>the special LVD cable itself has a special active terminator built into the
>end of it.
>
>
>So... when your CD-RW was internal, was it the last device?  Was it
>terminated or not?  And now that you've moved it to the external chain, is
>there any special termination consideration?  What about the remaining
>devices on the internal chain... did you terminate the last one of them on
>the internal chain, now that it's the last one?
>
>As you know, termination on SCSI chains is critical.  Depending on the
>sophistication of the BIOS, you may be told about a faulty termination
>situation or it may simply die on you.  The fact that your Jaz drive also
>causes a problem when connected suggests to me something about the chains
>themselves that might be an issue... like possible improper termination.
>
>What about the BIOS for that AIC7890?  Does it provide auto-termination for
>the host adapter, as necessary? 
>
>
>Of course, the fact that NT boots just fine with the identical hardware
>configuration suggests just the opposite, that it's not a hardware issue but
>a software problem with AIC78U2.ADD.
>
>But all I can say is that I have no problem with my configuration that has
>device chains on all three connectors.
>
>
>--
>//
>//  Darryl Sperber  (sperber@airmail.net)
>//

The external CD-RW wasn't terminated. There is a switch on the back of the
external case that selects whether the unit is terminated or not. I have now
switched it 'on'. Unfortunately it hasn't made any difference and when
booting with ALT-F2, it still gets stuck at the AIC78U2.ADD driver
(interestingly, if I switch off the power to the external unit while it is
stuck, it continues booting ok but is just a bit too unstable to use so I
have to reboot anyway :-} )

As for which devices are terminated internally, I can't say at the moment as
I haven't opened the case for a while... but I will tomorrow!

FYI, these are the config values from the SCSI BIOS setup ie: pressing CTRL-A
during post:

Host adapter SCSI ID		:7
SCSI Parity Checking		:Enabled
Host Adapter SCSI Termination	:Enabled

Boot Device Options:
Boot SCSI ID	:0

SCSI Device Configuration:
Initiate Sync Negotiation		:Yes
Max Sync Transfer Rate		:80
Enable Diconnection		:Yes
Initiate Wide Negotiation	:Yes

Advanced configuration options:
Reset SCSI bus at IC initialisation			:Enabled
Extend BIOS Translation for DOS drives > 1Gb 		:Enabled
Host Adapter BIOS					:Enabled
Support removeable disks under BIOS as fixed disks	:All disks
Display <CTRL><A> message during BIOS init		:Enabled
BIOS support for bootable CD-ROM			:Enabled
BIOS support for Int13 Extensions			:Enabled

BIOS Information: (This info cannot be changed)
IRQ	:5
I/O Port	:D000h

These are all the defaults as far as I know.

I'll open my case tomorrow and let you know which devices are attached to
which cables etc.

Cheers,
Roland.


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From: psmedley@my-deja.com                              02-Nov-99 17:35:18
  To: All                                               03-Nov-99 03:33:27
Subj: Re: Daylight Saving Time Change

From: psmedley@my-deja.com (Paul Smedley)

On Tue, 2 Nov 1999 00:22:47, JHB@jita.nospam.demon.co.uk (Jim Backus) 
wrote:
> > > Ok, I give up.  Twice a year for several years now, I get exercised over
> > > OS/2 not changing the time automatically.  The irritation usually lasts
> > > about 2 minutes, but this time it has lasted longer.
> > > Please help the digitally (intellectually) challenged.

Try Timekeeper from BMT Micro.  Only $10 and it will automatically 
verify the time on your computer at defined intervals, and adjust the 
time for daylight savings.  Works great here.

Regards,

Paul

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From: jgetsoian@csi.com                                 02-Nov-99 23:25:11
  To: All                                               03-Nov-99 03:33:28
Subj: Re: Java 1.1.8 - Installation problems - what's the answer?

From: "John Getsoian" <jgetsoian@csi.com>

On Wed, 03 Nov 1999 02:35:13 +0000, Steve Drewell wrote:

>trying to find a solution to the "common" problem of installing Java
>1.1.8. 

Not positive that this remedy isn't for a different problem that
occurs later in the install but it's probably worth a try:

Go to /os2/install and make a backup copy of FI.INI, then edit the
original to delete any and all references to Java. Reboot and retry
the installation.



regards;
-john getsoian
(jgetsoian@csi.com)


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From: prayer5@my-deja.com                               03-Nov-99 03:05:08
  To: All                                               03-Nov-99 03:33:28
Subj: Re: Video wrong at boot desktop, how fix?

From: prayer5@my-deja.com

In article <qpkdVVNoMoTk-pn2-yEoKdE1y7wSB@tcpserver>,
  lsunley@mb.sympatico.ca (Lorne Sunley) wrote:
> OK, I'll try, but first the questions...
>
> What kind of video card is this anyway?
It is Mirage Diablo 3D containing a Savage 3D chip.
>
> If it does not support standard VGA specs do you have
> OS/2 drivers for it?
I have a tuning program for DOS and a flash program to set the eeproms
in the video card.  DOS & Win9x find and work the VGA mode just fine.
The "default" setting in Alt-F1 F3 apparently have some thing in the 31-
50Khz range hard coded rather than use whatever the card wants to do
for VGA.
>
> Do you get any kind of display at all under the standard VGA
> drivers?  In DOS- yes, In Win9x Yes (both safe mode and VGA mode
before I installed the drivers.  OS/2 cant get to usable screen to
install drivers, the maint screen doesn't play right.

I need to make changes somewhere to get it to function in a usable
manner then I can install the drivers.
>
> Lorne Sunley
>
>


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From: hunters@thunder.indstate.edu                      03-Nov-99 03:21:13
  To: All                                               03-Nov-99 03:33:28
Subj: Re: Video wrong at boot desktop, how fix?

From: hunters@thunder.indstate.edu

In article <7vo8pa$147$1@nnrp1.deja.com>,
  prayer5@my-deja.com wrote:

> I have a tuning program for DOS and a flash program to set the
> eeproms in the video card.  DOS & Win9x find and work the VGA mode
> just fine. The "default" setting in Alt-F1 F3 apparently have some
> thing in the 31-50Khz range hard coded rather than use whatever the
> card wants to do for VGA.

This doesn't make sense at all. Assuming that this card is VGA
compatible, not always guaranteed these days, it should work just fine.
When you do Alt-F1 F3, you are resetting the display drivers to be VGA.
This should work on *all* VGA compliant video cards.

However, since you've installed WSeB sucessfully, your card would
appear to be VGA compliant! What may have happened is that OS/2
installed some drivers that Alt-F1 F3 doesn't remove. Try selecting the
option (After Alt-F1) to boot to a command-prompt (F2?), and typing
"setvga" (no quotes) and then rebooting and installing the OS/2 drivers
for the Saveage4.

> > Do you get any kind of display at all under the standard VGA
> > drivers?
> In DOS- yes, In Win9x Yes (both safe mode and VGA mode
> before I installed the drivers.  OS/2 cant get to usable screen to
> install drivers, the maint screen doesn't play right.

Sounds like the wrong display drivers are being loaded. Try the above,
and then post the results.

--
-Steven Hunter               *OS/2 Warp 4 * |
hunters@thunder.indstate.edu *AMD K6-2 400* |


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From: forkd4nisse@dtek.chalmers.se                      03-Nov-99 06:25:10
  To: All                                               03-Nov-99 03:33:28
Subj: Re: Lexmark Optra 40

From: Martin Nisshagen <forkd4nisse@dtek.chalmers.se>

Bj›rn Vermo [Norbionics] -> comp.os.os2.misc:

¯ Generally speaking, TT fonts are not very good for printing  - they are not
really up

It depends if you speak about TT as technology, or that it historically hasn't
had as many good fonts available on the market for professional printing.

If the former it's a myth. If the later it's true in most cases (even if some
great TT fonts is available, and it's also starting to improve on the market).

¯ to the high professional standards of good PS fonts. If you have a PS
printer, you
¯ should avoid them altogether.

I agree 100% with that, as conversion is generally never good. That said many
modern PS printers can also load, render and print TT fonts just as well and
fine as PS fonts (for older PS printers this however isn't always the case).

Also this will improve in time as the new Adobe/Microsoft merged font
specification, OpenType, can handle both old PS and TT fonts as standard.

Best regards,

m a r t i n | n

-- 
Martin Nisshagen                 PGP 6.5: 0x45D423AC      K R A F T W E R K 
:)
CS/CE, Chalmers, Sweden          ICQ UIN: 689662          2 x 300A @ 450 MHz
d4nisse-at-dtek-chalmers-se      home2.pp.sbbs.se/mn     
home2.pp.sbbs.se/mn/kw

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From: forkd4nisse@dtek.chalmers.se                      03-Nov-99 06:48:16
  To: All                                               03-Nov-99 03:33:28
Subj: Re: Lexmark Optra 40

From: Martin Nisshagen <forkd4nisse@dtek.chalmers.se>

Colin Brace [A2000 Kabeltelevisie en Telecommunicatie] -> comp.os.os2.misc:

¯ > Is there a reason for Postscript's inability to handle TT fonts?
¯ > licensing issues? I always thought a font was a font.

Nope. Most modern PS printers has a great TT renderer engine as well.

¯ unless I'm mistaken, TT was originally envisaged as a fullblown
¯ alternative to PS, no? Bill Gates got tired of paying Adobe royalties.
¯ Nasty tactic, but it did open up Adobe considerably...

Wrong.

Apple (or Steve Jobs if your prefer to talk about executives in person).

Best regards,

m a r t i n | n

-- 
Martin Nisshagen                 PGP 6.5: 0x45D423AC      K R A F T W E R K 
:)
CS/CE, Chalmers, Sweden          ICQ UIN: 689662          2 x 300A @ 450 MHz
d4nisse-at-dtek-chalmers-se      home2.pp.sbbs.se/mn     
home2.pp.sbbs.se/mn/kw

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From: spam_free_norrisg@linkline.com                    02-Nov-99 21:13:26
  To: All                                               03-Nov-99 03:33:28
Subj: Re: Kernel File is missing from the disk

From: "Graham C. Norris" <spam_free_norrisg@linkline.com>

Michael,

You do realise Warp 3 is no longer supported don't you? You can still
get all the maintenance done to it up until the middle of this year,
which will make it Y2K compliant, but you may be wasting your time
anyway. Having said that, it ought to install.

How about posting some more details: partition layout of your hard
drives, video card, what else is installed, etc..

Graham.

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From: thoman@verinet.com                                03-Nov-99 05:14:27
  To: All                                               03-Nov-99 03:33:28
Subj: Re: Warp Connect without LAN card???

From: thoman@verinet.com

In <qpkdVVNoMoTk-pn2-ndW5CK6Mj6zO@tcpserver>, lsunley@mb.sympatico.ca (Lorne
Sunley) writes:
>
>I assume you are using the dial-up connection to access
>files on a file server. The product you need is the LAN
>distance client software. When it is installed you can toggle
>between a regular LAN connection (with a NIC) or a dial up
>connection.

        Once upon a long time ago when I first had a run at this,
I tried installing LAN Distance, but it didn't seem useful.  There's
no regular LAN connection for it, and when I "shuttled off the
(nonexistent) LAN" it produced about the same Requester problem
I'm looking at now, but with a different error number.  Also, since
it claims to require LAN Distance software on the server to work,
it seems uninviting.  I have less than no influence on the server(s).

>You can also get rid of the Requester startup blues by
>configuring MPTS with the Parallel Port NIC driver. This
>gives the requester a NIC-like device to talk to during startup.

        That's what the install of the LAN software does if you pick 
"no LAN adapter", which is what I did, and it still did an install
that provides the requester problem.  After upgrading to MPTS 5.12
I removed the parallel port driver and added the IBM NULL MAC Driver,
with no beneficial effect.  MPTS fixpak didn't heal anything, either.
        Thought just occurred:  I've been adding NetBIOS, NetBIOS over
TCP/IP, and TCP/IP as the protocols for whatever "adapter" (parallel,
NULL) I've tried.  Way back when I was reading about this stuff, I
concluded I'd want all three.  Maybe that's not the right answer...
I did discover that I have to change the logical adapter number on
at least one of the three, but that was just to get the setup to work
and didn't ease the requester's pain.

-----
Greg Thoman:  The opinions expressed herein are mine alone, and I am 
              solely irresponsible for them.

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From: mmadden@wsnet.com                                 03-Nov-99 00:34:27
  To: All                                               03-Nov-99 03:33:28
Subj: Re: Kernel File is missing from the disk

From: "Michael D. Madden" <mmadden@wsnet.com>

I wish it would install too. I have no idea why I am having this problem. I
had my OS/2 in the closet and thought that I could just install it and start
using it again.I have a 4 gig partitioned this way. Even if I had OS/2 4 I
bet I would still have this problem. I do have Merlin coming and now I am
woondering if I made a mistake. Thanks for your help.

200 megs - DOS
7 megs - Boot Manager
200 Megs - OS/2

Then I have a 2.3 gig with nothing it.

I have a 1 meg Cirrus Logic ( 5434 PCI)
64 megs of RAM

I have no other software, other than the DOS GUI - Windows 3.11.



> From: "Graham C. Norris" <spam_free_norrisg@linkline.com>
> Organization: Posted via Supernews, http://www.supernews.com
> Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.setup.misc
> Date: Tue, 02 Nov 1999 21:13:53 -0800
> Subject: Re: Kernel File is missing from the disk
> 
> Michael,
> 
> You do realise Warp 3 is no longer supported don't you? You can still
> get all the maintenance done to it up until the middle of this year,
> which will make it Y2K compliant, but you may be wasting your time
> anyway. Having said that, it ought to install.
> 
> How about posting some more details: partition layout of your hard
> drives, video card, what else is installed, etc..
> 
> Graham.

