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From: zhao@unixg.ubc.ca (Jiansheng Zhao)
Subject: Re: Can I boot off 2nd HD?
Organization: University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C., Canada
Date: Sat, 5 Sep 1992 01:46:49 GMT

In <mdmnhw=.genie@netcom.com> genie@netcom.com (The Genie) writes:


>Hi Folks.

>I was wondering if I could boot off of a second hard drive.
>I have OS/2 2.0 installed in my 120 meg ide with only one HPFS
>partition, but I would like to install linux to my computer.
>The easiest way of doing this seems to be buying another HD.
>So I'd like to install linux into drive d. Of course, drive
>d would have to be flagged active since I would have to boot into
>linux.  Can Boot Manager boot into drive d?  Thanks in advance.

>Gene


Yes, I once installled os/2 on my second HD, and boot up from
Boot Manager without problem. However, if you want add linux to
boot manager, there are some precautions to be taken. See discusion in
comp.os.linux.

-- 
Jiansheng Zhao
Dept. Chem. Eng, Univ. of B. C., Canada. V6T 1Z4
zhao@unixg.ubc.ca
From: pdg@crosfield.co.uk (paul goffin)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Can't install from B: !ha ha ha
Date: 10 Sep 92 13:38:01 GMT
Organization: Crosfield Electronics, Hemel Hempstead, United Kingdom.

Hi all.

Do you remember all those complaints about not being able
to install OS/2 from anything but the A: drive?

And then IBM produced the instb utility.

Well I've just seen over on one of the msdos groups
a couple of DOS users who were complaining about not
being able to install MSDOS 5.0 from drive B:.

(For the same reason you can't istall OS/2 from B:, of
course.  They are both operating systems and so have to be
booted to work!)

The posters were moaning about how nasty old IBM (yes, IBM)
must be trying to make them buy IBM hardware by only
making DOS boot from the "wrong drive".  I suppose they
thought PS/2s were different.

I bet those guys love Windows; after all, it can be installed
from B: and dos'n't involve nasty old IBM.

Oh boy, is NT going to be fun.  All those hardware and user
problems that OS/2 is blamed for are bound to be far worse
with NT.  (I don't mean to slur NT.  NT will be bigger, so
it's bound to confuse novices more!)

Paul
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+             +  Opinions expressed are mine! (Yours for a small fee) +
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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: auhl@fzi.de (Axel Uhl)
Subject: Re: Trident 8800 and seamless windows
Reply-To: fzi.de
Organization: Forschungszentrum Informatik (FZI), Karlsruhe, Germany
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1992 12:50:05 GMT

In article <1992Sep14.072445.7953@trl.oz.au>, smadden@titan.trl.OZ.AU (Steve Madden) writes:
|> Hi there,
|> 	 does anyone out there know if a Trident 8800 card can be used
|> under OS/2 with seamless windows ?? after instalation, it appears the
|> install routine doesn't think it can, but I'd like to know if its
|> possible, 
|> 
|> Thanks                         

I'm using a Trident 8800, too, and it works fine with seamless windows. I use
the standard VGA driver included in the OS/2 package. Installation reported
no problems.
Axel.
From: person@plains.NoDak.edu (Brett G Person )
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: Some suggestions for OS/2
Date: 15 Sep 92 04:20:43 GMT
Organization: North Dakota Higher Education Computing Network


I'd like an OS that wasn't so damn dependent on the install disks!
Other products I have don't make me haul out the install disks ALL
THE TIME to fix a problem.   Heck, even unix (copyright at&t) doesn't
make me haul out the boot tape to fix the file system. 

