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From: 880506s@dragon.acadiau.ca (James R. Skinner)
Subject: Re: Installing Linux on an OS/2 system, using Boot Manager
Organization: Acadia University
Date: Sat, 12 Dec 1992 03:27:32 GMT

g1nickut@cdf.toronto.edu (Nick Zahariadis) writes:

>In article <1992Dec11.192003.10358@ultb.isc.rit.edu> djs6015@ultb.rit.edu (Don Smith) writes:
>>
>>Does anyone have any info that can help me make my Linux Partition
>>bootable from the Boot Manager? When I try to boot it from the Boot
>>Manager it says that its not a formatted drive... help!

> Put me on the list as well. I'm interested to know.

I got it to work (after a little hassle)  First get the program lilo to
make your linux partition bootable.  If your linux partion is a primary
partition you should be ready to roll, otherwise things are a little more
commplicated.  If your lunix partition is on an extended partiton and is
not the first one you need to set the first logical partition bootable as well  
as the linux partition.  Once you have done this once, you can remove the
bootable setting off the the first logical partition.  I don't know why 
you have to do this but it works...

-- 

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From: kovarski@zooid.guild.org (Mark Kovarski)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc,comp.os.os2.advocacy
Subject: Re: Future of OS/2 and IBM????????????
Date: 17 Dec 92 20:04:07 GMT
Organization: ZOOiD BBS

ashwath@gn.ecn.purdue.edu (Ashwath Ram) writes:
>	Hi, netters just a thought. IBM doesn't seem to be doing so hot
>financially they just said they are going to be laying off 25,000
>more people next year this after 40,000 have already been allocated
>to be laid off this year. Computer market analysts seem to think
>that IBM's profitability cannot improve unless global markets which
>are in recession improve as 30% of IBM's sales and 45% of their
>profits are from abroad. They doing some major reshuffling, what
>about the future of OS/2, how does it work into their long term plans.
>Will they be able to put in the same sort of resources into its
>support that Microsoft can put into NT. IBM has deep pockets so the
>impact is not being felt now. could some IBM'er comment on what is
>happening to the company and how as a customer I be confident that
>I will continue to receive the best operating system.
>
>
>Thanks,
>
>Ashwath Ram
>


There is virtually no company today that is not effected by the global
recession. Mr. Akers, at a conference, pointed this out among other things.
The main area where IBM is cutting down is the mainframe market. Many
of the 25,000 jobs lost will be in this area. There is currently no evidence
that OS/2 will be effected. According to local (Toronto) reports, the 
Toronto Labs (Software Development and such) are doing well. IBM will
restructure completely so it can be more responsive to customer needs. 
The areas that it will concentrate on are the Service and Software sector.
Service and Software grew over the last few years.

Best Regards,
Mark K.
From: kenyee@ksr.com (Ken Yee)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: *.ex_ files on PDK
Date: 13 Dec 92 17:28:24 EST
Distribution: usa

Does anyone know how to decompress the *.ex_ files on the
CDROM PDK?  (I'm not installing using the CDROM).

 thanks,

  ken  (kenyee@ksr.com)

Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: mjharris@nyx.cs.du.edu (Mike Harris)
Subject: Re: What is going wrong with video driver support?
Organization: University of Denver, Dept. of Math & Comp. Sci.
Date: Sat, 12 Dec 92 21:29:55 GMT

dab6@po.CWRU.Edu (Douglas A. Bell) writes:
>It is obvious that something is going really wrong inside IBM.
>Why can't that get more than 1 video board manufacturer to write 
>video drivers?
>It's easier to get autocad drivers than os/2 2.0 drivers.
>And it's been almost 9 months!!!
>-- 
Tell me about it. I can't even install OS2 because all I have is a
monochrome monitor. No support for the MDA - not from IBM and not from
hercules! Who would have believed it? I mean some people like (me) the old
good resolution, no convergence problems, readable monochrome standard. Go
figure!


--
Mike Harris 			>>>>> In stereo where available <<<<< 
InterNet: mikeh@tenet.edu
From: dic5340@hertz.njit.edu (David Charlap)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: 1Meg limit in WinOS/2?
Date: 15 Dec 92 01:52:33 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, N.J.

In article <20071@ksr.com> kenyee@ksr.com (Ken Yee) writes:
>Since WinOS/2 is effectively Standard Mode Windows, does
>that mean that the biggest contiguous memory block that can
>be allocated is 1Meg?