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From: hamei@pacbell.net                                 03-Nov-99 08:09:14
  To: All                                               03-Nov-99 06:18:16
Subj: Re: Lexmark Optra 40

From: hamei@pacbell.net

In <381f9968$1$po$mr2ice@news.a2000.nl>, Colin Brace <cb@lim.nl> writes:
>In <381f9602_4@news3.prserv.net>, on 11/03/99 
>   at 01:55 AM, ecmille@ibm.net (Ted Miller) said:
>
>> Is there a reason for Postscript's inability to handle TT fonts?
>> licensing issues? I always thought a font was a font.
>
>unless I'm mistaken, TT was originally envisaged as a fullblown
>alternative to PS, no? Bill Gates got tired of paying Adobe royalties.
>Nasty tactic, but it did open up Adobe considerably...
>

I thought that TrueType was an Apple invention, passed along to M$ during
that untidy behind-the-doors scene when MS played extortionist over Word
and Apple was gonna sue MS for not paying the license fees for Win 3x ? 

We can be sure Gates had nothing to do with it, or the name would be 
MSTrueType  . . .  wonder if his dog is named MSFido ? And asks for a 
registration code every time before he'll fetch the ball ?


>
>-- 
>  Colin Brace <cb@lim.nl>
>  Amsterdam
>  http://www.lim.nl
>
>


--
h„rad ‘ngravv†d

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From: nospam_hkelder@capgemini.nl                       03-Nov-99 09:51:02
  To: All                                               03-Nov-99 06:18:16
Subj: Re: Java 1.1.8 - Installation problems - what's the answer?

From: Henk kelder <nospam_hkelder@capgemini.nl>

Your FI.INI is probably not okay.

Please download:

http://www.os2ss.com/information/kelder/makefi.exe

And place it in \OS2\INSTALL.

Run it. It will create a file called FI.NEW.

Rename the original FI.INI and name FI.NEW as FI.INI.

Then retry installing.

Henk

Steve Drewell wrote:
> 
> For the past one and a half hours I've been scouring through deja.com
> trying to find a solution to the "common" problem of installing Java
> 1.1.8. The problem being:
> 
> (Copied from Christopher Hodges post in August):
> 
> 1)  I get the installation window in the Netscape browser.
> 2)  I select the options and the drive
> 3)  The program tells me to hit the button to begin installation 4)
> Almost immediately the program beeps and tells me that installation
>     is complete and I should reboot my computer
> 5)  I reboot the computer but it never created a directory or moved any
>     files anywhere.
> 
> In WPINSTAL.LOG, there's:
> 
> 03-11-1999  00:55:50 **NULLID** :: Exception -1073741819 returned to
> instthrd.c 538l
> 
> which others have reported.
> 
> I'm running Warp 4 (FP12), FI 1.25, Comm/2 4.61 GA. I've tried the CID
> method and that also failed.
> 
> I can't find the answer on deja.com, so if someone would share their
> knowledge on how to solve this problem, it would be greatly appreciated.
> 
> Cheers,
> Steve
> --
> Steve Drewell             (Remove x. from address to reply)
> _____________________________________________________________
> Using IBM OS/2 Warp 4 running 24 processes with 123 threads.
> Machine uptime is 0 days, 1 hour, 9 mins and 57 secs.
> _____________________________________________________________

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From: horseman@ibm.net                                  02-Nov-99 15:20:09
  To: All                                               03-Nov-99 06:18:16
Subj: Re: Daylight Saving Time Change

From: Tony Wright <horseman@ibm.net>

Ron Vopicka wrote:

> Ok, I give up.  Twice a year for several years now, I get exercised over
> OS/2 not changing the time automatically.  The irritation usually lasts
> about 2 minutes, but this time it has lasted longer.

(the increased irritation length is no doubt caused by the time dilation
effect due to approaching the event horizon of the forthcoming millenium
"black hole"<vbg>)

Agreed it does appear frustrating to have a TZ envar introduced via a FP
that essentially adds no expected functionality to base OS for a standalone
PC?
But the answer really depends on what other OS's you use and whether you
(regularly) logon to any network....?

> Searches of HELP have proved fruitless, as have looking in the manuals I
> can still find (that my son hasn't "misplaced").
>
> I have   set TZ=est5edt  in config.sys... but now I have to assume there
> is some other module that must be loaded also???

Correct - check Hobbes for DSTSwitch,TIME868 and numerous others that add
varying degrees of functionality.It appears that DSTSwitch (when invoked)
will automatically switch the time w/o needing a network/dial connection and
no doubt others when correctly configured will do likewise.
But unless you are using DSTSwitch across a network that itself has a
seperately obtainable timestandard it is limited to just performing the DST
adjustment and and not explicitly dialling up one of the many international
time sources(directly or via internet) and re-synching the time accurately
for you.
DSTswitch is shareware and to comply with the license should be registered
after 30days (allthough if you only use it 2 days per year and deinstall in
between then presumably that gives you 15 years legitimate use?<vbg>)
The downside being of course that essentially the program needs to be
running all the time just to catch the "change window" twice a year to
adjust the clock!
(Unless you invoke it via some other less intrusive crono or rexx code to
restrict it's autostart range to nearer the required date range? ....in
which case just doing some date manipulation in Rexx via startup.cmd using
the TZ variable would achieve the same result with litlle overhead
anyway<g>).
The accompanying docs with most of these utilities do give further info on
TZ however.

> I'm also curious if the standard/daylight(summer) time logic actually
> changes the hardware clock or if at every boot the system just
> determines which time we should be running in. (Of course, if it worked
> I could answer my own question.)

Think about it...... If OS literally only updated a software clock then
booting from diskette (or another OS w/o any TZ correction) would invariably
give you a different time because the OS has to initialise its software
clock from the hardware one at some point!<g>.
Interesting question though cos if RTC is updated how does another OS ensure
that it hasn't already been DST adjusted by another OS<g>, as  well as a
disparity tween apps that might query software and hardware clocks
seperately!
So the imponderable question is what happened to all those non-networked
users that had a DST enabled utility on OS/2 when they also first booted up
say W98 after the DST rollover(or vice versa)?

> I hate to think how many years I have been saying...

and we all hate to think how many years the very same question has been
answered!<g>....

> I'll fix it next
> year.

or more accurately perhaps in another 6 months time? <g> ....

> Please help the digitally (intellectually) challenged.

More challenging still when you add in the additional complexity of
sporadically logging into a server/network that also spans more than one TZ
anyway using more than one NOS client!Without some common register(say in
RTC/bios) accessable by all OS's and DST utilities then you still have the
potential for some very confused timekeeping in some scenarios?
Although W9x/NT already has both TZ and DST functionality built in to not
only synchronise but also adjust any offset times automatically when logging
into a network, until the TZ variable arrived in OS/2(or L/Req) FP's  if you
logged into a Lan/Warp Server network that spanned TZ's  with
TIMESOURCE/LOGON active then you had a potential problem<g>.

So perhaps the answer as to why OS/2(non networked) is not yet specifically
designed to  implicitly change it for you lies in the potential
multiplatform complexities above and IBM developers reluctance to arrogantly
assume that their OS is the only one utilised and conversely their equal
disinterest in attempting to support the standalone SOHO(non networked)
user? Although they could have at least added more explicit help and avoided
the obvious question being repeatedly asked!

M$ Windows answer is to just do it (albeit perhaps based on a potentially
incorrect assumption  given the previous scenarios<g>) but at least have the
courtesy to  inform you (after the event<g>) that it has unilaterally
decided to change something.....and thus possibly leave you  with the
equally annoying effort of spending 30 secs in manually changing it back
again or conversely then having to prevent a subsequent OS2 boot (utility)
from changing it!<vbg>

> Ron

 So depending on what other OS's you have installed, whether networked
directly or using dial in connection, accuracy of the RTC(and any associated
requirement to keep it accurate on a non lan attached direct network
connection)    and the imponderable  question of actually predicting your
daily working habits you'll no doubt receive suggestions varying from:
    * Don't bother - do it manually, it only takes 30 secs or less....  to
    * Autostart a DST/TIME utility from your dialler and forget it.....

Personally I'll stick with my low tech sundial solution despite the overcast
British weather<g>
Best of luck.....

--
Rgds Tony W   Email: horseman@ibm.net

"humanum est errare: To err is human
.... and to fail is to be a Project Manager...
...but to foul things up completely needs a computer!"




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From: jknott@ibm.net                                    03-Nov-99 05:53:17
  To: All                                               03-Nov-99 10:33:07
Subj: Re: Lexmark Optra 40

From: jknott@ibm.net (James Knott)

In article <c1.2b8.2Smkyx$02Q@hamei.pacbell.net>, hamei@pacbell.net wrote:

>I thought that TrueType was an Apple invention, passed along to M$ during
>that untidy behind-the-doors scene when MS played extortionist over Word
>and Apple was gonna sue MS for not paying the license fees for Win 3x ? 
>
>We can be sure Gates had nothing to do with it, or the name would be 
>MSTrueType  . . .  wonder if his dog is named MSFido ? And asks for a 
>registration code every time before he'll fetch the ball ?

His wife's maiden name was Ms. Dos.  ;-)

-- 
E-mail jknott@ca.ibm.com
_________________________________________________________________________
The above opinions are my own and not those of ISM Corp., a subsidiary of
IBM Canada Ltd.

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From: paul_floyd@see.sig                                03-Nov-99 10:16:03
  To: All                                               03-Nov-99 10:33:07
Subj: Re: Kernel File is missing from the disk

From: Paul Floyd <paul_floyd@see.sig>


"Michael D. Madden" wrote:
> 
> I wish it would install too. I have no idea why I am having this problem. I
> had my OS/2 in the closet and thought that I could just install it and start
> using it again.I have a 4 gig partitioned this way. Even if I had OS/2 4 I
> bet I would still have this problem. I do have Merlin coming and now I am
> woondering if I made a mistake. Thanks for your help.
> 
> 200 megs - DOS
> 7 megs - Boot Manager
> 200 Megs - OS/2

Is this an (E)IDE disk? Is it master? It should be the first master
disk. BootManager only requires 1M, so you could save a little space
there. Are all 3 of these primary partitions?

How are the partitions formatted? DOS is FAT16 I presume. Is OS/2 HPFS
or FAT?

If you boot from the installation diskettes, and press F3 to go to the
command prompt (I think) rather than continue with install, can you
access the 2 partitions? What does OS/2 FDISK show? DOS should be C: and
OS/2 D:. If you log onto the OS/2 partition, and do "dir /as" what do
you see? There should be the files os2ldr and os2krnl (again, I think).

When you boot, do you get the blue BootManager screen with the 2
choices: OS/2 and DOS? If so, can you select DOS from the bootmanager
menu and boot it?

Here are a few things I can think of why the kernel can't be found:
1. OS/2 is installed on an HPFS partition, but the config.sys does not
contain the HPFS installable file system. (This could happen if you
installed OS/2 onto a FAT partition, then used a tool like Partition
Magic to convert that partition to HPFS but did not change config.sys).
2. OS/2 was installed on a primary partition which was the only
installable partition on the drive (C:). After, another primary
partition (FAT) was created before the OS/2 one. This would cause the
OS/2 partition to map from C: to D:, and might well cause great
headaches when booting. It certainly causes unix systems to be unable to
find their kernels.
 
> Then I have a 2.3 gig with nothing it.

Is that free space or an extended partition with an empty logical
partition in it? It shouldn't matter.
 
> I have a 1 meg Cirrus Logic ( 5434 PCI)
> 64 megs of RAM
 
> I have no other software, other than the DOS GUI - Windows 3.11.
 
Cheers
Paul
-- 
Paul Floyd      Focal Ingenierie Sud
Mail: paul underscore floyd at focal dot fr
Is a bargain vasectomy a snip at the price?

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From: stilz@lexmark.com@stilz@lexmark.com               03-Nov-99 07:57:06
  To: All                                               03-Nov-99 10:33:07
Subj: Re: Lexmark resident fonts 

From: stilz@lexmark.com@stilz@lexmark.com

In <381f2c6d$1$po$mr2ice@news.a2000.nl>, Colin Brace <cb@lim.nl> writes:
>In <381EFAF3.D2DEABE7@mail.bv.no>, on 11/02/99 
>   at 03:54 PM, Bjørn Vermo <bv@mail.bv.no> said:
>
>> This is very logical - TT fonts work on TT printers, PS fonts on
>> PostScript printers. When you print something with a True Type font to a
>> PostScript printer, the printer driver has to convert everything into a
>> graphical image before it is sent to the printer. If you print with a PS
>> font which is not resident in the printer, the font (or possibly only
>> the part of it you actually use) is just included as part of the print
>> job. This adds very little overhead.
>
>Hello, I wonder if you can explain how resident fonts work.
>
>My Lexmark Optra R has a fair number of built-in PCL fonts (fifty or so).
>If I select this printer from within DeScribe, the full range of fonts are
>displayed in the font display dialog, as I would expect. However, if I
>select this printer from within Netscape, this is NOT the case. I assume
>then that I have to install these fonts manually within OS/2, or not? As
>far as I can tell, the Lexmark installation program does not install these
>fonts.
>
>thanks for your help.
>
>
>-- 
>  Colin Brace <cb@lim.nl>
>  Amsterdam
>  http://www.lim.nl
>
>
First let me say that it's been a long time since I've been close to this
stuff but...

In general, the application is in control over what fonts they'll let the user 
use.
I'm not a font guy (and I don't play one on TV) nor am I up on Netscape but as 
I
remember it, the application can ask the printer driver what fonts the printer 
supports.
The printer driver can respond with it's list of resident fonts and the system 
fonts 
but the application may choose to allow the user to only pick from a subset of 
these.

In order for OS/2 to use a printer font, that font (or a subsitute) must be
installed in OS/2.

Regards,
Mike Stilz
stilz@lexmark.combut speaking for my self right now...

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From: dcasey@ibm.net                                    03-Nov-99 07:31:23
  To: All                                               03-Nov-99 10:33:07
Subj: Re: Kernel File is missing from the disk

From: dcasey@ibm.net (Dan Casey)

In article <B44533AD.1219madden@wsnet.com>,
"Michael D. Madden" <mmadden@wsnet.com> wrote:
>I wish it would install too. I have no idea why I am having this problem. I
>had my OS/2 in the closet and thought that I could just install it and start
>using it again.I have a 4 gig partitioned this way. Even if I had OS/2 4 I
>bet I would still have this problem. I do have Merlin coming and now I am
>woondering if I made a mistake. Thanks for your help.
>
>200 megs - DOS
>7 megs - Boot Manager
>200 Megs - OS/2

Make sure that you have to newest IDE drivers. Even  Warp 4 didn't
ship with drivers to handle an IDE drive >4.3Gb.

