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From: baloo@nx01.mik.uky.edu (kevin s coupal)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Dual boot won't work!  It just beeps at me and locks up
Date: 5 Jan 93 17:21:05 GMT
Organization: University Of Kentucky, Dept. of Math Sciences
X-Path: nx01.mik.uky.edu!baloo

I typed a boot /dos and it reboots just fine.  After the config.sys is done
the computer locks up and beeps repeatedly.  I have no clue what is causing   
this.  Has anyone else had a similar problem?  I don't know what else to
tell about the problem.  I am trying to boot dos 5.0 if that is any help.
I can't figure why it beeps.
Kevin Coupal
baloo@mik.uky.edu
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: sheldon@iastate.edu (Steve Sheldon)
Subject: Re: Video Driver Change
Organization: Iowa State University, Ames IA
Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1993 21:11:46 GMT

In <1ia7rlINN4i@hpscit.sc.hp.com> kitchin@lf.hp.com (Bruce Kitchin) writes:

>William Heiser (heiser@acs.bu.edu) wrote:
[person installed wrong video driver]

>This is a very good question that I hope will get some constructive answers.
>During installing of the latest beta 2.1, after installing I did a selective
>install to install the proper video driver.  When it gave me a choice of
>resolutions I thought (erroneously) "Well my card is fully populated in
>memory so I'll choose the 1MB version".  However my card fully expanded
>only has 0.5MB!  It was a disaster, the system came up but when the
>desktop appeared it was really a complete unusable mess.  There was no way
>I could do anything (like run selective install over again).  All I could
>think to do was reinstall which I did.  That is NOT the way to correct
>such a problem.  I'm glad it happened on the system the with CDROM and 
>not the system I had to use 3.5" floppies to install.

 I have to agree.  I seem to have done something very similar last night on
my system, and I shall be forced to reinstall the entire operating system,
all 34 disks. (Damn preinstalled version)

 This does not seem right.  Under SCO Opendesktop you're able to select and
install video drivers from a console text screen, so that if you really
screw up your XWindows session it can be recovered fairly easily.

 I would much prefer it if a good deal of the system configuration could be
done thru an OS/2 text window, and was available from the boot floppies.

 Right now I'm finding that if anything goes wrong with system configuration
the system will lock and not boot up.  I'm spending far more time
reinstalling floppies than I am running applications.

 IMHO, OS/2 at this point is simply not useable for a production
environment.

 Although it's very nice and has a great deal of potential.  I'd just like
to see it improved so you can't screw it up so easily.
-- 
sheldon@iastate.edu                Steve Sheldon
Project Vincent                    ICSS Resource Unit
SCO ODT, Arc/Info, Atlas GIS       2142 Agronomy Hall
                                   Iowa State University
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: samiam@netcom.com (Scott Moore)
Subject: Re: Gtak100.zip
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest) 
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 06:23:24 GMT

gasman1@netcom.com (David A. Silva) writes:


>I have downloaded gtak100.zip from 2 different sites, and neither my
>pkunzip(dos) nor the local unix unzip can read the files. Are they using a
>special zip-er, or is ther someone who knows were I can ftp a known good
>copy of the file? Thanx - David

Yes, get one of the unzip programs off hobbes in the "archivers" directory
(/pub/os2/2.0/archivers).

                                              [sam]
-- 
Scott A. Moore [SAM]  | "Cash is more 
samiam@netcom.com     | important than your 
Santa Cruz, CA USA    | mother"
408-423-1624          | Allan Shugart - CEO Segate Corp.
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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: MVOLPERS@CIPVAX.BIOLAN.UNI-KOELN.DE (Markus Volpers)
Subject: German Service Pack !?!?
Organization: BIOLAN - COLOGNE UNIVERSITY (FRG)
Date: Thu, 07 Jan 93 10:25:40 GMT
X-News-Reader: VMS NEWS 1.22

Well, I know it has been asked some time ago, but

HAS SOMEONE ALREADY UPLOADED THE GERMAN SERVICE PACK TO ANY FTP-SERVER? It
must have been released some weeks ago. Are there any experiences with the
german CSD? Did anyone receive it?

Greetings

Markus

Markus Volpers              Dep. of Ecology, University of Cologne, Germany

Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: jimh@pacdata.uucp (Jim Harkins)
Subject: Re: Lost Command Prompts folder
Keywords: help command prompts folder
Organization: Pacific Data Products
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 00:12:17 GMT

In article <1993Jan8.232802.17281@ringer.cs.utsa.edu> sorourke@lonestar.utsa.edu (Sean J. Orourke) writes:
>I somehow managed to delete my Command Prompts folder.