Yes, if you use HUGE model.  If you use LARGE model, then the buggest
block is 64K.  I think Windows provides some memory management
functions that get around this, though.  But those functions might
only be available in ENHANCED mode.



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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: rbarnett@blkbox (Rick Barnett)
Subject: Re: Running ZIP/ZOO/etc from an icon (again!)
Organization: The Black Box, PO Box 591822 Houston, TX 77259-1822 
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 08:12:37 GMT


>In article <1992Dec15.063444.15320@midway.uchicago.edu> pynq@midway.uchicago.edu writes:
>>What is the 50 word synopsis of whether it is possible to run any of the
>>compression programs effectively from an icon?  Is there a way to click
>>on an icon and have it prompt you at runtime for the program parameters?
>>

>    What I do is drag a program template onto the desktop, and in the 'Program
>and Filename' section, type in the drive:path\filename.ext you wish to
>run. Then in the 'Parameters' line, type in '[ ]' (there is a space
>between the two brackets). The brackets tell OS/2 to ask for input. This
>should do what you want. 

>     However, I have a much more elegant solution. Create a program
>template, like above, but in the 'Parameters' line enter '%*'. Now,
>instead of double-clicking on the icon, just drag an icon that you want
>uncompressed onto the just-created program template, and watch it
>un-compress automatically. The '%*' entered in the option line tells OS/2
>to send the full filename and path to the program, rather than asking for
>something. Also, for added elegance, open up the settings for the
>just-created program template and click on full-screen and open minimized.
>This way when the program runs, it will not be visible at all, just your
>uncompressed files will appear in the directory from where you dragged it
>from.


>     For what it worth, I wrote a DOS application that acts as a front end
>for all the uncompressors. It parses the filename, looks at the extension,
>determines what uncompressor to run, creates a sub-directory with the name
>of the file to uncompress, and uncompresses it into that folder. It then
>'CD's into the folder, so that under DOS, you type 'UNZIP FILENAME.EXT'
>and you will be in the subdirectory 'FILENAME' when the unzip process is
>complete. From OS/2 I have a program object which references this UNZIP

I have a simpler approach.  Since almost all the archives I get use the new 
32-bit ZIP, I just put UNZIP.EXE in my OS/2 root directory and use *.ZIP in
the Association page of the UNZIP settings.  When I double-click on the 
archived file, an OS/2 window opens up and shows the uncompress messages.  

By unchecking the "Close Window on Exit" box of the UNZIP settings, it will 
stay up after the uncompress process is finished.
From: mikel@kdrealm.linet.org (Mikel Beck)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: uucp programs for Os/2 2.0, Trident 32bit drivers,
Date: 18 Dec 92 00:21:16 GMT
Organization: King Diamond's Realm

Steve.Withers@bbs.actrix.gen.nz writes in article <1992Dec14.093140.9660@actrix.gen.nz>:

> >   1: What (if any) UUCP mailers and offline readers are there for OS/2 2.0?
> >       (I'm currently using Waffle 1.65 for dos and Helldriver for windows,
> >       but Helldriver doesn't like  OS/2, or the otehr way around...either
> >       way it runs to slow.  Now for waffle, that runs GREAT, but I would like
> >       to make full use of the HPFS for the newsgroup names)
> 
> Try UUPC  - the OS/2 version - and SNEWS 2.0 (a threaded news reader for UUPC)

        I've been using this for the past few months, with no problems
        whatsoever.

> >   2: I have a problem with the Trident 32bit 1024x768x256 color drivers for
> >       for os/2, when ever I open up a book (ie setting, help) the "side bars"
> >       (i don't know what you would call them) get over written with garbage,
> >       when I scroll up/down the old markers are still there, somewhat readable
> >       still. Any one else had this problem? and if so where you able to fix it?
> >       Also, are there any plans for seamless drivers at 1024x768x256?
> 
> Uhh....the 32-bit drivers *are* seamless. Did you install the WinOS/2 drivers,
> too? You have too. You also require the original DISPLAY.DLL  - not the one
> that came with the 16-bit Trident drivers. 

        I installed the 32-bit drivers when I had my Trident 8900C in my
        machine. Found that it wasn't much faster than the 16-bit drivers,
        and the window scrolling was incredibly *SLOW*... I installed the
        same drivers yesterday for my new ATI card, and had the same problems.