Make sure the line:

SET COPYFROMFLOPPY=1

Is in the config.sys file on the installation dikettes. Without that
line, the IDE drivers from the CD will be copied.

200Mb is not enough room for OS/2 Warp 3 or (especially) Warp 4. Yes,
it's enough for a Base install, but not enough for added functions and
certainly not enough for applying service (Fixpaks). If you have the
room (and it appears you do), try 500Mb .... it'll work much nicer.


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From: w.h.m.wauters.1998@cranfield.ac.uk                03-Nov-99 12:28:10
  To: All                                               03-Nov-99 15:13:11
Subj: Re: Cannot make different partitions

From: Wim Wauters <w.h.m.wauters.1998@cranfield.ac.uk>

Clemens Pipek wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I got a new 6GB HD in my notebook. But with PartitionMagic v3.x or also
> os/2 fdisk i cannot choose the size of the partition. It will select 2GB
even
> if i install Bootmanager. Pretty nice if BM takes 2GB place !!!
> Any ideas?
>
> Thanks for info,
> Clemens

Since you can start fdisk, it shouldn't be the following case:
(Here goes nothing anyway )
Check your BIOS for dodgy 'virus protection' settings. They used to block all
access to the boot sector of a harddrives, maybe they got more 'advanced'.

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From: ben.hamilton@fmr2001.com                          01-Nov-99 10:46:00
  To: All                                               03-Nov-99 15:13:12
Subj: Re: I Quit

From: Ben Hamilton <ben.hamilton@fmr2001.com>

Nelson and Satasha Williams wrote:
> 
> Just a quick note for Ray AND Ben:  The Vibra 16 is made by Creative Labs. 
So,
> buying a SB16 is not much different than what he currently has.  The Vibra's
> are mainly sold to OEMs.  BTW, if you select an SB16, the Vibra 16 will
work.
> Win95, OS/2, it doesn't matter.  Later guys!

Very interesting!  I can neither confirm nor deny that, as my only experience
is
with SB cards, and that's what I tried to offer to the thread.

-- Ben Hamilton
-- ben.hamilton@fmr2001.com
--
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-- Remove "2001" from email address if replying via email.

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From: cvopicka@erols.com                                03-Nov-99 10:06:29
  To: All                                               03-Nov-99 15:13:12
Subj: Re: Daylight Saving Time Change

From: Ron Vopicka <cvopicka@erols.com>

Dave wrote:
> 
> On 1 Nov 1999 17:52:16 GMT, Doug Bissett wrote:
> 
> >
> >OS/2 does NOT attempt to change a system clock between Daylight
> >Savings Time and Standard Time. The logic to do this is a horrible
> >thing to contemplate, as Win95 users discovered a few years ago (I
> >don't know if M$ ever did figure it out).
> 
> There is a formular.  Something like (but certainly NOT it) the second
Sunday
> after the first full moon of October.  Tidal programs can chart this.
> >

You forgot to add the whim of the US federal government (in my case),
but I have to agree with the phase of the moon.  :-)

Ron

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From: spam_free_norrisg@linkline.com                    03-Nov-99 07:38:27
  To: All                                               03-Nov-99 15:13:12
Subj: Re: Kernel File is missing from the disk

From: "Graham C. Norris" <spam_free_norrisg@linkline.com>

Paul Floyd wrote:
> Is this an (E)IDE disk? Is it master? It should be the first master
> disk. BootManager only requires 1M, so you could save a little space
> there. Are all 3 of these primary partitions?

Bootmanager takes a complete cylinder, which may be substantially larger
than 1M on a big disk.

Graham.

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From: spam_free_norrisg@linkline.com                    03-Nov-99 07:44:21
  To: All                                               03-Nov-99 15:13:12
Subj: Re: Kernel File is missing from the disk

From: "Graham C. Norris" <spam_free_norrisg@linkline.com>

"Michael D. Madden" wrote:
> 200 megs - DOS

Primary I assume. Hidden or not? If not, and the OS/2 one is also a
primary, there's your problem straight away.

> 7 megs - Boot Manager

Not usual to put it in the middle, but it should be okay.

> 200 Megs - OS/2

Primary or logical? If primary, see my comment above. FAT or HPFS?

> Then I have a 2.3 gig with nothing it.

And the third drive? Or aren't all three in there at once?

> I have a 1 meg Cirrus Logic ( 5434 PCI)

I've had these working just fine.

> 64 megs of RAM

Good.

> I have no other software, other than the DOS GUI - Windows 3.11.

Do you have Partition Magic? It has a handy partinfo program with it.

Potentially offensive question alert! You have got your BIOS setup to
match the actual drives installed? I know that sometimes when I swap
drives around I forget - until things start breaking.

Graham.

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From: rgibson@ix.netcom.com                             03-Nov-99 23:24:05
  To: All                                               03-Nov-99 21:26:11
Subj: How to get two Audio cards to share CDROM output?

From: rgibson@ix.netcom.com (Ron Gibson)

I want to install a sound blaster live to use under W98 but I know it
want work in OS/2 ver 3 FP 40.

I want to Keep my PAS 16 for OS/2 and W31.

I think I can get that to work but for one problem.  I'd like to listen
to CD audio in all OS's. 

Can I splice the audio output cable from the cdrom to go to both sound
card or will that change the impedance?

I guess I could get a switch and install it externally to control which
card gets the CD output.  I want the Live because I'm adding a second
speaker system. It has two line outs for front and rear speakers.

Any ideas?


                      email: rgibson@ix.netcom.com

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From: edwards@ccp.com                                   03-Nov-99 18:56:21
  To: All                                               03-Nov-99 21:26:11
Subj: Lexmark Z51 Question

From: edwards@ccp.com

My new Lexmark Z51 inkjet is exhibiting some weird behavior, and I am
hopeful that someone else has run into/solved this problem, as it has me
at a loss....

When I try to print a word-processing document with a modest-sized
graphic in it (56K), the spooler reports this single page document as being
about ten times that size (560K) while it is processing.  On my most
recent attempt, my swap file had grown by about 35MB (not a misprint) and
was still growing after the printer had been processing this one-page file
for over 40 minutes (again, not a misprint).

It exhibits this behavior whether using the OS/2 driver or the Windows
driver under Win-OS2.  It exhibits this behavior regardless of whether the
app generating the file is OS/2-native or Windows software.  It only does
this when trying to print a small, color graphic; it does just fine with plain
text in OS/2 and Win-OS2 applications (indeed, it does magnificently).  It
churns a bit when producing grayscale graphics, but output is terrific.  The
behavior occurs at all three of the selectable resolutions (600x600dpi draft,
600x600dpi, and 1200x1200dpi--by the way, this last setting kicks ass on
text files!).

I bought this machine because its output looks super, and it offers *real*
OS/2 drivers.  However, I really don't want to wait around for hours while
it tries to print out a sheet of paper with one measly color image on it (if
it doesn't crash the system first by swamping the swap file)....  

I have emailed Lexmark tech support, but my experience has been that I'll get
faster (and, often, more amusing) answers around here.... ;-)

Anyone else having this problem?

Terry Shuman
Golden Eagle Forensics
Team OS/2

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From: c.k.christacopoulos.REMOVEME@dun...               03-Nov-99 18:22:26
  To: camilla@primenet.com                              03-Nov-99 21:54:22
Subj: Re: Need new tape backup

Message sender: c.k.christacopoulos.REMOVEME@dundee.ac.uk

To: camilla@primenet.com
From: Charles Christacopoulos <c.k.christacopoulos.REMOVEME@dundee.ac.uk>

"Camilla Cracchiolo (Camilla Cracchiolo, R.N.)" wrote:
> 
> I have to get a new tape drive.  
Check http://www.cristie.com/
I am looking to purchase one of their drives (admittedly a large
autoloader) and they may be willing to bundle their backup software for
os/2.  Well if you ask them nicely they will as they seem to bundle the
Win95 crap with them.

-- 
Remove REMOVE_ME to reply.
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Dundee DD1 4HN, (Scotland) United Kingdom.
Tel: +44+(0)1382-344891. Fax: +44+(0)1382-201604.
http://somis.ais.dundee.ac.uk/    (runs on OS/2)
Scottish Search Maestro http://somis2.ais.dundee.ac.uk/ (runs on OS/2
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From: doug.bissett"at"attglobal.net                     03-Nov-99 18:09:12
  To: All                                               03-Nov-99 21:54:22
Subj: Re: Kernel File is missing from the disk

From: doug.bissett"at"attglobal.net (Doug Bissett)

On Tue, 2 Nov 1999 23:01:35, "Michael D. Madden" <mmadden@wsnet.com> 
wrote:

> Yes sir. I did, in small letters at the end of the file.
>  

Try CAPITAL letters. Sometimes that makes a difference (not 100% sure,
in this case).
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doug.bissett at attglobal.net
The " at " must be changed to "@"
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From: mchasson@ibm.net                                  03-Nov-99 16:04:20
  To: All                                               03-Nov-99 21:54:22
Subj: Re: Need new tape backup

From: mchasson@ibm.net

In <7vlcc5$b1o$3@nnrp02.primenet.com>, on 11/02/99 at 12:48 AM,
   Camilla Cracchiolo <camilla@primenet.com> (Camilla Cracchiolo, R.N.)
said:


>I have to get a new tape drive.  I've got a HP Traven T-3000.  

>I'd like to get away from HP products altogether.  They have great tech
>support, but I suspect that's because their products die so often.  (Long
>history of failures here).

>I'm considering a Seagate SCSI 8 Gig backup.  Anyone here have experience
>with this drive?  Also, I'm currently using Backmaster.  Will it support
>this tape drive or do I have to get BackAgain/2?

>Please send me an e-mail copy of any replies you post to the newsgroup.

>Thanks.



>Please send me an e-mail copy of any replies you post to the newsgroup.

>Thanks.

At the present time, maybe if there are any left you can buy an AIWA SCSI
tape drive which uses TRAVAN 4 cartridges.  Try computergeeks and
http://www.cc-solutions.com/  also called complete computer solutions.  I
got one of these a year ago and it is great.  I am running it off of a
cheap SCSI card with Nova bak.  These two vendors are also a terrific
source for SCSI and video and NIC cards as well as other stuff.

>-------------------------------------------------------------
>"The trick is to keep an open mind, without it being so open
>                   that your brain falls out"

>                    Camilla Cracchiolo
>                     Registered Nurse
>                  Los Angeles, California 
>                          USA

>camilla@primenet.com         http://www.primenet.com/~camilla



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From: Keith_Moe@notes.amdahl.com                        03-Nov-99 19:14:25
  To: All                                               03-Nov-99 21:54:23
Subj: Re: Daylight Saving Time Change

From: Keith_Moe@notes.amdahl.com (Keith E. Moe)

In message <381F012C.E7B5BC84@ibm.net> - Tony Wright <horseman@ibm.net>
writes:
:>
:>> I'm also curious if the standard/daylight(summer) time logic actually
:>> changes the hardware clock or if at every boot the system just
:>> determines which time we should be running in. (Of course, if it worked
:>> I could answer my own question.)
:>
:>Think about it...... If OS literally only updated a software clock then
:>booting from diskette (or another OS w/o any TZ correction) would invariably
:>give you a different time because the OS has to initialise its software
:>clock from the hardware one at some point!<g>.
:>Interesting question though cos if RTC is updated how does another OS ensure
:>that it hasn't already been DST adjusted by another OS<g>, as  well as a
:>disparity tween apps that might query software and hardware clocks
:>seperately!
:>So the imponderable question is what happened to all those non-networked
:>users that had a DST enabled utility on OS/2 when they also first booted up
:>say W98 after the DST rollover(or vice versa)?
:>
:>> I hate to think how many years I have been saying...
:>
:>and we all hate to think how many years the very same question has been
:>answered!<g>....
:>

The mainframe solution for this was implemented years ago and that is to run
the hardware clock in GMT and have the Time Zone Offset maintained by the
Operating System.


Keith

-- So many stupid people.  So few comets.

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From: alex@eddie.cis.uoguelph.ca                        03-Nov-99 20:20:16
  To: All                                               03-Nov-99 21:54:23
Subj: Re: Warp Connect without LAN card???

From: alex@eddie.cis.uoguelph.ca (Alex Taylor)

On Tue, 02 Nov 1999 03:12:47 GMT, thoman@verinet.com <thoman@verinet.com>
wrote:
>         I'd like to be a little "naughty" and set up Warp Connect on
> a machine having no LAN card.  The idea is dialup connection to a
> LAN.

Nothing "naughty" about it... Warp Connect is a perfectly legitimate
standalone/dialup-only OS.

>         After my initial install of LAN services (and after every
> configuration attempt, every fixpak application, ..., you get the
> picture) I get a failure of the REQUESTER to start during bootup
> NET3060).  This is quite irritating because it takes a LONG TIME
> for the requester to give up!  I suppose it also indicates that
> I'm not likely to have any success connecting to the LAN.

By default, the networking install tends to put "NET START REQ" into
STARTUP.CMD.  Edit, rename, or delete STARTUP.CMD and see if that's
where it is.

If not, it's probably in your Startup folder.

>         I'd appreciate any and all hints, URL's to go read, or
> whatever that will help with preparing a dialup-only installation
> of Warp Connect.  I think I'm pretty close and that some mere
> fragment of ignorance stands between me and the LAN.

A client I worked for did the following when installing Warp Connect or
Warp 4 on users' laptops - where they were LAN connected during the day,
but dialup from home by night: 

Remove the requester start from system startup (as above).  Create a REXX
script which calls 'NET START REQ', a bunch of housekeeping, and finally
LOGON.EXE.  Create a program object which calls it and place it in a handy
spot on the desktop (called something like "Start Network and Logon").