Out of curiosity, how did you do it?  In my case I noticed that changing
DOS settings in a window changed them in one of my other windows (the windows
were for games and iconized).  So I tried to delete one, they both went away.
So I opened my command prompts folder and tried to make a couple more DOS
windows.  I ended up with 2 command prompts folders.  I deleted a folder, they
both vanished.  grrr.  I mean, it's not like I'd never done that before.
This was a month ago and I haven't had any problems since.

jim

-- 
Plumbers Motto:  A flush beats a full house.
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Jim Harkins                         [ucsd|uunet]!pacdata!jim
Pacific Data Products               jim@pacdata.com
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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: goeckefw@piston.detroit.ingr.com (Fred Goeckel)
Subject: OS/2 and what version of DOS
Organization:                      Intergraph, Midwest Regional Office
Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 14:52:42 GMT

What version of DOS dos OS/2 2.0 come with.  I though I read that it was
DOS 5.0 - is this true.  Also, If you have a machine setup for dual boot
with DOS and OS/2 - does OS/2 use the DOS on the machine or the DOS that
comes with OS/2.  Thanks - this info is very important to find out - I 
have a lunch riding on this.  Thanks again !!!!!

Fred Goeckel

Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: ychung@napier.uwaterloo.ca (Young Chung)
Subject: Re: Dual HD Setup Recommendations
Organization: University of Waterloo
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1993 16:20:07 GMT

In article <79157@hydra.gatech.EDU> np4@prism.gatech.EDU (Nick Pomponio) writes:
>I have recently acquired a 660 Mb ESDI hard drive for a machine at work.
>This machine currently has a 330 Mb ESDI drive that is about full, mostly
>with DOS applications. It runs OS/2 and DOS (dual boot), and the 330 HD
>is formatted for FAT (a single partition). I would like to have all the DOS
>programs and current/future data files accessible from DOS, yet give OS/2
>some HPFS space, if that will make it run more efficiently. Some questions:
>
>1) How should I best set up the drives so that I can preserve the dual boot
>option (I need this for running some VCPI programs)?
>

	Since you have two drives why not take advantage of it and use the
	Boot Manager instead?  I'm using two hd's and use C: for dos and
	D: for hpfs OS/2 and I think it's much cleaner than the Dual Boot.

>2) Should I format the new drive under OS/2 or DOS? (FDISK?)
>

	You should use OS/2 FDISK and install Boot Manager on the 660Mb hd
	and have dos and files from 330Mb hd in it.  Then format the
	330Mb as hpfs and install OS/2.  This will give you the option of
	keeping all dos files in the bigger drive (I assume that you'll have
	more dos files than os/2 files) and yet give OS/2 the added advantage
	of hpfs.
	In my case, I'm very happy about it after installing my second hd and
	setting it as above.


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From: sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu (Timothy F. Sipples)
Subject: Re: I lost my fonts!!!
Reply-To: sip1@midway.uchicago.edu
Organization: Dept. of Econ., Univ. of Chicago
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1993 04:40:26 GMT

In article <C0CD7B.4Bu@newsflash.concordia.ca> patrice@cenparmi.concordia.ca (SCATTOLIN patrice) writes:
>I installed the fonts I found on hobbes. 
>I wanted to remove them because I took too much space so I
>removed all the PSF and AFM files. Now the font manager
>doesn't find any of standard fonts. Can anybody help? I am running
>GA+SP.

Use Selective Install (OS/2 System -> System Setup) to reinstall them.
You need not reapply the Service Pak if you are just adding these
typefaces, although it wouldn't hurt.

-- 
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
From: pbinder@ATK.COM (Peter_Binder)
Subject: CDROM Problems under OS/2 v2.0 + Service Pack
Organization: Alliant TechSystems Inc.
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 19:04:16 GMT

Ok, I've been puzzling this one out for hours, so i'd appreciate any help...
I just got a NEC CDR-74 CDROM drive and have a Trantor 128 SCSI adapter. I've
installed the Trantor SCSI drivers (BASEDEV=T128SCSI.ADD) and i've gotten
a copy of beta OS/2 CDROM drivers off of the IBM BBS, which supports the NEC
CDR-74 with audio. The CD-ROM drive works fine, but i've installed the
multimedia stuff so I can play CD's in my CD-ROM drive, but everytime I load
up the player, it comes back saying that the cd is invalid media, which it
shouldn't.  I would imagine the problems with my setup, but I have no idea
what to try next. I've included my CONFIG.SYS below, so if anybody has 
any suggestions, please e-mail me. Thanks!