Yes, i have a full backup of my disks, and yes, I undderstand - and
even agree with- the way drive c: can't be written to by checkdisk
when it's the active drive...but still.
I'd like a checkdisk that, if it found a problem, could take all
running apps down, clean the swap file up, do a checkdisk and drop me
-- 
Brett Person
Guest Account	
North Dakota State University
person@plains.nodak.edu || person@plains.bitnet
"Freedom's just another word for nothin' left to loose"
From: miker@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Hung Michael Nguyen)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: After applying blkico, WPS refuses to load
Date: 10 Sep 92 04:21:49 GMT
Reply-To: miker@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Hung Michael Nguyen)
Organization: The University of Texas at Austin, Austin TX
Originator: miker@daisy.cc.utexas.edu

Hello there.

I was using OS/2 fine until one day, an icon blacked out, and subsequently
disappeared.  Knowing there was a patch for this, I applied it.  Now, tho,
the WPS refuses to load.  After the watch mouse cursor, nothing happens,
even though C-Esc will bring up an empty task list.  Booting from floppies 
and changing RUNWORKPLACE setting from PMSHELL.EXE to 4OS2.EXE and rebooting
will give a command line window.  What's up?  Somebody please tell me how
to get WPS working again - I do not want to reinstall again.  My system:
386/25 w/ 8MB, 86MB Seagate IDE, Cardinal VGA700 (ET4000 based - has current
VSVGA patches) using Orchid's .95 1024x768x16 driver.
Thanks in advance.

-- 
Hung Michael Nguyen
miker@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu

Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc,comp.os.os2.programmer
From: jzawodn@bgsu.edu (jeremy zawodny)
Subject: Can't reset file attributes on EA DATA.SF
Summary: need to defrag, but attributes won't clear!
Keywords: os/2
Organization: Bowling Green State Univ.
Distribution: na
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1992 21:26:57 GMT

I have read about defraging my drive (FAT system) and the process involved
when OS/2 is installed.  I have tried to clear the RSH attributes of my
EA DATA.SF files, but it doesn't work.  I have tried Xtree Pro, Norton
Utilites, and PC Tools.

What am I doing wrong?

When I do try it in Xtree, it gives me the error message, "Disk has been
changed."  Why?  What does it mean?

I'm no dos dummy, but this one stumps me.  I am not trying to defrag under
OS/2, I reboot into normal dos.

Any help is greatly appreciated!

Jeremy



Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: pprior@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Paul A Prior)
Subject: Re: OS2 and Soundblaster
Organization: The Ohio State University
Date: Mon, 7 Sep 1992 14:52:37 GMT

In article <BEDERS.92Sep7112633@wip-sol.dfki.uni-sb.de> beders@wip-sol.dfki.uni-sb.de (Jochen Bedersdorfer) writes:
>In article <9209031148.AA23388@tortoise.cis.ohio-state.edu> brown-sh@news.cis.ohio-state.edu (shawn c brown) writes:
>
>   Path: sbsvax!Germany.EU.net!mcsun!uunet!cis.ohio-state.edu!news.cis.ohio-state.edu!brown-sh
>
>>	   I'm thinking about upgrading my machine to OS2.  Is it just some
>>   games that have trouble with Soundblaster (in OS2 mode) or do they all not
>>   work???
>
> 
>I got no problems with my Soundblaster. Just make sure
>to set the IRQ to 5.
>There is only one thing that makes me angry:
>If I kill a game with Soundblaster-Support, the last played
>sound is still there and that doesn~t sound too good.

Why does one need to set the IRQ to 5?  I think mine is set on 7
which is the default (I think).  However, when playing Wing Commander
II I have noticed that I only get the first 1/2 second or so of 
digitized voices coming over the "radio" (i.e. "affir"  instead of
"affirmative captain") - would changing the IRQ affect this?  If not
is there any way to get it to work?

All in all, WC2 is a buggy program and used to crash my 386 all the 
time.  It doesn't even run on my 486-33 under dos, but under os/2
it runs fine with the exception of the digitized voice problem.  It
does crash occasionally with a sys3176 error, but I fault the program
not OS/2, and now I can simply close off the dos box and start it 
again instead of having to reboot my computer like i used to!