That way, a user in the office (and on the LAN) can boot up, click on
"Start Network and Logon", and work away happily.  The same user at home
can ignore it, or use the necessary software to dial into the company
LAN, then run "Start Network and Logon" as usual.

How easy this is depends on whatever you use to connect to your LAN
(on both ends)...

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From: bumby@lagrange.rutgers.edu                        03-Nov-99 17:14:15
  To: All                                               03-Nov-99 21:54:23
Subj: Re: Daylight Saving Time Change

From: bumby@lagrange.rutgers.edu (Richard Bumby)

Keith_Moe@notes.amdahl.com (Keith E. Moe) writes:

>In message <381F012C.E7B5BC84@ibm.net> - Tony Wright <horseman@ibm.net>
>writes:
>:>
>:>> I'm also curious if the standard/daylight(summer) time logic actually
>:>> changes the hardware clock or if at every boot the system just
>:>> determines which time we should be running in. (Of course, if it worked
>:>> I could answer my own question.)
>:>
>:>Think about it...... If OS literally only updated a software clock then
>:>booting from diskette (or another OS w/o any TZ correction) would
invariably
>:>give you a different time because the OS has to initialise its software
>:>clock from the hardware one at some point!<g>....

>The mainframe solution for this was implemented years ago and that is to run
>the hardware clock in GMT and have the Time Zone Offset maintained by the
>Operating System.

Some years ago (before the IBM-PC first appeared), I had a home
computer that used this system.  Then, the law dictating the date for
changing the time changed.  I kept meaning to write a corrected
program to deal with the new law, but the machine didn't last that
long.  One problem was that none of my sources gave the statement of
the new law.  Is it the OS/2 description of the TZ setting that shows
all the options, followed by the interpretation of some of the common
short forms of the setting?  I know I have seen it recently, but it
wasn't available when I could have used it.

Until I upgraded to Warp 4, I never had a TZ setting -- was it
introduced with Warp Connect?  Since OS/2 was designed as a
multitasking OS for a single-user workstation, it was reasonable for
it to assume that the clock was set to local time.  As the PC
becomes a port to the global computer, some way to manage two clocks
need to be agreed upon.

I think that my recent linux installation allowed me to choose whether
the system would consider my computer clock to be local time or Earth
Standard, and I chose local time to agree with the OS/2 usage.
-- 
R. T. Bumby **  Rutgers Math || Amer. Math. Monthly Problems Editor 1992--1996
bumby@math.rutgers.edu       ||   
Telephone:    [USA] 732-445-0277 (full-time message line) FAX 732-445-5530

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From: thomasa@swu.ac.th                                 03-Nov-99 22:02:14
  To: All                                               03-Nov-99 21:54:23
Subj: Missing WIN-0S/2 Support

From: thomasa@swu.ac.th

I made the mistake of uninstalling WIN-OS/2 capability and tried to get it
back using the Install program.

However, the Install program expects me to have a diskette with the missing
software (it says about 1 Mgbyte's worth).

Since my OS/2 Warp 3 came preloaded on my ThinkPad 701, I don't have any
diskettes.

Could someone please tell me how to get WIN-0S/2 back so I don't have to keep
rebooting my computer?

Does someone have the file(s) needed to reinstall the WIN-0S/2 function?

Thanks!

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From: mmadden@wsnet.com                                 03-Nov-99 16:35:06
  To: All                                               03-Nov-99 21:54:23
Subj: Re: Kernel File is missing from the disk

From: "Michael D. Madden" <mmadden@wsnet.com>

I want to thank you for the information.

The DOS partition is Primary - not hidden??. How do I do that?? / FAT
Duh. I just noticed where the partition can be marked as hidden. Fdisk.
Will try that next.

The Boot Manager is a Logical drive within the extended partition/ FAT
OS/2 is also a Logical partition. / HPFS

Yes there is a third drive (204 megs) also empty but formatted HPFS. I plan
on using it as the SWAP partition

I just loaded Parttion Magic today and have been messing around with it.
Seems like an incredible program to mess with.

I let OS/2 format the installation partition.

Yes I use the BIOS setup to install my drives. All three show up on the
bootup screen when the machine goes through its routine.

Thanks for the info. Forgot how complicated it was to set up OS/2. And I am
doing all of this without the manual. Seemed to have misplaced it. Stored
OS/2 in the closet in 1996 and now I need it.

Will let you people know the results of my further tinkering.

MIchael Madden 


> From: "Graham C. Norris" <spam_free_norrisg@linkline.com>
> Organization: Posted via Supernews, http://www.supernews.com
> Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.setup.misc
> Date: Wed, 03 Nov 1999 07:44:43 -0800
> Subject: Re: Kernel File is missing from the disk
> 
> "Michael D. Madden" wrote:
>> 200 megs - DOS
> 
> Primary I assume. Hidden or not? If not, and the OS/2 one is also a
> primary, there's your problem straight away.
> 
>> 7 megs - Boot Manager
> 
> Not usual to put it in the middle, but it should be okay.
> 
>> 200 Megs - OS/2
> 
> Primary or logical? If primary, see my comment above. FAT or HPFS?
> 
>> Then I have a 2.3 gig with nothing it.
> 
> And the third drive? Or aren't all three in there at once?
> 
>> I have a 1 meg Cirrus Logic ( 5434 PCI)
> 
> I've had these working just fine.
> 
>> 64 megs of RAM
> 
> Good.
> 
>> I have no other software, other than the DOS GUI - Windows 3.11.
> 
> Do you have Partition Magic? It has a handy partinfo program with it.
> 
> Potentially offensive question alert! You have got your BIOS setup to
> match the actual drives installed? I know that sometimes when I swap
> drives around I forget - until things start breaking.
> 
> Graham.

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From: lsunley@mb.sympatico.ca                           03-Nov-99 22:46:20
  To: All                                               03-Nov-99 21:54:23
Subj: Re: Kernel File is missing from the disk

From: lsunley@mb.sympatico.ca (Lorne Sunley)

On Wed, 3 Nov 1999 21:35:13, "Michael D. Madden" <mmadden@wsnet.com> 
wrote:

<snip>
> 
> The Boot Manager is a Logical drive within the extended partition/ FAT
> OS/2 is also a Logical partition. / HPFS
> 
<snip the rest>

Your Boot Manger Partition should be a primary, not a logical
drive within a partition.

Lorne Sunley

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From: esitea@inficad.com                                03-Nov-99 19:18:29
  To: All                                               04-Nov-99 03:16:20
Subj: Re: Bad Install disk

From: Ezra <esitea@inficad.com>

It would be cheaper and quicker to just buy a copy off ebay and get the cdrom
version

Ezra

Valheru wrote:

> I just called IBM and they want me to either buy a new contract, buy version
> 4, or go to egghead and buy version 3 which is on back order 30 days+.
> Arrghhhh !!!!

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From: davidb@magicnet.net                               04-Nov-99 01:35:01
  To: All                                               04-Nov-99 03:16:20
Subj: Re: Problems with CD-RW and Adaptec AIC7890 SCSI

From: davidb@magicnet.net

snip>
>
>BIOS Information: (This info cannot be changed)
>IRQ	:5
>I/O Port	:D000h
>
snip>

FWIW my PCI BIOS settings allow me to assign the IRQ to the slot the adapter
is in.  If yours is on-board I'm not sure this is relevent.

This would be pertinent only if you had a conflict ....

Hope this helps,

David

davidb@magicnet.net

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From: fxj@inconnect.com                                 03-Nov-99 18:45:14
  To: All                                               04-Nov-99 03:16:20
Subj: Fix for Warp4 and Drives > 2 GB

From: "Frank Jacobberger" <fxj@inconnect.com>

Is there a update for recognizing drives > 2 GB?

Please respond.

Thanks,
Frank


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From: lsunley@mb.sympatico.ca                           04-Nov-99 02:19:26
  To: All                                               04-Nov-99 03:16:20
Subj: Re: Fix for Warp4 and Drives > 2 GB

From: lsunley@mb.sympatico.ca (Lorne Sunley)

On Thu, 4 Nov 1999 01:45:28, "Frank Jacobberger" <fxj@inconnect.com> 
wrote:

> Is there a update for recognizing drives > 2 GB?
> 
> Please respond.
> 
> Thanks,
> Frank
> 
> 
You can find it at this URL
 
ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/ps/products/os2/os2ddpak/idedasd.exe
 
If it wraps it's supposed to be one line.
 
Lorne Sunley
 
 

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From: aljohnson@centuryinter.net                        04-Nov-99 04:47:23
  To: All                                               04-Nov-99 03:16:20
Subj: FS:  OS/2 AS400 Access Software????

From: aljohnson@centuryinter.net

I have a sealed 27 disk set of software the says AS/400 Client Access for 
Optimized OS/2  5763-XG1 V3R1M1 for sale.  No documentation or manuals only
new 
sealed disks.  Make me an offer...

Allen

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From: hunters@my-deja.com                               04-Nov-99 03:52:16
  To: All                                               04-Nov-99 03:16:20
Subj: Re: How to get two Audio cards to share CDROM output?

From: hunters@my-deja.com

In article <eleS4DQ3N6dS-pn2-Snl5FTP3QNpC@localhost>,
  rgibson@ix.netcom.com (Ron Gibson) wrote:

> I think I can get that to work but for one problem.  I'd like to
> listen to CD audio in all OS's.
>
> Can I splice the audio output cable from the cdrom to go to both
> sound card or will that change the impedance?

That should work, but a better solution (IMHO) is to run the internal
CD-Audio into your OS/2 soundcard, and then run a short 1/8" stereo
cable from the line-out of that card to the linein/microphone input on
the SBLive. Then set the volume levels under Win98 appropriatly. I have
done this with my AOpen AW320 and SB16 under Win95 and Warp4.

On a side note: Of the two OSes, I would have to say that Warp handles
multiple soundcards much more logically.

Good luck!

--
-Steven Hunter                *OS/2 Warp 4 * |
hunters@sapphire.indstate.edu *AMD K6-2 400* |


Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy.

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From: spam_free_norrisg@linkline.com                    03-Nov-99 19:40:16
  To: All                                               04-Nov-99 03:16:20
Subj: Re: Missing WIN-0S/2 Support

From: "Graham C. Norris" <spam_free_norrisg@linkline.com>

Is this a Warp 3 with or without Windows? If with, run Selective
Install, if without, you're going to have to get hold of Win 3.1
floppies, install it, and then run Selective Install.

Graham.

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From: spam_free_norrisg@linkline.com                    03-Nov-99 19:44:04
  To: All                                               04-Nov-99 03:16:20
Subj: Re: Kernel File is missing from the disk

From: "Graham C. Norris" <spam_free_norrisg@linkline.com>

"Michael D. Madden" wrote:
> The DOS partition is Primary - not hidden??. How do I do that?? / FAT
> Duh. I just noticed where the partition can be marked as hidden. Fdisk.
> Will try that next.
>
> The Boot Manager is a Logical drive within the extended partition/ FAT
> OS/2 is also a Logical partition. / HPFS 

Don't hide the primary FAT partition, but do get Bootmanager out of the
extended partition. I'm suprised you actually managed to install it
there.

Graham.

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From: spam_free_norrisg@linkline.com                    03-Nov-99 19:45:25
  To: All                                               04-Nov-99 03:16:20
Subj: Re: Kernel File is missing from the disk

From: "Graham C. Norris" <spam_free_norrisg@linkline.com>

Doug Bissett wrote:
> > Yes sir. I did, in small letters at the end of the file.
> >
> 
> Try CAPITAL letters. Sometimes that makes a difference (not 100% sure,
> in this case).

It should not matter, however the way to check is to boot the install
floppies until you can hit F3 for a command line, then compare the
timestamps and sizes of the three files as installed and as on the
floppies.

Graham.

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From: sidbury@cs.uofs.edu                               03-Nov-99 23:05:16
  To: All                                               04-Nov-99 03:16:20
Subj: Laptop installation??

From: "James R. Sidbury" <sidbury@cs.uofs.edu>

I just got a Gateway solo 9300 and wonder what potential problems
I'll have installing warp 4 to coexist with win98 se.  It's been
so long since I've had warp on my system that I don't even have
any service packs.

My hardware configuration:

18gb disk (I have partition magic)
160mb ram
ls-120 (no floppy)
atapi dvd
ati rage mobility video
linksys etherfast 10/100 pcmcia
built in 3com mini pci type 3b data fax modem
2 usb ports
usb mouse (plus pencil eraser mouse on kbd)
the built in sound is Maestro??

Thanks

dick
-- 

dick sidbury
office: 	(570) 941-6109
fax: 		(570) 941-4250
e-mail: 	sidbury@cs.uofs.edu
home page:	http://www.cs.uofs.edu/~sidbury

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From: greywolf@onlink.net                               03-Nov-99 23:49:11
  To: All                                               04-Nov-99 03:16:20
Subj: 56K modem

From: "Wolf Kirchmeir" <greywolf@onlink.net>

Yeah, yeah, I'm behiond the times, still using 14.4K

What recommendations do you have for 56K modems? I saw a generic one at a
local dealer, but coudln't locate a driver for it, so this is also a request
for information on generic 56k modem drivers.

Thanks!




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From: thoman@verinet.com                                04-Nov-99 05:56:11
  To: All                                               04-Nov-99 03:16:21
Subj: Warp Connect across subnets? 

From: thoman@verinet.com

I've added comp.os.os2.networking.tcp-ip to this, as the subject
matter is shifting a bit.  The thread originated in comp.os.os2.setup.misc
and this note is crossposted there.

In <kO0U3.18623$it.498573@news2.rdc1.on.home.com>, alex@eddie.cis.uoguelph.ca
(Alex Taylor) writes:
>
>By default, the networking install tends to put "NET START REQ" into
>STARTUP.CMD.  Edit, rename, or delete STARTUP.CMD and see if that's
>where it is.
>
>If not, it's probably in your Startup folder.

        Naturally, it's in both.
        The glimpse of progress is this:  if I ignore the failures of
the requester to start during boot, I can use Dial Other Internet
Providers to dial into the LAN and then successfully start the
requester.  Clearly, the cleanup you (and an earlier poster) advise
looks promising.  I'm able to successfully run "LAN Server Logon",
so by all appearances I'm finding the domain controller and being
authenticated OK.