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+   King Diamond's Realm             Coram, Long Island, New York     +
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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: kumarad@ecf.toronto.edu (KUMARADAS JOSEPH CARL)
Subject: Re: Feechurs after installing WinOS2 3.1 beta over SP
Keywords: winos2 service sp vdisk
Organization: University of Toronto, Engineering Computing Facility
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 19:00:53 GMT

In article <BzExpF.ID6@ecf.toronto.edu> murraya@ecf.toronto.edu (MURRAY ALEXANDER W) writes:
>I recently put the WinOS2 3.1 beta from the PDK on top of my GA+SP
>installation.  Things looked normal, BUT... I had to reset the default
>"Open" action for many icons (ie., RMB/Open/Icon_View was no longer the
>default doubleclick... had to fix the Menu stuff in RMB/Open/Settings).
>This was only a minor inconvenience (although it had me scared when
>doubleclicking OS/2 System didn't do anything!).
>
>More importantly, I had a "DEVICE=D:\OS2\VDISK.SYS 4096 256 256" set up,
>that no longer initializes!  A SYSXXXX error appears that complains there
>are "not enough resources" to create the RAM disk.  Bushwah...I have 32MB of
>RAM on board.  More than plenty.  Reducing the size of the virtual disk had
>no effect, as did moving it around in my CONFIG.SYS.  Ideas?
>
>Regards,
>Alex
>-- 

Since the winos231 beta install replaces many system DLL's which are older 
than the SP DLL's, you should re-ren the SP install so that all your DLL's
are at the same level.  The re-installation of the SP will only replace those
files replaced by winos231.  It will also re-install your video driver.

Carl.
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu (Timothy F. Sipples)
Subject: Re: WINFAX PRO
Reply-To: sip1@midway.uchicago.edu
Organization: Dept. of Econ., Univ. of Chicago
Date: Sat, 12 Dec 1992 22:15:40 GMT

In article <1992Dec12.192709.1783@u.washington.edu> klliou@stein.u.washington.edu (Kan-Lee Liou) writes:
>>Why not PMFAX aka FAXWORKS? You can fax DOS, Windows, and OS/2.
>Is there an OCR in it?

No, but there's at least one FAX OCR package listed in the OS/2
applications list recently posted to comp.os.os2.advocacy.  I'm going
to edit the list and forward it to ftp-os2.nmsu.edu, too.

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sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu | 128.123.35.151, anonymous ftp, in /pub/os2/all/info
Dept. of Econ., Univ.   | /faq, or from LISTSERV@BLEKUL11.BITNET (send "HELP")
of Chicago, 60637       | [Read the List, THEN post to ONE OS/2 newsgroup.]
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: calvert@QueensU.CA (John Calvert)
Subject: Re: Screen savers
Organization: Queen's University, Kingston, Canada
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 01:29:25 GMT

I only gave yowza a quick demo, but I had a lot problems with it.

- each save screen has to be included explicitly, I found several of
those included in the package were rejected as "not of the correct
format"
- my computer locked up several times when demoing

So I switched to deskpic which tells you not to use two out of about
a dozen screens in OS/2 v2. Beyond that it worked great and has some
really nifty pics: fade to black, eyes, flashlight, etc.

If anyone running yowza can explain how to get it to work I might
try it again.

John Calvert
calvert@mast.queensu.ca
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu (Timothy F. Sipples)
Subject: Re: How to increase speed of communications in OS/2 2.0
Keywords: os2 waffle 165
Reply-To: sip1@midway.uchicago.edu
Organization: Dept. of Econ., Univ. of Chicago
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 17:49:07 GMT

In article <D5NTVB2w165w@vicuna.ocunix.on.ca> frampton@vicuna.ocunix.on.ca writes:
>> There seems to be now an alternative COM driver, if you care to give
>> it a try.  The filename is SIO000.ZIP, and the file is available via
>> anonymous ftp from ftp-os2.nmsu.edu, directory /pub/uploads.  I
>> haven't tried it, but it claims to provide better communications
>> performance.
>I tried to retrieve this using FTPMAIL, the file was nowhere to be
>found.  Is it really under /pub/uploads?

It is now sio010.zip, in /pub/uploads on ftp-os2.nmsu.edu (although,
again, it could be moved).