I also don't like the lingering sound problem.

-- 
--------pprior@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu----(614) 621-8240----------------
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3rd year medical student		          who needs anemones?"
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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc,comp.os.os2.programmer
From: nap42487@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Nishith A. Patel)
Subject: Re: OS/2 help needed! comm and speed problems, etc.
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1992 04:30:09 GMT
Keywords: os/2 

jzawodn@bgsu.edu (jeremy zawodny) writes:



>Problem #1: Communications

>     When using Telemate 3.01 in a dos session (full screen) I
>try to switch to a window (ALT-HOME) and when I do, Telemate
>stopps communicating with the modem.  It doesn't stop communicat-
>ing, it dies altogether.  I have a 16550 AFN on board and am
>using the beta com drivers for OS/2.  I don't know if I have the
>settings correct, but I have COM_DIRECT_ACCESS OFF, COM_HOLD ON,
>and COM_SELECT ALL.  And yes, background execution is turned on. 
>By the way, I am trying to communicate at 57.6kbps.


>     In frustration, I tried to use TE/2 instead.  I couldn't
>even get it to talk to com4.  What's wrong?

>Problem #2: Memory and Speed

>     I have 20megs of memory but don't need all of it to load
>applications into.  I would like a sizable hard disk cache (2meg
>or so) to speed up OS/2.  Can I do this?  How can I do this?
>     There is a line in my config.sys file something to the
>effect of "DISKCACHE=384,LW"  What does that mean?  LW?
>     While I'm at it, what do the following lines mean, too (also
>taken from my OS/2 config.sys):

>     THREADS=256
>     MAXWAIT=3
>     PRIORITY_DISK_IO=YES
>     CODEPAGE=437,850

>     In addition, can I have a ramdisk under OS/2?  If so, how
>can I do this?  If not, why not?

You have to change the cache or diskcache commands in the config.sys file, 
depending on what file system you are using. The LW means lazy write. if you
ut the shutdown procedure, because if you do not shut down before turning the
computer off, then stuff in the buffers might not get written to disk.)


>Jeremy Zawodny

>---
>jzawodn@andy.bgsu.edu
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: djs6015@ultb.isc.rit.edu (Don Smith)
Subject: Re: OS/2 and Telecommunications
Originator: djs6015@ultb
Keywords: OS/2 TE/2 Qmodem 16550
Organization: R.I.T.
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1992 05:56:52 GMT

In article <kaz.716331771@pv7b8c.vincent.iastate.edu> kaz@iastate.edu (Jimmy Buffet) writes:
}recommended getting an OS/2 comm package.  However, I have yet to find
}one that the Zmodem works with my ultrix system (sz 3.14 and SZ 1.34... neither
}work with TE/2) or is implemented in the shareware version.  TE/2 would
}be very nice, I imagine, but does not support Omen.  Procomm Plus (for windows) supporst all of the Omen crap, why can't TE/2?  Any one have any recommendations?

TE/2's Zmodem works fine with sz 3.03 on my ULTRIX system. Maybe the
problem is on your end?
-- 
   | Don Smith                  | Woman mirrors the universe, and within |
   |djs6015@ultb.isc.rit.edu    |her temple she contains all the ritual  |
   |DJS6015@ritvax.isc.rit.edu  |sacraments needed to unleash the vortex |
   |DJS6015@ritvax.BITNET       |ov the subconscious.  John ZeWizz       |
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu (Timothy F. Sipples)
Subject: Re: VDISK.SYS in one specific DOS Windows
Reply-To: sip1@midway.uchicago.edu
Organization: Dept. of Econ., Univ. of Chicago
Date: Sat, 5 Sep 1992 15:27:57 GMT

In article <92248.170013GERLACHJ@QUCDN.QueensU.CA> Jim Gerlach <GERLACHJ@QUCDN.QueensU.CA> writes:
>After posting my original question, and trying all suggestions, I was unable
>to create a RAM disk for an individual DOS session. RAMDRIVE.SYS (PC-DOS 5.0)
>does NOT work (error msg saying block device drivers not supported).
>The reason I wanted to created a RAM disk in a virtual DOS session was to
>speed-up some programs that do not use EMS or XMS memory. These programs
>will use a RAM disk instead of paging data to the hard disk. Since I have
>8-Mbof RAM I wanted to devote some of this to speeding up these programs
>but did not want to allocate the RAM on a permanent basis. I am still
>hoping to find a solution. Any suggestions?