        Now comes my next little hurdle.  All of the resources I'd
like to connect to are on a different subnet than the one I dial
into.  Thus, I'd like to use commands like
   net use w: \\machine.somewhere.aroundhere.atwork\resourcename
to connect to shared directories.  However, Connect's NET USE
command finds dots (or total length?) distasteful.  The little 
graphical "connect to stuff" program won't allow any great number 
of characters in naming a resource to connect to.  In either case, 
it looks as if I would be allowed to connect only to things on the 
same subnet that I'm on.  Since that isn't what I want to do, life 
is tough.
        If I install an appropriate fixpak am I likely to obtain
a NET USE command that will let me work with stuff on other
subnets?  Am I just being ignorant and missing a capability
that's already here?  Which manual or URL or ... should I be
reading now?

-----
Greg Thoman:  The opinions expressed herein are mine alone, and I am 
              solely irresponsible for them.

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From: lsunley@mb.sympatico.ca                           04-Nov-99 05:13:10
  To: All                                               04-Nov-99 03:16:21
Subj: Re: Laptop installation??

From: lsunley@mb.sympatico.ca (Lorne Sunley)

On Thu, 4 Nov 1999 04:05:33, "James R. Sidbury" <sidbury@cs.uofs.edu> 
wrote:

> I just got a Gateway solo 9300 and wonder what potential problems
> I'll have installing warp 4 to coexist with win98 se.  It's been
> so long since I've had warp on my system that I don't even have
> any service packs.
> 
> My hardware configuration:
> 
> 18gb disk (I have partition magic)

You need the updated IDE drivers. Look for IDEDASD.EXE, at:
http://service.software.ibm.com/os2ddpak/html/index.htm
It is a self extracting file and has instructions in it.

> 160mb ram

No problem

> ls-120 (no floppy)

Possible problem with the boot from floppy install

> atapi dvd

I have two, Sony and DVS and they work fine

> ati rage mobility video

Not sure about this one

> linksys etherfast 10/100 pcmcia

I believe there are drivers for this one

> built in 3com mini pci type 3b data fax modem

Possible problem if it is a Winmodem

> 2 usb ports
> usb mouse (plus pencil eraser mouse on kbd)

The USB devices will need the USB driver updates from
http://service.software.ibm.com/os2ddpak/html/index.htm
and they are limited to the UHCI (?) Intel chipset USB
controllers.

> the built in sound is Maestro??

There are drivers for the Maestro 1 and 2
> 
> Thanks
> 

The biggest problem will be the lack of a floppy drive.
I would go out and buy one and install it as drive A.

Lorne Sunley

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From: mystix@direct.ca@direct.ca                        04-Nov-99 05:38:01
  To: All                                               04-Nov-99 03:16:21
Subj: Re: Daylight Saving Time Change

From: mystix@direct.ca@direct.ca

In <ti7wXtNN9hd8-pn2-BWYDr0mwZU78@localhost>, psmedley@my-deja.com (Paul
Smedley) writes:
>On Tue, 2 Nov 1999 00:22:47, JHB@jita.nospam.demon.co.uk (Jim Backus) 
>wrote:
>> > > Ok, I give up.  Twice a year for several years now, I get exercised
over
>> > > OS/2 not changing the time automatically.  The irritation usually lasts
>> > > about 2 minutes, but this time it has lasted longer.
>> > > Please help the digitally (intellectually) challenged.
>
>Try Timekeeper from BMT Micro.  Only $10 and it will automatically 
>verify the time on your computer at defined intervals, and adjust the 
>time for daylight savings.  Works great here.

Hmm, I've another thought that might be capable to be developed into
something.
I've noticed that any of the phones I have that displays time and date info
automatically seems to 'know' what time it is. I'm presuming that the phone
lines
somehow transmit the information to my phones because I sure don't have to
program them.

If that's the case shouldn't it be possible to tap into this information?

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From: mystix@direct.ca@direct.ca                        04-Nov-99 05:34:02
  To: All                                               04-Nov-99 03:16:21
Subj: Re: Daylight Saving Time Change

From: mystix@direct.ca@direct.ca

In <zhqfunexjbeyqargnggarg.fklid00.pminews@netnews.worldnet.att.net>, "Dave"
<Nullmudshark-505@worldnet.att.net> writes:
>On 1 Nov 1999 17:52:16 GMT, Doug Bissett wrote:
>
>>
>>OS/2 does NOT attempt to change a system clock between Daylight 
>>Savings Time and Standard Time. The logic to do this is a horrible 
>>thing to contemplate, as Win95 users discovered a few years ago (I 
>>don't know if M$ ever did figure it out).
>
>There is a formular.  Something like (but certainly NOT it) the second Sunday
>after the first full moon of October.  Tidal programs can chart this.

I'm not sure what the method was but System 6 on an Apple IIGS offered this
long before MicroSoft.

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From: paul_floyd@see.sig                                04-Nov-99 09:58:18
  To: All                                               04-Nov-99 05:57:21
Subj: Re: Kernel File is missing from the disk

From: Paul Floyd <paul_floyd@see.sig>


Dan Casey wrote:

> 200Mb is not enough room for OS/2 Warp 3 or (especially) Warp 4. Yes,
> it's enough for a Base install, but not enough for added functions and
> certainly not enough for applying service (Fixpaks). If you have the
> room (and it appears you do), try 500Mb .... it'll work much nicer.

200MB is more than adequate for the OS itself. Even a full installation
(Warp 3) with the latest fixpack will comfortably fit in 150MB. In this
case it would be best if you have your swap file on a different
partition (even better, on a different disk), and you will have to
install all applications on a different partition.

-- 
Paul Floyd      Focal Ingenierie Sud
Mail: paul underscore floyd at focal dot fr

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From: martin.schaffoener@student.uni-m...               04-Nov-99 15:29:00
  To: All                                               04-Nov-99 14:41:01
Subj: Re: OpenGL and CID

Message sender: martin.schaffoener@student.uni-magdeburg.de

From: martin.schaffoener@student.uni-magdeburg.de (Martin Schaff”ner)

On Sat, 30 Oct 1999 16:42:44, Bob McLellan <bobmcl@ibm.net> wrote:

> Does anybody know how to install OpenGL with CID. I can't find a
> response file entry anywhere.
> Alternatively, does anybody know for sure that it is OK to just unpack
> the OpenGL bundles.
>

You are right, there is no mention in the sample.rsp on the cd.  But I
found that the x:\os2\install\user.rsp contains the choices the user 
entered during installation.  So you might be able to determine which 
number corresponds to opengl.  Otherwise, get the file 
ftp://ftp.austin.ibm.com/pub/developer/os2/OpenGL/oglgold.zip, unzip 
the dll's to a directory in your libpath, that does it.

CU/2,

Martin Schaff”ner

Suzuki GS650G Katana
OS/2 Warp 4 with FixPak 11
There are currently 29 processes
with 122 threads active.
This machine's uptime 0h 49min 27sec.

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From: klcroxen@fas.harvard.edu                          04-Nov-99 14:45:17
  To: All                                               04-Nov-99 14:41:01
Subj: Re: 56K modem

From: klcroxen@fas.harvard.edu (Kevin Croxen)

Ain't no such thing as modem drivers. Windows tends to call the info file that 

includes such things as the preferred initialization string the 'modem 
driver' and the unfortunate term has caught on. OS/2 talks to the 
com port --as long as both OS/2 and the modem both know where 
the com port is (and both believe it to 
be in the same place, of course!), the rest is only a matter of 
choosing the right init. string.

That being said, you have to avoid 'winmodems', which really 
do require drivers, since with 'winmodems' most of the processing 
that one would expect the modem hardware to do must be done 
by the central CPU and software. 'Winmodems' are 
seldom advertised as such any more, since the name has gotten 
awful press, but are to be recognized from their specs as having 
particular processor requirements (e.g. 'Pentium 133 or above') 
as opposed to the simple 'IBM PC XT/AT or 
compatible' that one would expect a real modem to have; and 
usually list 'windows 95, NT, or 3.1' as an OS requirement: that is, 
they don't claim to be able to run on straight DOS. Also, so far 
as I'm aware, any modem currently 
requiring a PCI slot is a winmodem --real modems are still ISA-only.

But if you avoid a winmodem, just about everything else 
will work. I use a junker MaxTech PnP internal on one 
machine, a junker Newcom (with IRQ jumper only) 
on another; both modems together probably set me back 
less than $60 and work just fine. Lots of people seem to 
like the Zoom modems because many of them 
are still fully jumpered and thus they avoid the small 
amount of extra fun involved in setting up PnP peripherals 
on non-PnP OS's like Warp 3 or  marginally PnP OS's like Warp 4.

Just make sure your com.sys is reasonably up-to-date, 
avoid winmodems, and you should be fine whatever 
modem you buy.

--Kevin         


On Wed, 03 Nov 1999 23:49:22 +0000, Wolf Kirchmeir 
<greywolf@onlink.net> wrote:
>Yeah, yeah, I'm behiond the times, still using 14.4K
>
>What recommendations do you have for 56K modems? I saw a generic one at a
>local dealer, but coudln't locate a driver for it, so this is also a request
>for information on generic 56k modem drivers.
>
>Thanks!
>
>
>
>

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From: piquant00@uswestmail.net                          04-Nov-99 15:27:04
  To: All                                               04-Nov-99 14:41:01
Subj: Re: Kernel File is missing from the disk

From: piquant00@uswestmail.net (Annie K.)

On Wed, 3 Nov 1999 21:35:13, "Michael D. Madden" <mmadden@wsnet.com> 
wrote:

:The Boot Manager is a Logical drive within the extended partition/ FAT
:OS/2 is also a Logical partition. / HPFS

 Boot Manager must be in a primary partition.

-- 
Klaatu barada nikto

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From: Tony.Saucedo@eagletcs.com                         04-Nov-99 09:53:03
  To: All                                               04-Nov-99 14:41:01
Subj: OS/2 Warp on iSeries Thinkpad (1500)

From: Tony Saucedo <Tony.Saucedo@eagletcs.com>

Has anyone ever got OS/2 Warp V4 to install onto
a Thinpak iSeries Model 1500?

If so, please let me know what Drivers were used 
and updated on the Installation diskettes.

Currently, I can get the first part of the installation
completed but hangs processing lock files.
On the reboot after the hang the system hangs again.

I added the /V parameter to the DANIS506.ADD driver and
it displays for the Controllers:

Controller:0 Port 01F0 IRQ:0E Status:IO Port Resource Not 
	Available
	PCI Rev: 2.10 ALi 5229 PCI to IDE IC Rev:20 VID:10B9
	DID:5229 @33MHz
	no attached Units
Controller:1 Port 0170 IRQ:0F Status:IO Port Resource Not 
	Available
	PCI Rev: 2.10 ALi 5229 PCI to IDE IC Rev:20 VID:10B9
	DID:5229 @33MHz
	no attached Units

Hopefully somebody has seen this before.
Thanks.
-- 

                                      Tony,

******************************************************
  Tony Saucedo
  EAGLE Traffic Control Systems
  Austin, Texas

  E-mail: Tony.Saucedo@eagletcs.com

******************************************************

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From: Tony.Saucedo@eagletcs.com                         04-Nov-99 10:03:18
  To: All                                               04-Nov-99 14:41:01
Subj: Re: OS/2 Warp on iSeries Thinkpad (1500)

From: Tony Saucedo <Tony.Saucedo@eagletcs.com>

Tony Saucedo wrote:
> 
> Has anyone ever got OS/2 Warp V4 to install onto
> a Thinpak iSeries Model 1500?
> 
> If so, please let me know what Drivers were used
> and updated on the Installation diskettes.
> 
> Currently, I can get the first part of the installation
> completed but hangs processing lock files.
> On the reboot after the hang the system hangs again.
> 
> I added the /V parameter to the DANIS506.ADD driver and
> it displays for the Controllers:
> 
> Controller:0 Port 01F0 IRQ:0E Status:IO Port Resource Not
>         Available
>         PCI Rev: 2.10 ALi 5229 PCI to IDE IC Rev:20 VID:10B9
>         DID:5229 @33MHz
>         no attached Units
> Controller:1 Port 0170 IRQ:0F Status:IO Port Resource Not
>         Available
>         PCI Rev: 2.10 ALi 5229 PCI to IDE IC Rev:20 VID:10B9
>         DID:5229 @33MHz
>         no attached Units
> 
> Hopefully somebody has seen this before.
> Thanks.
> --
> 
>                                       Tony,

New developments.

I found out if I hit the Enter at the message I mentioned
above. the Desktop for part 2 of the installation will in fact come up
eventually.
However, now it hangs at the "OS/2 Warp Installation - Thank You"
screen, where it's suppose to be transferring files.
Which by the way the rotating dials Do Not ever rotate, even
before the system hangs.

Any ideas?
Thanks.

-- 

                                      Tony,

******************************************************
  Tony Saucedo
  EAGLE Traffic Control Systems
  Austin, Texas

  E-mail: Tony.Saucedo@eagletcs.com

******************************************************

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From: heinz-frey@t-online.de                            02-Nov-99 22:40:09
  To: All                                               04-Nov-99 16:45:22
Subj: Re: Daylight Saving Time Change

From: "Heinz Frey" <heinz-frey@t-online.de>

David T. Anderson wrote in Message ...
>On Mon, 1 Nov 1999 15:18:33, Ron Vopicka <cvopicka@erols.com> wrote:
>
>> Ok, I give up.  Twice a year for several years now, I get exercised over
>> OS/2 not changing the time automatically.  The irritation usually lasts
>> about 2 minutes, but this time it has lasted longer.
>> Please help the digitally (intellectually) challenged.
>
>
>Hi Ron --  I'm not aware of any software or fix that adjusts daylight
>saving time automatically.  However, I find it quite easy to adjust
>the time using the Time868 Time Protocol server, available for free on
>Hobbes and the "MustHave" site.

Here OS/2 proposed to adjust daylight saving time a few days ago all by
itself (Warp
4, German language edition, FP 11).