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Timothy F. Sipples      | Read the OS/2 FAQ List 2.0h, available from
sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu | 128.123.35.151, anonymous ftp, in /pub/os2/all/info
Dept. of Econ., Univ.   | /faq, or from LISTSERV@BLEKUL11.BITNET (send "HELP")
of Chicago, 60637       | [Read the List, THEN post to ONE OS/2 newsgroup.]
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc,comp.os.os2.advocacy
From: wcn@cs.brown.edu (Wen-Chun Ni)
Subject: Re: Future of OS/2 and IBM????????????
Organization: Brown University Department of Computer Science
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 21:42:33 GMT

In article <1992Dec15.210437.934@gn.ecn.purdue.edu> ashwath@gn.ecn.purdue.edu (Ashwath Ram) writes:
	<stuff deleted>

My understanding is that the mainframe section of IBM is in trouble. The
to-be-laid-off people and to-be-sold assets are mostly dealing with
mainframes. Because of this, the roles of workstations and PCs become
very crucial to IBM's survivability. I see this as a sign of IBM's
continuous support of OS/2 as well as AIX.



Wen-Chun Ni, wcn@cs.brown.edu         (401) 863-7669
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From: kenyee@ksr.com (Ken Yee)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: 1Meg limit in WinOS/2?
Date: 14 Dec 92 12:33:10 EST
Distribution: na

Since WinOS/2 is effectively Standard Mode Windows, does
that mean that the biggest contiguous memory block that can
be allocated is 1Meg?

 ken

Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: rik@sci.kun.nl (Rik Fleuren)
Subject: Re: IDE + SCSI HD & GA + SP, is this possible
Organization: University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Date: Sat, 12 Dec 1992 22:21:48 GMT

In <1992Dec12.130826.10177@usage.csd.unsw.OZ.AU> pendrith@spectrum.cs.unsw.oz.au (Mark Pendrith) writes:

>In article <1992Dec10.115737.4221@odin.diku.dk> viper@diku.dk (Martin Fredfeldt) writes:
>>Allright !!, i give the SCSI HD it's power back and starts os2 from my 
>>hpfs partetion. The error
>>
>>	cannot find the file "d:\os2\system\country.sys" specified
>>	ind the country statement in the config.sys
>>
>>	system halted, please correct etc. etc. etc..

I had the same sort of problem after applying the Service Pack.
My first solution was to use the file IBM1S506.ADD from the
original disks. Now I use the ST506 beta driver from
software.watson.ibm.com:/pub/os2/misc/spb506.zip.
The other new driver (software.watson.ibm.com:/pub/os2/misc/sp506.zip,
a "SP fix") doesn't work for me.


					Greetings,
					Rik

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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: 32-bit Trident Drivers!
From: ttullio@eagle.wesleyan.edu
Date: 11 Dec 92 16:28:46 EST
Organization: Wesleyan University

In article <1992Dec10.190938.1136764@sue.cc.uregina.ca>, skagos@hercules.cs.uregina.ca (P. Takis Skagos) writes:
>   These are *NOT* new display drivers.  This package contains replacements
> for a number of OS/2 files.  When you extract the files from the archive,
> there are a number of IBMDEV32.DLL files.  The first one extracted is the
> 640x480, the second one extracted is the 800x600 and the third one extracted
> is the 1024x768 version.  Replace the file /os2/dll/ibmdev32.dll with the
> appropriate replacement.  There are a couple of other files too.  Replace
> the os/2 versions of these files with the Trident versions.  You should also
> have a Trident 256 colour driver (replacement DISPLAY.DLL ... that you can
> ftp from hobbes.nmsu.edu) -- replace DISPLAY.DLL with the Trident version.

Why replace DISPLAY.DLL?  I did not do this, and things seem to be working
fine.  Isn't the Trident 256 DISPLAY.DLL a 16-bit-specific file?

> ... What 
> really bugs me is that openning up <SETTINGS> displays.  The tabs on the
> notebooks are all garbaged up ... 
>   P. Takis Skagos

Several people have mentioned this, but I've had no such problem ... the only
unfortunate side effect I've experienced with the new drivers is PM palette 
confusion when opening a seamless Windows app, requiring a DOS fullscreen
startup to restore proper colors.  Hmmm..