A specific DOS session should work.  See Appendix E of your
Installation Guide and/or the online Command Reference (under VMDISK)
for information.

-- 
Timothy F. Sipples      | The OS/2 FREQ. ASKED QUESTIONS LIST is avail. from
sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu | 128.123.35.151, anonymous ftp, in /pub/os2/all/faq.
Dept. of Econ., Univ.   | Or from LISTSERV@BLEKUL11.BITNET (send "HELP").
of Chicago, 60637       | Family Values Means a Job
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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc,comp.os.os2.programmer
From: lansd@dgp.toronto.edu (Robert Lansdale)
Subject: IBM C Set/2 For Sale (Toronto)
Organization: CSRI, University of Toronto
Distribution: na
Date: 10 Sep 92 16:48:37 GMT


	For sale: IBM C Set/2 C compiler. Opened but _never_ used. I
bought the compiler in anticipation of porting a package over to OS/2 but my 
direction has changed to Windows 3.1/NT. Rather than let it sit on my
shelf and collect dust I would rather see it used by someone else.

	My cost: $460.00. Asking price: $375.00. 

I'll also throw in the newest & greatest CSD updates disks which I 
received from IBM last week.

--> Rob Lansdale

-- 
Robert Lansdale - (416) 978-6619       Dynamic Graphics Project	
Internet: lansd@dgp.toronto.edu        Computer Systems Research Institute
UUCP:   ..!uunet!dgp.toronto.edu!lansd University of Toronto
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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu (Timothy F. Sipples)
Subject: Re: OS/2 is giving me the fits about Windows and DOS
Reply-To: sip1@midway.uchicago.edu
Organization: Dept. of Econ., Univ. of Chicago
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1992 23:48:43 GMT

In article <18v0faINNoci@agate.berkeley.edu> hob@soda.berkeley.edu (Bing Ho) writes:
>I have had a recent problem where I try to run a DOS or Windows
>programs under OS/2.  It gives me out of memory errors (full-screen
>or seamless), something about cannot start programs/possibly out of
>memory.
>I reinstalled OS/2, downloaded the lastest patches from hobbes.nmsu.edu,
>the latest hpfs and kernel update.  It was running fine for a
>few hours before the error reappeared.
>Any guesses?  Perhaps a previously unknown bug about the kernel update?
>I have a 386/40 8mb ram, silicon integrated systems chipset, and ami bios,
>dated 7/91.

Try an OS/2 floppy boot CHKDSK, per the FAQ List.

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sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu | 128.123.35.151, anonymous ftp, in /pub/os2/all/faq.
Dept. of Econ., Univ.   | Or from LISTSERV@BLEKUL11.BITNET (send "HELP").
of Chicago, 60637       | Family Values Means a Job
From: dic5340@hertz.njit.edu (David Charlap)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: OS2 and Soundblaster
Date: 10 Sep 92 17:44:23 GMT
Organization: New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, N.J.

In article <1992Sep10.045701.16913@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu> sviswana@nyx.cs.du.edu (Srikanth Viswanathan) writes:
>In article <1992Sep8.153208.23850@njitgw.njit.edu> dic5340@hertz.njit.edu (David Charlap) writes:
>>with my SoundBlaster 1.5 failed the DMA and IRQ tests.  The one that
>>came with my brother's SoundBlaster 2.0 worked fine.  (On my SB 1.5
>>board)
>>
>>I'm configured to DMA 1, Port 220, and IRQ-5
>
>Isn't there a note in the README. file that says that the DMA test will
>fail and to just ignore it?