Maybe the reason was that I happened to use my PC at the time this had to be
done (ie late at night). Perhaps OS/2 does not take action if a client is
off ovenight, because there is no way to determine if time has been adjusted
by some other means.

Heinz Frey






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From: rjfreem@attglobal.net                             04-Nov-99 10:16:16
  To: All                                               04-Nov-99 16:45:22
Subj: Re: 56K modem

From: rjfreem@attglobal.net

In <jbysxvebayvaxarg.fknpea2.pminews@news.onlink.net>, on 11/03/99 
   at 11:49 PM, "Wolf Kirchmeir" <greywolf@onlink.net> said:

 Buy a modem that your ISP supports. Then you will be provided with an
inialization string that is optimal. Years back I had an ISP that could
not provide me a string for a US Robotics. Had all kinds of tranmission
errors until I changed ISP' RJF

>Yeah, yeah, I'm behiond the times, still using 14.4K

>What recommendations do you have for 56K modems? I saw a generic one at a
>local dealer, but coudln't locate a driver for it, so this is also a
>request for information on generic 56k modem drivers.

>Thanks!





-- 
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From: doug.bissett"at"attglobal.net                     04-Nov-99 18:48:21
  To: All                                               04-Nov-99 16:45:22
Subj: Re: Daylight Saving Time Change

From: doug.bissett"at"attglobal.net (Doug Bissett)

On Wed, 3 Nov 1999 22:14:30, bumby@lagrange.rutgers.edu (Richard 
Bumby) wrote:

> Until I upgraded to Warp 4, I never had a TZ setting -- was it
> introduced with Warp Connect?  Since OS/2 was designed as a
> multitasking OS for a single-user workstation, it was reasonable for
> it to assume that the clock was set to local time.  As the PC
> becomes a port to the global computer, some way to manage two clocks
> need to be agreed upon.
> 

You can set the TZ variable, in DOS, Win9x and OS/2 (and, probably, 
more systems). It doesn't do anything, unless there is a program 
(including the operating system) that will look at it, and use it. So 
far, OS/2, DOS, and Win9x, don't make use of the variable (a grave 
error in judgment, IMO, but it was M$ who decided to do it the way it 
is done, and OS/2 just followed that lead). Any program that does make
use of the TZ variable (news readers, e-mail programs, etc.), must 
make the assumption that the system clock is local time, or they would
make an incorrect time offset calculation. Since the operating system 
will always assume that the system clock is local time, it is up to 
the individual programs to calculate any time offsets, and use that 
data correctly. The TZ variable, is the mechanism that was put in 
place (many years ago), to handle the "two clocks". Unfortunately, the
"agreements" about how it works, have never been followed properly, 
and the operating systems have not been changed to make use of the 
variable.

Hope this helps...
******************************
From the PC of Doug Bissett
doug.bissett at attglobal.net
The " at " must be changed to "@"
******************************

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From: theqcc@hotmail.com                                04-Nov-99 21:35:20
  To: All                                               04-Nov-99 19:52:02
Subj: Install from HD??

From: "Chris D." <theqcc@hotmail.com>

Hello all,

can os2 warp 4 be installed from a HD (from a partition) rather than from a
floppy (39+ disks!) or CD ROM (no CDRW yet.... so it stays on a partition
until i get one ;-( )

I can make the 3 boot disks, but it still looks for the CD rom with warp on
it, how can i make it look at the partition with warp on it to get it to
install?


TIA



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From: hharadon@satx.rr.com                              04-Nov-99 22:27:04
  To: All                                               04-Nov-99 19:52:02
Subj: Re: 56K modem (PCI Possibilities)

From: hharadon@satx.rr.com

Hello,  Kevin C.  has provided information below that
is right on target.   However, there is one quibbling area
that needs correction:  PCI modems can have con-
trollers (a DSP).  Here are a few current models that I
have found on the Linux Modem Knowledge Base:

3Com/USR		model 3CP5610 (also in OEM)
Multitech		model MT5634ZPX-PCI 
IBM			model 33L4618
Actiontec		PCI Master, PCI56012-02(too new
			to be available except at their site) 
Actiontec		PCI Call Waiting modem

Since they are about 10% more costly than the ISA
units, it would seem that their chief value would be with the
new mainboards or with store-bought PCs that sometimes
lack any ISA slot.   

Good luck,
-- 
Howard Haradon	San Antonio, TX 78249


On Thu, 4 Nov 1999 14:45:35, klcroxen@fas.harvard.edu (Kevin Croxen) 
wrote:
> 
> Ain't no such thing as modem drivers. Windows tends to call the info file
that 
> includes such things as the preferred initialization string the 'modem 
> driver' and the unfortunate term has caught on. OS/2 talks to the 
> com port --as long as both OS/2 and the modem both know where 
> the com port is (and both believe it to 
> be in the same place, of course!), the rest is only a matter of 
> choosing the right init. string.
> 
> That being said, you have to avoid 'winmodems', which really 
> do require drivers, since with 'winmodems' most of the processing 
> that one would expect the modem hardware to do must be done 
> by the central CPU and software. 'Winmodems' are 
> seldom advertised as such any more, since the name has gotten 
> awful press, but are to be recognized from their specs as having 
> particular processor requirements (e.g. 'Pentium 133 or above') 
> as opposed to the simple 'IBM PC XT/AT or 
> compatible' that one would expect a real modem to have; and 
> usually list 'windows 95, NT, or 3.1' as an OS requirement: that is, 
> they don't claim to be able to run on straight DOS. Also, so far 
> as I'm aware, any modem currently 
> requiring a PCI slot is a winmodem --real modems are still ISA-only.
> 
> But if you avoid a winmodem, just about everything else 
> will work. I use a junker MaxTech PnP internal on one 
> machine, a junker Newcom (with IRQ jumper only) 
> on another; both modems together probably set me back 
> less than $60 and work just fine. Lots of people seem to 
> like the Zoom modems because many of them 
> are still fully jumpered and thus they avoid the small 
> amount of extra fun involved in setting up PnP peripherals 
> on non-PnP OS's like Warp 3 or  marginally PnP OS's like Warp 4.
> 
> Just make sure your com.sys is reasonably up-to-date, 
> avoid winmodems, and you should be fine whatever 
> modem you buy.
> 
> --Kevin         
> 
> 
> On Wed, 03 Nov 1999 23:49:22 +0000, Wolf Kirchmeir 
> <greywolf@onlink.net> wrote:
> >Yeah, yeah, I'm behiond the times, still using 14.4K
> >
> >What recommendations do you have for 56K modems? I saw a generic one at a
> >local dealer, but coudln't locate a driver for it, so this is also a
request
> >for information on generic 56k modem drivers.
> >
> >Thanks!
> >
> >
> >
> >

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From: raphaelt@netnews.worldnet.att.net                 04-Nov-99 17:34:29
  To: All                                               04-Nov-99 19:52:02
Subj: Re: Install from HD??

From: raphaelt@netnews.worldnet.att.net (Raphael Tennenbaum)

"Chris D." <theqcc@hotmail.com> wrote:

>Hello all,
>
>can os2 warp 4 be installed from a HD (from a partition) rather than from a
>floppy (39+ disks!) or CD ROM (no CDRW yet.... so it stays on a partition
>until i get one ;-( )
>
>I can make the 3 boot disks, but it still looks for the CD rom with warp on
>it, how can i make it look at the partition with warp on it to get it to
>install?
>
>
>TIA
>

Directions are right here: (it's a long one)

http://service5.boulder.ibm.com/pspsdocs.nsf/8d77653332b629ab862563cc005ee09a/9
e2009fe42b1cf1986256332007a79e1?OpenDocument


-- 
Ray Tennenbaum        '99 YZF-R6
readme@ http://www.ray-field.com

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From: dcasey@ibm.net                                    04-Nov-99 17:58:17
  To: All                                               04-Nov-99 21:24:16
Subj: Re: Kernel File is missing from the disk

From: dcasey@ibm.net (Dan Casey)

In article <38214ABC.341FDB9F@see.sig>, Paul Floyd <paul_floyd@see.sig> wrote:
>
>
>Dan Casey wrote:
>
>> 200Mb is not enough room for OS/2 Warp 3 or (especially) Warp 4. Yes,
>> it's enough for a Base install, but not enough for added functions and
>> certainly not enough for applying service (Fixpaks). If you have the
>> room (and it appears you do), try 500Mb .... it'll work much nicer.
>
>200MB is more than adequate for the OS itself. Even a full installation
>(Warp 3) with the latest fixpack will comfortably fit in 150MB. In this
>case it would be best if you have your swap file on a different
>partition (even better, on a different disk), and you will have to
>install all applications on a different partition.

The user also mentioned that he had ordered "Merlin" (OS/2 Warp 4),
and 200 Mb is NOT enough for Warp 4. I was simply trying to save this
user some grief later on.


--
**************************************************************
*  Dan Casey                                                 *
*  President                                                 *
*  V.O.I.C.E. (Virtual OS/2 International Consumer Education *
*  http://www.os2voice.org                                   *
*  Abraxas on IRC                                            *
*  http://members.iquest.net/~dcasey                         *
*  Charter Associate member, Team SETI                       *
*  Warpstock 99 in Atlanta  http://www.warpstock.org         *
**************************************************************
*  E-Mail (subject: Req. PGP Key) for Public Key             *
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From: mmadden@wsnet.com                                 04-Nov-99 18:14:02
  To: All                                               04-Nov-99 21:24:17
Subj: Re: Kernel File is missing from the disk

From: "Michael D. Madden" <mmadden@wsnet.com>

I want to thank all of the help that was offered in this newsgroup. However,
I am still unable to install Warp 3. Now I have another problem. So I will
wait for Warp 4 to arrive. Hopefully Warp 4 will be easier to install.

> From: dcasey@ibm.net (Dan Casey)
> Organization: V.O.I.C.E., Indianapolis, IN
> Reply-To: dcasey@ibm.net
> Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.setup.misc
> Date: Thu, 04 Nov 1999 17:58:34 -0500
> Subject: Re: Kernel File is missing from the disk
> 
> In article <38214ABC.341FDB9F@see.sig>, Paul Floyd <paul_floyd@see.sig>
wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> Dan Casey wrote:
>> 
>>> 200Mb is not enough room for OS/2 Warp 3 or (especially) Warp 4. Yes,
>>> it's enough for a Base install, but not enough for added functions and
>>> certainly not enough for applying service (Fixpaks). If you have the
>>> room (and it appears you do), try 500Mb .... it'll work much nicer.
>> 
>> 200MB is more than adequate for the OS itself. Even a full installation
>> (Warp 3) with the latest fixpack will comfortably fit in 150MB. In this
>> case it would be best if you have your swap file on a different
>> partition (even better, on a different disk), and you will have to
>> install all applications on a different partition.
> 
> The user also mentioned that he had ordered "Merlin" (OS/2 Warp 4),
> and 200 Mb is NOT enough for Warp 4. I was simply trying to save this
> user some grief later on.
> 
> 
> --
> **************************************************************
> *  Dan Casey                                                 *
> *  President                                                 *
> *  V.O.I.C.E. (Virtual OS/2 International Consumer Education *
> *  http://www.os2voice.org                                   *
> *  Abraxas on IRC                                            *
> *  http://members.iquest.net/~dcasey                         *
> *  Charter Associate member, Team SETI                       *
> *  Warpstock 99 in Atlanta  http://www.warpstock.org         *
> **************************************************************
> *  E-Mail (subject: Req. PGP Key) for Public Key             *
> **************************************************************

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From: theqcc@hotmail.com                                05-Nov-99 00:26:01
  To: All                                               04-Nov-99 21:24:17
Subj: Re: Install from HD??

From: "Chris D." <theqcc@hotmail.com>

Thank you.

As for being a long one, congratulatuions! LOL


Chris D.
Raphael Tennenbaum wrote in message ...
>"Chris D." <theqcc@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>>Hello all,
>>
>>can os2 warp 4 be installed from a HD (from a partition) rather than from
a
>>floppy (39+ disks!) or CD ROM (no CDRW yet.... so it stays on a partition
>>until i get one ;-( )
>>
>>I can make the 3 boot disks, but it still looks for the CD rom with warp
on
>>it, how can i make it look at the partition with warp on it to get it to
>>install?
>>
>>
>>TIA
>>
>
>Directions are right here: (it's a long one)
>
>http://service5.boulder.ibm.com/pspsdocs.nsf/8d77653332b629ab862563cc005ee0
9a/9e2009fe42b1cf1986256332007a79e1?OpenDocument
>
>
>--
>Ray Tennenbaum        '99 YZF-R6
>readme@ http://www.ray-field.com


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From: prayer5@my-deja.com                               05-Nov-99 01:17:26
  To: All                                               05-Nov-99 03:42:23
Subj: Re: Video wrong at boot desktop, how fix?

From: prayer5@my-deja.com

In article <7vo9nk$1r5$1@nnrp1.deja.com>,
  hunters@thunder.indstate.edu wrote:
> When you do Alt-F1 F3, you are resetting the display drivers to be
VGA.
> This should work on *all* VGA compliant video cards.

Except this card has been reprogrammed to work at 81 Khz instead of
31.5Khz! Win9x somehow understands the "new" VGA mode, but OS2 maint
mode does not.
>
> However, since you've installed WSeB sucessfully, your card would
> appear to be VGA compliant!
That was with a Tseng 6100 card set up for a MultiSync monitor, then I
reprogrammed the card and changed monitors. All graphics modes were
fine except for 640x480 VGA. i.e. Alt-F1 F3 mode.

>What may have happened is that OS/2
> installed some drivers that Alt-F1 F3 doesn't remove. Try selecting
the
> option (After Alt-F1) to boot to a command-prompt (F2?), and typing
> "setvga" (no quotes) and then rebooting and installing the OS/2
drivers
> for the Savage4.
Problem - the command mode wont function either, must be the 31.5 vs
81Khz mode confusion again.  Command mode DOES work only if I use
install floppies and press F3 on 3rd disk.  How does that one find the
81 khz mode correctly and hard drive boot does not?

>
> > > Do you get any kind of display at all under the standard VGA
> > > drivers?
Not off the hard drive, only off the install disks.