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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: frigo@psl.wisc.edu (Sean P. Frigo UW-Madison SRC (608)877-2332,-2001(FAX))
Subject: comp.os.os2.misc,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Reply-To: frigo@psl.wisc.edu
Organization: University of Wisconsin - Physical Science Lab
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 92 07:32:03 GMT

The following is an excerpt from an e-mail sent to me by ATI in response
to my request about OS/2 2.0 32 bit drivers:


<<<Subj:	Re: OS/2 2.0 32 bit drivers!
From: ATI Support <74740.667@CompuServe.com>
Subject: Re: OS/2 2.0 32 bit drivers!
Date:  12-17-92
As can found here in the ATI forum in CompuServe, or by contacting ATI
support, IBM has not yet released the Development Kit which allows us to
complete 32 bit video drivers for OS/2 (and you will not find any other
video board manufacturers with 32 bit video drivers on the market). IBM
has not even released their own 8514/A 32 bit driver yet! Once we have
the development kit, we will be able to complete and release 32 bit
drivers. Meanwhile, the current OS/2 drivers we supply will work with the
versions of OS/2 1.3x and 2.x, with the 16 bit Graphics Engine.

Regards,

Allan Nelson,
ATI Customer Support>>>

_______________________________________________________________________________


(1)	I thought Trident had released 32 bit drivers.  If so, how could
	they have done it w/out the Development Kit from IBM?  Or, is ATI
	the party at fault, since the above is in error and the kit exists?

(2)	If the kit hasn't been released yet, when will it be?  Let's hope
	it is soon!




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From: steveh@goanna.cs.rmit.oz.au (Steven Hayes)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: Farenheit 1280 Drivers..FINALLY!
Date: 17 Dec 92 03:34:51 GMT
Organization: Comp Sci, RMIT, Melbourne, Australia

ghenniga@NMSU.Edu writes:


>	Well they're finally here! I just uploaded the Orchid
>Farenheit 1280 drivers to ftp-os2.NMSU.Edu (128.123.35.151) in the
>file pub/uploads/f1280.zip. They've even included an 800x600 driver in
>this bunch!

Well, my first high priority question is:

    Will these drivers work with other S3 based cards? ie: STB Wind/X and
    Diamond Stealth. I know the beta's didn't work.

My second question is:

    Are these drivers 16 bit or 32 bit? I suspect they will be 16 bit.

Third Question:

    Do these drivers support seamless windows, palette management and other
    hoopy things?

Thanks to any who can supply me with answers! 

Steve
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From: h198@hosp.med.umich.edu  (Gene Mangum)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: Creative Labs CD-Rom in a DOS session?
Date: Sat, 12 Dec 1992  21:01 EDT
Organization: Univ of Michigan Hospitals
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: kestrel.hosp.med.umich.edu
X-Newsreader: FTPNuz (DOS) v1.0

In Article <Dec.11.23.19.33.1992.1978@utopia.rutgers.edu> "seanm@utopia.rutgers.edu (Andy Beiderman)" says:
> Has anyone got this to work.
  [Stuff Deleted]
> It then freezes.  And nothing happens.  
  [Stuff Deleted]
  Move the CD lines near the top of CONFIG.SYS.  I put them right after
  the HPFS.IFS.   Here are the relevant lines from my CONFIG.SYS:
       DEVICE=F:\SBPCD2.SYS /P:240
       IFS=F:\OS2\CDFS.IFS /Q
       DEVICE=F:\OS2\MDOS\VCDROM.SYS
  Also, make sure you don't have the VCDROM line twice.   The original GA
  install put it in even if you didn't have a CD.
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: jhlee@rose.handy.co.kr (Lee Joo Hee)
Subject: NetWare Requester makes slow down some dos programs.
Organization: HandySoft Institute of Technology, HandySoft Corp.
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL3
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 92 03:01:30 GMT

Hi, there.

I installed NetWare Requester for OS/2 2.0. It works very well. But
in DOS box, some programs like Norton Desktop for DOS starts up very 
slow and when exiting that program, it generates Invalid Instruction trap.
If I remove NetWare Requester for OS/2 2.0 and login to network with 
IPX/NETX on dos box, everything goes well.
What happen to my NetWare Requester for OS/2 2.0?.
	I installed NetWare requester for OS/2 2.0 NSD 004 first and 
Reinstalled NSD 201(NSD 201 doesn't have all the files required).

	thanks.
	jhlee@rose.handy.co.kr
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Of Mice and Modems.....
From: Steve.Withers@bbs.actrix.gen.nz
Date: Sat, 12 Dec 1992 22:09:03 GMT
Organization: Actrix Information Exchange

If you have your mouse on COM2 and your modem on COM1....then swap them.
 
I was having trouble with up/downloads and TE/2 recently. But a helpful netter
suggested I swap the ports as this problem is common whatever the OS.
 
Sure enough! He was right.
 
No more problems.
 
SO: Mouse on COM1 and modem on COM2.
 
Steve



 

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