Which is why I was so shocked that the test-sbc program that came with
the version 2.0 board worked fine.



-- 
   |)  David Charlap           "LECTURER, n.  One with his hand in your pocket,
  /|_  dic5340@hertz.njit.edu   his tongue in your ear, and his faith in your
 ((|,)                          patience."
  ~|~                              --- Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary
Xref: sparky comp.os.os2.misc:29429 comp.os.os2.apps:5921
From: goss@CS.ColoState.EDU (Mike Goss)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc,comp.os.os2.apps
Subject: Re: MathCAD 3.1 under Win-OS2
Date: 6 Sep 92 22:17:52 GMT
Organization: Computer Science Department, Colorado State University

In article <1992Sep06.122737.7362@stratsft.uucp> dwayne@stratsft.uucp (Dwayne Bailey) writes:
>Has anyone gotten MathCAD v 3.1 to run under OS/2 2.0?  The README file
>for OS/2 mentions MathCAD 3.0, and their hint works to get the thing
>installed.  Running it is another matter.
...
>Anyone know what magic incantations I need to use to get this thing to
>run?  In case it matters, I'm running on a PS/2 Mod 80 with 12Meg memory
>and a 70Meg ESDI hard disk.

E-mail bounced, so: The magic incantation is to set the DPMI memory
limit to 50MB (in the Win-OS2 settings for MathCAD), and set
attributes to have MathCad run in it's own WIN-OS2 session (so that it
doesn't try to load into an existing session with DPMI < 50MB).
-- 
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Phone:  (303)491-7873           |           Colorado State University
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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc,comp.os.os2.networking
From: harris@garfield.catt.ncsu.edu (Michael Harris)
Subject: Re: Printing to a program
Organization: Computer and Technologies Theme Program, NCSU, Raleigh
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1992 02:04:07 GMT

You would need to set up a printer to print to a redirected LPTX port.
However, I don't think that you can redirect an LPTX port to use lpr.

______________________________________________________________________________
     Michael Harris - harris@catt.ncsu.edu or harris@carvm3.vnet.ibm.com
 System Administrator, Computer & Technologies Theme Program, NC State Univ.
(My opinions are my own and do not represent those of NCSU or IBM Corporation)
From: zorrilla@cattell.psych.upenn.edu (Eric Zorrilla)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: CURE! for no desktop on bootup syndrome
Date: 8 Sep 92 20:32:06 GMT
Organization: University of Pennsylvania

In article <1992Sep8.190707.18395@cbnews.cb.att.com> shurr@cbnews.cb.att.com (larry.a.shurr) writes:

>I can indentify exactly when my problems began.  My autostarted desktop
>worked fine until I experimented with a program I downloaded from
>hobbes (ahem, ftp-os2).  I think it was called alrmclk and it supposed
>to be a cron-like utility for OS/2.

This is exactly when mine started as well.  I was experiencing lock-ups 
during normal operation, not just during autostarts.  I have removed it from
my startup folder and don't use it all anymore (w/both problems being absent
now as well).  Has anyone gotten this application to work reliably???


[--------------------------------------+--------------------------------------]
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| University of Pennsylvania           | 3815 Walnut, Philadelphia, PA 19104  |
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From: dic5340@hertz.njit.edu (David Charlap)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: What is a "CSD"?
Date: 11 Sep 92 21:32:41 GMT
Organization: New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, N.J.

In article <hatton.716239610@cgl.ucsf.edu> hatton@socrates.ucsf.edu (Tom Hatton) writes:
>   Well, think about it - "corrective service" sounds a lot like what we
>already have, namely fixes for bugs. So, if you have the revised kernel,
>the revised vsvga.sys, and so on, then you already *have* the "CSD"!