> Sounds like the wrong display drivers are being loaded. Try the above,
> and then post the results.
Tried but could not function, no screen to work from. What can I do
manually with tedit from install boot in command mode only. (No REXX
either).


Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy.

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From: mfbear@nospamplease.earthlink.net                 04-Nov-99 20:28:23
  To: All                                               05-Nov-99 03:42:23
Subj: Re: Cable modems

From: Matt Bear <mfbear@nospamplease.earthlink.net>

You might also check OS/2 Ezine's article on the subject to see if it
helps:

http://www.os2ezine.com/v2n10/cable.htm

jerryw12 wrote:

> hi there
>
>     i added a driver for a 10/100 card i bought ($12.00 d-link 530tx)
> then just added the address, router id, dns entrys and stuff just like
> you do when setting up a windowed type system and that was pretty much
> it .
>
>         my 2cents
>
>                 jerryw12
>
> as wrote:
>
> > I'd be interested to hear from anyone already using a
> > cable modem.  What was required to get things running
> > in os/2 once the cable company installs the hardware,
> > modem and internet card.  Obvisously i won't be using
> > a dialer, so how and what do i need to configure for
> > a) one standalone computer and
> > b) if possible a second computer tied into the first
> > computer so either can surf the net.


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From: lsunley@mb.sympatico.ca                           05-Nov-99 02:09:22
  To: All                                               05-Nov-99 03:42:23
Subj: Re: Video wrong at boot desktop, how fix?

From: lsunley@mb.sympatico.ca (Lorne Sunley)

On Fri, 5 Nov 1999 01:17:53, prayer5@my-deja.com wrote:

<snip>

> 
> Except this card has been reprogrammed to work at 81 Khz instead of
> 31.5Khz! Win9x somehow understands the "new" VGA mode, but OS2 maint
> mode does not.

<more snip>

So why don't you use whatever utility you used to reprogram
it and change it back to VGA standard  using 31.5 KHz

Changing the card from VGA spec is what is causing the
problem.

OR 
Put some other card in the machine that will work 
with standard VGA, then install the drivers for the Savage4,
shutdown the machine, install the Savage4, then re-boot it
with the Savage4 drivers....

Lorne Sunley

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From: jbrush@aros.net                                   04-Nov-99 20:46:00
  To: All                                               05-Nov-99 03:42:23
Subj: Re: 56K modem

From: jbrush@aros.net

>>What recommendations do you have for 56K modems? I saw a generic one at a
>>local dealer, but coudln't locate a driver for it, so this is also a
>>request for information on generic 56k modem drivers.

No such thing as drivers for a real modem. 

The factory init string should fine for accessing any ISP. There is no
magic in a modem init string. 

True, some ISPs use crappy modem on their end, but those folks should be
avoided anyway.

Buy it, plug it in, send the factory reset init string, and it should work
fine. Remember that some the quality of the phone line and the quality of
the modem are factors in 56K connections no matter what you buy. The other
question would be can your phone line support 56K in the first place?

John





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From: jdparker@erols.com                                04-Nov-99 22:57:19
  To: All                                               05-Nov-99 03:42:23
Subj: Re: Do I have the correct CD's?

From: Jim Parker <jdparker@erols.com>

Harry Zisko wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I just "inherited" a bunch of OS/2 machines and was also given some OS/2 CDs
> to go along with them. It's been about 3-4 years since I've looked at OS/2,
> so if this sounds silly, my apologies.
>
> I'm looking at the installation CDs that I have, and I need to know if I'm
> missing anything. If someone could evaluate what I have and let me know what
> if anything I'm missing I would appreciate it. I'm not worried about the
> installation diskettes as I know I can create them using the CDINST program
> on the CD.)
>
> 1) For OS/2 Warp V4 I just have one CD labeled "Operating System, Bonus Pak
> and much more...". P/N 84H3109. Is this everything?
>
> 2) For OS/2 Warp V4 Advanced Server, I have two CDs, but the second CD
> doesn't say "Advanced Server", it just says "Server". Is this normal, or do
> I have a mixed set (i.e. CD1 from Advanced server and CD2 from Server)? Part
> number on the second CD is: 27H9327
>
> 3) For OS/2 Warp V4 Advanced Server SMP, I have just one CD. Am I missing a
> 2nd CD?
>
> 4) I also have two additional CDs that I'm not sure which version of Warp
> they belong to:
> - P/N 84H3110 - Device Driver Pak Volume 1.0 (is there a volume 2.0?)
> - P/N 84H3111 - Application Sampler.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Harry Zisko

I got 4 CDs with my Warp 4:
1. Operating System, BonusPak and much more
2. Device Driver Pak Volume 1.0
3. Application Sampler
4. Lotus Notes Mail 4.1

Jim


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From: dspisak@ccnet.com                                 04-Nov-99 21:38:19
  To: All                                               05-Nov-99 03:42:23
Subj: Re: Cannot Install FP42 on v3.0

From: Dan Spisak/Marcia Trial <dspisak@ccnet.com>

Fixpak 40 is indeed the latest one for Warp 3.00.  It installed with
minimum fuss.  Thanks for the help.

Dan Spisak/Marcia Trial wrote:
> 
> I have reinstalled Warp v3.0 on my computer and I want to install fixpak
> 42.  Every time I try to install fp42 using FSERVICE I get the fatal
> error message "CSF0257: no product selected".  Now what do I do?  The
> current CSD level of the base system is XR0300.  I have installed fixpak
> 5 which I thought would bring Warp to CSD level XR0W005, but SYSLEVEL
> still reports XR03000.  I have tried installing fp42 from the *.zip and
> the *.*dk files (using pkunzip, loaddskf, and xcopy as appropriate), but
> the same error message is returned.  Any help will be appreciated.
> Thank you.

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From: 58emc1@concentric.net                             05-Nov-99 00:39:26
  To: All                                               05-Nov-99 05:13:04
Subj: Re: 56K modem

From: Peter Hinckley <58emc1@concentric.net>

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No matter what modem you get, it won't run at 56K until you tweak your com
port
settings.   It seems that IBM has decided that a com port should run only just
so fast and "hardwired os2" to this number.  There are two ways around this:
Downlad "setbaud" from either Hobbes or os2bbs.com or use an INI file editor
to
change the baud rate of your com port.  I've tried both sucessfully.  Setbaud
has one drawback: it must be invoked after your dialer has connected to your
ISP
each time you dial.  I used Gamma Tech's INI editor to change my  com port
baud
setting, and it seemed to do the job just as well - I've had no problems and I
don't have to invoke an extra program every time I dial-up.  I don't recommend
using the INI file method if you aren't familiar with os2 ini files.  The com
port settings are found in os2sys.ini under PM_COMn, INITIALIZATION (where n
is
the com port you have your modem attached to).  Intitalization has a series of
numbers separated by semi-colons, as in "14400;0;8;1;1;" (these were my old
settings-I have a Hayes Accura 288 V.34, external) where 14400 is the baud
rate
and the others are data bits, parity, etc.  If you know your modem works but
is
just slow, change the first number to no more than "57600" and make no other
changes.  This doesn't mead my modem actually runs at 57600, just that it will
whenever possible (I don't think my 288 modem really will, but it does run
higher than 14400).  Your phone line can't exceed this value anyway (is has to
do with the capabilities of the twisted copper conductors), and sometimes you
recieve at one speed and send at another.  If you haven't been able to get
your
modem to work at all, don't mess around with the settings in os2sys.ini until
you do.

I hope this helps

Pete Hinckley

Wolf Kirchmeir wrote:

> Yeah, yeah, I'm behiond the times, still using 14.4K
>
> What recommendations do you have for 56K modems? I saw a generic one at a
> local dealer, but coudln't locate a driver for it, so this is also a request
> for information on generic 56k modem drivers.
>
> Thanks!

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No matter what modem you get, it won't run at 56K until you tweak your
com port settings.&nbsp;&nbsp; It seems that IBM has decided that a com
port should run only just so fast and "hardwired os2" to this number.&nbsp;
There are two ways around this:&nbsp; Downlad "setbaud" from either Hobbes
or os2bbs.com or use an INI file editor to change the baud rate of your
com port.&nbsp; I've tried both sucessfully.&nbsp; Setbaud has one drawback:
it must be invoked after your dialer has connected to your ISP each time
you dial.&nbsp; I used Gamma Tech's INI editor to change my&nbsp; com port
baud setting, and it seemed to do the job just as well - I've had no problems
and I don't have to invoke an extra program every time I dial-up.&nbsp;
I don't recommend using the INI file method if you aren't familiar with
os2 ini files.&nbsp; The com port settings are found in os2sys.ini under
PM_COM<i>n</i>, INITIALIZATION (where <i>n</i> is the com port you have
your modem attached to).&nbsp; Intitalization has a series of numbers
separated
by semi-colons, as in "14400;0;8;1;1;" (these were my old settings-I have
a Hayes Accura 288 V.34, external) where 14400 is the baud rate and the
others are data bits, parity, etc.&nbsp; If you know your modem works but
is just slow, change the first number to no more than "57600" and make
no other changes.&nbsp; This doesn't mead my modem actually runs at 57600,
just that it will whenever possible (I don't think my 288 modem really
will, but it does run higher than 14400).&nbsp; Your phone line can't exceed
this value anyway (is has to do with the capabilities of the twisted copper
conductors), and sometimes you recieve at one speed and send at another.&nbsp;
If you haven't been able to get your modem to work at all, don't mess around
with the settings in os2sys.ini until you do.
<p>I hope this helps
<p>Pete Hinckley
<p>Wolf Kirchmeir wrote:
<blockquote TYPE=CITE>Yeah, yeah, I'm behiond the times, still using 14.4K
<p>What recommendations do you have for 56K modems? I saw a generic one
at a
<br>local dealer, but coudln't locate a driver for it, so this is also
a request
<br>for information on generic 56k modem drivers.
<p>Thanks!</blockquote>
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From: piquant00@uswestmail.net                          05-Nov-99 15:13:07
  To: All                                               05-Nov-99 14:49:08
Subj: Re: Kernel File is missing from the disk

From: piquant00@uswestmail.net (Annie K.)

On Thu, 4 Nov 1999 22:58:34, dcasey@ibm.net (Dan Casey) wrote:

:In article <38214ABC.341FDB9F@see.sig>, Paul Floyd <paul_floyd@see.sig>
wrote:
:>
:>
:>Dan Casey wrote:
:>
:>> 200Mb is not enough room for OS/2 Warp 3 or (especially) Warp 4. Yes,
:>> it's enough for a Base install, but not enough for added functions and
:>> certainly not enough for applying service (Fixpaks). If you have the
:>> room (and it appears you do), try 500Mb .... it'll work much nicer.
:>
:>200MB is more than adequate for the OS itself. Even a full installation
:>(Warp 3) with the latest fixpack will comfortably fit in 150MB. In this
:>case it would be best if you have your swap file on a different
:>partition (even better, on a different disk), and you will have to
:>install all applications on a different partition.
:
:The user also mentioned that he had ordered "Merlin" (OS/2 Warp 4),
:and 200 Mb is NOT enough for Warp 4. I was simply trying to save this
:user some grief later on.

 200MB is enough space for Warp 4, if one installs all needed extras 
e.g. Java and tcpip to a separate partition. And of course having the 
swap file on another partition helps as well. My Warp 4 boot partition
is 225MB, with about 50MB free.

-- 
Klaatu barada nikto

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From: alex@eddie.cis.uoguelph.ca                        05-Nov-99 15:25:14
  To: All                                               05-Nov-99 14:49:08
Subj: Re: Do I have the correct CD's?

From: alex@eddie.cis.uoguelph.ca (Alex Taylor)

On Thu, 04 Nov 1999 22:57:38 -0500, Jim Parker <jdparker@erols.com> wrote:
> > I just "inherited" a bunch of OS/2 machines and was also given some OS/2
CDs
> > to go along with them. It's been about 3-4 years since I've looked at
OS/2,
> > so if this sounds silly, my apologies.
...
> > 4) I also have two additional CDs that I'm not sure which version of Warp
> > they belong to:
> > - P/N 84H3110 - Device Driver Pak Volume 1.0 (is there a volume 2.0?)
> > - P/N 84H3111 - Application Sampler.
> 
> I got 4 CDs with my Warp 4:
> 1. Operating System, BonusPak and much more
> 2. Device Driver Pak Volume 1.0
> 3. Application Sampler
> 4. Lotus Notes Mail 4.1

This is pretty trivial, but I thought I'd point out that OS/2 Warp Connect
(version 3) comes with Device Driver Pak Volume 1.0, and Warp 4 comes with
Device Driver Pak Volume 1.04 - in my experience, anyway (the version is
clearly marked on the CD).

They're both equally useful (or useless), assuming you have web access.
If you don't, well, they're probably close enough to each other anyway.
I never use them, personally, as the online version is most current.

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 alex@eddie.cis.uoguelph.ca   http://eddie.cis.uoguelph.ca/~alex
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From: codecrafters@cix.compulink.co.uk                  05-Nov-99 16:24:04
  To: All                                               05-Nov-99 14:49:08
Subj: ABit BP6 Mobo ATA66 controllers

From: codecrafters@cix.compulink.co.uk

Has anyone got the ATA66 facilities on this motherboard working under 
OS/2? I've had a hunt around in the Device Driver site but found nothing 
and there are no references on the Abit site.

This controller also appears on a stand-alone controller card and the 
chipset has model number HPT366.

If anyone has comments on this board in general under OS/2 I'd be very 
glad to hear them!

Thanks in advance,

Pete.

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From: mz@skynet.be                                      05-Nov-99 20:22:13
  To: All                                               05-Nov-99 16:48:26
Subj: Re: XFree86 3.3.5 and ATI Video Xpression

From: Martin Zimmermann <mz@skynet.be>

Reinstalling XFree86 3.3.3.1 resolves the problem for me.

Martin Zimmermann schrieb:

> With my ATI RageIIc i have exactly the same effects as you describe.
> Under Linux it works. Importing xf86config from linux doesnt work for me.
>
> Martin Zimmermann
>
> Marcel Aartsen schrieb:
>
> > Holger Veit wrote:
> > >
> > > On Mon, 11 Oct 1999 02:12:51 +0100,
> > >         Marcel Aartsen <M.Th.Aartsen@direct.A2000.nl> wrote:
> >
> > [snip]
> >
> > > >Now the problem is: I _can_ get it started, but only with a resolution
> > > >of 320x240 or so, which I cannot change with [CTRL] [ALT] [+] etc. This
> > > >happens when I do not choose a video card during XF86config.exe . When
I
> > >
> > > Who told you not to choose a video card?
> >
> > Thank you for your reply. Well, nobody told me. But it didn't work at
> > all when I chose my card, so I tried something different. See below.
> >
> > > >_do_ choose my card (ATI Video Xpression), or when I edit XF86Config so
> > > >that every "Screen" section has the Device "My Video Card" instead of
> > > >Device "Generic VGA", the server won't start at all although I still
> > > >select the SVGA driver during XF86config.exe .
> > >
> > > And why did you choose the SVGA server, not the Mach64 server?
> >
> > I tried the Mach64 server at first and that didn't work at all. When I
> > searched in the XFree86-OS/2 mailing list archives, I deduced from some
> > messages that it was wisest to choose the SVGA server instead if you
> > have an ATI card and things don't work. Did I misunderstand this then?
> > See e.g. http://ais.gmd.de/~veit/os2/mailinglist/5707.html
> >
> > Anyway, this is also why I tried to not choose a video card. And that
> > got me one little step further... :-) When I use the Mach64 server (and
> > choose my ATI Video Xpression during XF86Config.exe), as your suggestion
> > seems to be, the output of startx reads as follows:
> >
> > =========== begin of STARTX output ======================
> > XFree86 Version 3.3.5 / X Window System
> > (protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6300)
> > Release Date: August 3 1999
> >         If the server is older than 6-12 months, or if your card is newer
> >         than the above date, look for a newer version before reporting
> >         problems.  (see http://www.XFree86.Org/FAQ)
> > Operating System: OS/2 IBM
> > Configured drivers:
> >   Mach64: accelerated server for ATI Mach64 graphics adaptors
> > (Patchlevel 0)
> > xf86-OS/2: gethostname() returns: "localhost"
> > xf86-OS/2: DISPLAY to listen is set to: "localhost:0.0"
> > xf86-OS/2: gethostbyname() returns the following data:
> > xf86-OS/2:    official host name: "localhost"
> > xf86-OS/2:    addr type = 2,  addr length = 4
> > xf86-OS/2:      Internet address: "127.0.0.1"
> > xf86-OS/2: Console opened
> > xf86-OS/2: Keyboard opened
> > xf86-OS/2: Started Vio thread, Tid=2
> > xf86-OS/2: Started hard error Vio mode monitor thread, Tid=3
> > xf86-OS/2: Started Kbd monitor thread, Tid=4
> > xf86-OS/2: Started Kbd bit-bucket thread, Tid=5
> > xf86-OS/2: Opened kbd monitor, rc=0
> > xf86-OS/2: Kbd monitor registered, rc=0
> > xf86-OS/2: Kbd Queue created, rc=0
> > XF86Config: C:/XFree86/lib/X11/XF86Config
> > (**) stands for supplied, (--) stands for probed/default values
> > (**) XKB: keymap: "xfree86(br)" (overrides other XKB settings)
> > (**) OsMouse selected for mouse input
> > (**) Mach64: Graphics device ID: "ATI Video Xpression"
> > (**) Mach64: Monitor ID: "My Monitor"
> > (--) Mach64: Mode "1600x1200" needs hsync freq of 87.50 kHz. Deleted.
> > (--) Mach64: Mode "1152x864" needs hsync freq of 89.62 kHz. Deleted.
> > (--) Mach64: Mode "1280x1024" needs hsync freq of 91.15 kHz. Deleted.
> > (--) Mach64: Mode "1600x1200" needs hsync freq of 93.75 kHz. Deleted.
> > (--) Mach64: Mode "1600x1200" needs hsync freq of 105.77 kHz. Deleted.
> > (--) Mach64: Mode "1280x1024" needs hsync freq of 107.16 kHz. Deleted.
> > (--) Mach64: Mode "1800X1440" needs hsync freq of 96.15 kHz. Deleted.
> > (--) Mach64: Mode "1800X1440" needs hsync freq of 104.52 kHz. Deleted.
> > (**) FontPath set to
> >
"C:/XFree86/lib/X11/fonts/misc/,C:/XFree86/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled,C:/XFr
ee86/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled,C:/XFree86/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/,C:/XFree86/
lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/,C:/XFree86/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/,C:/XFree86/lib/X11/fonts/
100dpi/"
> > (--) Mach64: PCI: Mach64 VT rev 64, Aperture @ 0xe0000000, Block I/O @
> > 0x6200
> > xf86ReadBIOS: BIOS map failed, addr=c0000, rc=87
> >
> >  *** None of the configured devices were detected.***
> >
> > Fatal server error:
> > no screens found
> >
> > When reporting a problem related to a server crash, please send
> > the full server output, not just the last messages
> >
> > _X11TransOs2OpenClient: Open server pipe \PIPE\xf86.0 failed, rc=3
> > _X11Trans       Probable causes: either the XServer is not running, or has 
not
> > started properly,
> > _X11Trans       or the DISPLAY variable is set incorrectly.
> > _X11TransOpen: transport open failed for local/localhost:0
> > giving up.
> >
> > C:\XFree86\bin\xinit:  Interrupted system call (errno 4):  unable to
> > connect to X server
> >
> > C:\XFree86\bin\xinit:  No such process (errno 3):  Server error.
> > ============ end of STARTX output =======================
> >
> > The relevant section in my CONFIG.SYS reads:
> >
> > SET HOME=C:\MPTN\ETC
> > SET HOSTNAME=localhost
> > SET DISPLAY=localhost:0.0
> > SET LOGNAME=Marcel
> > SET MANPATH=C:\XFree86\man
> > SET TERM=ansi
> > SET TERMCAP=C:/XFree86/lib/X11/etc/emx.termcap.x11
> > SET USE_HOSTS_FIRST=1
> > SET USER=Marcel
> > SET X11ROOT=C:
> > SET XSERVER=C:/XFREE86/bin/XF86_Mach64.exe
> > DEVICE=C:\XFree86\lib\xf86sup.sys
> >
> > and in my C:\MPTN\BIN\MPTSTART.CMD the last line is
> >
> > ifconfig lo 127.0.0.1 up
> >
> > Furthermore, v3.3.3.1 worked well on this same system.
> >
> > Thanks for any suggestions,
> > Marcel

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From: thomasa@swu.ac.th                                 05-Nov-99 20:56:27
  To: All                                               05-Nov-99 19:55:04
Subj: Lost WIN-OS/2 Support

From: thomasa@swu.ac.th

It's Warp 3 preloaded on a ThinkPad with Windows 3.1.

At the suggestion of IBM phone support, I ran Selective Uninstall to uninstall 
it,
with the idea of reinstalling it to see if it would solve a problem I had.

When I try to run Selective Install, I can't get it to look at my C:\drive. 
It 
seems to expect me to load a diskette.  Maybe the pertinent files were deleted
from my C:\ drive by Uninstall.

Do you know what files I need to reinstall WIN-OS/2 capability?

Thanks!

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From: dwparsons@t-online.de                             05-Nov-99 22:52:25
  To: All                                               05-Nov-99 19:55:04
Subj: Re: Daylight Saving Time Change

From: dwparsons@t-online.de (Dave Parsons)

On Thu, 4 Nov 1999 05:38:02, mystix@direct.ca@direct.ca wrote:

> In <ti7wXtNN9hd8-pn2-BWYDr0mwZU78@localhost>, psmedley@my-deja.com (Paul
Smedley) writes:
> >On Tue, 2 Nov 1999 00:22:47, JHB@jita.nospam.demon.co.uk (Jim Backus) 
> >wrote:
> >> > > Ok, I give up.  Twice a year for several years now, I get exercised
over
> >> > > OS/2 not changing the time automatically.  The irritation usually
lasts
> >> > > about 2 minutes, but this time it has lasted longer.
> >> > > Please help the digitally (intellectually) challenged.
> >
> >Try Timekeeper from BMT Micro.  Only $10 and it will automatically 
> >verify the time on your computer at defined intervals, and adjust the 
> >time for daylight savings.  Works great here.
> 
> Hmm, I've another thought that might be capable to be developed into
something.
> I've noticed that any of the phones I have that displays time and date info
> automatically seems to 'know' what time it is. I'm presuming that the phone
lines
> somehow transmit the information to my phones because I sure don't have to
> program them.
> 
> If that's the case shouldn't it be possible to tap into this information?

I don't know about where you are, but here in Germany the time is transmitted
over ISDN connections and yes it can be used every time you connect.
It is possible to access this service using ZOC & CFos/2 and probably other
programs.
These days I use the internet time servers via TIME868 when I need it simply
because it is now more convenient.

-- 
Dave

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From: fritzo@humboldt.net                               05-Nov-99 13:21:18
  To: All                                               05-Nov-99 19:55:04
Subj: post-netscape amnesia

From: fritzo@humboldt.net(Fritz Oppliger)

After I shut down Netscape (4.61) my system will not respond to mouse
clicks for almost a minute ...? without ANY other apparent activity
(HD)... annoying. spooky. What is it DOING? (still, compared to trying
HELP it is ... but I have given up on HELP)

 

fritzo@humboldt.net(Fritz Oppliger) KE6VDA

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From: sidbury@cs.uofs.edu                               05-Nov-99 19:02:28
  To: All                                               05-Nov-99 21:23:14
Subj: Laptop Installation problems

From: Dick Sidbury <sidbury@cs.uofs.edu>

I have a gateway solo 9300 and am trying to install warp 4.

My configuration:
PII/366
160mb ram
18gb disk partitioned via partition magic as 4 partitions:
	1 8mb partition at the beginning of the disk for boot manager
	1 4gb primary partition (fat32 for win98se)
	1 2gb primary partition will be formatted hpfs for warp 4
	1 extended partition of 12gb for data, etc
ati rage mobility video w 8mb ram (mach 64 2d / rage pro 3d)
ls-120 as my a: drive
atapi dvd rom
built in usb
linksys etherfast 10/100 pcmcia nic
built in 3com mini pci type 3b data fax modem
ESS Maestro internal sound card
internal 3com mini pci type 3b data fax modem

I couldn't find the floppies for the install so I made them from the
CDRom which is very old -- I got warp 4 within a month of when it came
out.
I downloaded the new ide (>8.? hard disk, ls-120, etc)  idedasd.exe file
and
made the recommended changes to my install 1 floppy.

I booted up with the install disk.  After inserting disk 1 and the logo
screen
coming up the following message appeared:

##1000:2ebf - 0002:2ebf.
60000, 2008

068066a
Internal revision 9.023, 95/11/07
The system is stopped.  REcord all of the above information
and contact your service representative.

Any suggestions?

dick
-- 
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Department of Computing Sciences	Fax: (570) 941-4250
University of Scranton			e-mail: sidbury@cs.uofs.edu
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From: windowssucks@hotmail.com                          06-Nov-99 02:07:08
  To: All                                               05-Nov-99 21:23:14
Subj: Re: ABit BP6 Mobo ATA66 controllers

From: "Windos Sucks" <windowssucks@hotmail.com>

On 5 Nov 1999 16:24:09 GMT, codecrafters@cix.compulink.co.uk wrote:

:>Has anyone got the ATA66 facilities on this motherboard working under 
:>OS/2? I've had a hunt around in the Device Driver site but found nothing 
:>and there are no references on the Abit site.
:>
:>This controller also appears on a stand-alone controller card and the 
:>chipset has model number HPT366.

Daniella Engerts DANIS506.ADD driver supports this controller. Find it on
Hobbes: http://hobbes.nmsu.edu

Good luck!

(BTW it is a *great* mobo!)



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From: yyyc186.illegaltospam.at.flashco...               05-Nov-99 20:22:25
  To: All                                               05-Nov-99 21:23:14
Subj: Re: Laptop Installation problems

Message sender: yyyc186.illegaltospam.at.flashcom.net

From: yyyc186.illegaltospam.at.flashcom.net

In <38237031.C9A2F2D6@cs.uofs.edu>, on 11/05/99 
   at 07:02 PM, Dick Sidbury <sidbury@cs.uofs.edu> said:


Welcome to the wonderfull world of IBM LS-120 support.

You CAN'T BOOT FROM IT as drive A.

If you don't have a floppy drive to use as drive A, then consider yourself
screwed.

I am in the same boat...but I have a floppy drive.  Can only use my LS-120
to boot PC-DOS, Windows, and Linux.

Roland

>I have a gateway solo 9300 and am trying to install warp 4.

>My configuration:
>PII/366
>160mb ram
>18gb disk partitioned via partition magic as 4 partitions:
>	1 8mb partition at the beginning of the disk for boot manager
>	1 4gb primary partition (fat32 for win98se)
>	1 2gb primary partition will be formatted hpfs for warp 4
>	1 extended partition of 12gb for data, etc
>ati rage mobility video w 8mb ram (mach 64 2d / rage pro 3d) ls-120 as my
>a: drive
>atapi dvd rom
>built in usb
>linksys etherfast 10/100 pcmcia nic
>built in 3com mini pci type 3b data fax modem
>ESS Maestro internal sound card
>internal 3com mini pci type 3b data fax modem

>I couldn't find the floppies for the install so I made them from the
>CDRom which is very old -- I got warp 4 within a month of when it came
>out.
>I downloaded the new ide (>8.? hard disk, ls-120, etc)  idedasd.exe file
>and
>made the recommended changes to my install 1 floppy.

>I booted up with the install disk.  After inserting disk 1 and the logo
>screen
>coming up the following message appeared:

>##1000:2ebf - 0002:2ebf.
>60000, 2008

>068066a
>Internal revision 9.023, 95/11/07
>The system is stopped.  REcord all of the above information
>and contact your service representative.

>Any suggestions?

>dick

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