Nope.  You'll have beta patches that will go into the CSD when they're
finalized.  The CSD will be completely debugged versions of these
patches, plus some that haven't been released to the Net yet.  If you
read the readme files with these patches, you'll notice that they are
intended only to be used if you have a problem, and not otherwise.

>What's coming will also include *new* goodies - purportedly the 32-bit
>Graphics Rendering Engine, some 32-bit drivers for VGA, XGA, and, if we
>are howlingly lucky, SVGA for some chips, ET4000 rumoured to be among
>them thank-your-favourite-deity. And so on. 

Oh yes, this will be there, too.

>So, with new items and functionality, corrective service doesn't really
>fit - so Service and Performance Pack (or was it the other way 'round)
>becomes the new name. But people haven't really had time to adjust fully
>to IBM-speak, and so having just learned "CSD" they aren't willing to 
>give that up as the name for the upcoming release. 

Yep.  It's now an SPP (I like that abbreviation, I wonder if we can
make it catch on within IBM...).  A CSD implies that no new
functionality would be added.  This was generally the case with OS/2
1.x (although the WR5015 CSD for OS/2 1.3 added new VIO fonts and the
Lockup program...).

-- 
   |)  David Charlap           "LECTURER, n.  One with his hand in your pocket,
  /|_  dic5340@hertz.njit.edu   his tongue in your ear, and his faith in your
 ((|,)                          patience."
  ~|~                              --- Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary
From: rider@geloser.CAM.ORG (Serge Ayotte)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: re-partitionning
Date: 7 Sep 92 17:42:22 GMT
Organization: Gentleman Loser System, Montreal/Qc/Cdn

HIya again Folks!

After a few checks, I have decided to repartition one of my drives (the
one containing D, E, F drives, fully FAT).

The way it is now the E drive is the one containing the swapper.dat and
is 14Mb. After 2 months, I am sure that I don't need this big a part for
it an want to redistribute between the other 2 drives the excess.

The question?
Would this ruined the EA?DATA.?SF or can I go right ahead without having
to worry and everything will be ok at next reboot after I restore D an
F? (BTW I used CPBACKUP after doing a dual boot).

Thanks for your help and info!

Serge Ayotte

We all live in a yellow subroutine.
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From: limpe@sumax.seattleu.edu (Philipp Enrique T. Lim)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: se20boot
Date: 9 Sep 92 23:41:30 GMT
Organization: Seattle University, Seattle, WA

From article <9209081924.AA21753@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU>, by KENKAHN@PKSMRVM.VNET.IBM.COM ("Kenneth A. Kahn"):
> Organization: Staff of IBM Fellow - IBM Personal/370
> Disclaimer: This posting represents the poster's views, not those of IBM
> News-Software: UReply 3.0
> X-X-From: KENKAHN@PKSMRVM.VNET.IBM.COM (Ken Kahn)
> References: <1992Sep8.185542.16029@mtu.edu>
> 
> As mentioned in the SE20BOOT.ABS file, a TYPE=WPS system requires about 6M
> of disk space.  Obviously(?) you can't fit this onto a 1.44" disk.  This
> type of BOOT System, as well as TYPE=PM, are meant to be installed on a
> Hard Disk partition (or a *large* removable medium like an Optical Disk).
> I thought about adding a 'quick and dirty' check up front to see if there
> was enough space, but it got a little "complicated" and I decided to leave
> it for a future release.

Now that we're in the topic of se20boot or merely the process of making
a bootable OS/2 disk - I am curious, why do we need the install disk?  
It's obviously a pain to be swapping disks on such a process.  Surely,
there should be a way where some of the install disks contents that are 
not already on the hard disk, could be copied to the hard disk - so that
whenever se20boot or some similar program is invoked, it would
merely look for the required files from the HD, not the installation disk.

Is this impossible?  I'm curious, since no one has attempted this (as to
my knowledge, anyways).  

Philip
limpe@seattleu.edu