Peter Binder
pbinder@atk.com

IFS=C:\OS2\HPFS.IFS  /CACHE:256 /CRECL:4 /AUTOCHECK:C
CALL=C:\OS2\CMD.EXE
PROTSHELL=C:\OS2\PMSHELL.EXE
SET USER_INI=C:\OS2\OS2.INI
SET SYSTEM_INI=C:\OS2\OS2SYS.INI
SET OS2_SHELL=C:\OS2\CMD.EXE
SET AUTOSTART=PROGRAMS,TASKLIST,FOLDERS
SET RUNWORKPLACE=C:\OS2\PMSHELL.EXE
SET COMSPEC=C:\OS2\CMD.EXE
LIBPATH=.;C:\MMOS2\DLL;C:\OS2\DLL;C:\OS2\MDOS;C:\;C:\OS2\APPS\DLL;C:\TOOLKT20\DLL;C:\IBMWF\DLL;C:\IBMC\DLL;
SET PATH=.;C:\MMOS2;C:\OS2;C:\OS2\SYSTEM;C:\OS2\MDOS\WINOS2;C:\OS2\INSTALL;C:\;C:\OS2\MDOS;C:\OS2\APPS;C:\TOOLKT20\OS2BIN;C:\IBMWF\BIN;C:\IBMC\BIN;
SET DPATH=.;C:\MMOS2\INSTALL;C:\MMOS2;C:\OS2;C:\OS2\SYSTEM;C:\OS2\MDOS\WINOS2;C:\OS2\INSTALL;C:\;C:\OS2\BITMAP;C:\OS2\MDOS;C:\OS2\APPS;C:\IBMC\LOCALE;C:\IBMC\HELP;
SET PROMPT=$i[$p]
SET HELP=.;C:\MMOS2\HELP;C:\OS2\HELP;C:\OS2\HELP\TUTORIAL;C:\TOOLKT20\OS2HELP;C:\IBMWF\HELP;C:\IBMC\HELP;
SET GLOSSARY=C:\OS2\HELP\GLOSS;
PRIORITY_DISK_IO=YES
FILES=20
DEVICE=C:\OS2\TESTCFG.SYS
DEVICE=C:\OS2\DOS.SYS
DEVICE=C:\OS2\PMDD.SYS
BUFFERS=30
IOPL=YES
DISKCACHE=256,LW
MAXWAIT=3
MEMMAN=SWAP,PROTECT
SWAPPATH=C:\OS2\SYSTEM 2048 4096
BREAK=OFF
THREADS=256
PRINTMONBUFSIZE=134,134,134
COUNTRY=001,C:\OS2\SYSTEM\COUNTRY.SYS
SET KEYS=ON
REM SET DELDIR=C:\DELETE,512;D:\DELETE,512;
BASEDEV=PRINT01.SYS
BASEDEV=IBM1FLPY.ADD
BASEDEV=IBM1S506.ADD
BASEDEV=OS2DASD.DMD
IFS=C:\OS2\CDFS.IFS /q
BASEDEV=OS2SCSI.DMD
BASEDEV=T128SCSI.ADD /t
BASEDEV=OS2CDROM.DMD
BASEDEV=NECCDS1.FLT
PROTECTONLY=NO
SHELL=C:\OS2\MDOS\COMMAND.COM C:\OS2\MDOS /P
FCBS=16,8
RMSIZE=640
DEVICE=C:\OS2\MDOS\VEMM.SYS 
DEVICE=C:\OS2\MDOS\VMOUSE.SYS 
DOS=LOW,NOUMB
DEVICE=C:\OS2\MDOS\VDPX.SYS 
DEVICE=C:\OS2\MDOS\VXMS.SYS /UMB
DEVICE=C:\OS2\MDOS\VDPMI.SYS 
DEVICE=C:\OS2\MDOS\VWIN.SYS    
DEVICE=C:\OS2\MDOS\VCDROM.SYS 
SET VIDEO_DEVICES=VIO_SVGA
SET VIO_VGA=DEVICE(BVHVGA,BVHSVGA)
DEVICE=C:\OS2\MDOS\VSVGA.SYS  
DEVICE=C:\OS2\POINTDD.SYS 
DEVICE=C:\OS2\MOUSE.SYS SERIAL=COM1 
DEVICE=C:\OS2\COM.SYS  
DEVICE=C:\OS2\MDOS\VCOM.SYS  
CODEPAGE=437,850
DEVINFO=KBD,US,C:\OS2\KEYBOARD.DCP
DEVINFO=SCR,VGA,C:\OS2\VIOTBL.DCP
SET VIO_SVGA=DEVICE(BVHVGA,BVHSVGA)
SET MMBASE=C:\MMOS2;
SET DSPPATH=C:\MMOS2\DSP;
DEVICE=C:\MMOS2\SSMDD.SYS
DEVICE=C:\MMOS2\ADSHDD.SYS
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: Windows 3.1 support doesn't work for me...
From: withers_s@kosmos.wcc.govt.nz
Date: 11 Jan 93 07:29:08 NZST
Organization: Welligton City Council, Public Access.
NNTP-Posting-Host: kosmos.wcc.govt.nz

In article <1993Jan9.203125.1133@choate.edu>, roland@margaret (David A. Braun) writes:
> Not only didn't any of the windows 3.1 OR 3.0 programs work after I installed  
> the beta, at least one of my OS/2 programs had the same problem...  
> Double-Click, wait a couple seconds while windows loads, then get your OS/2  
> cursor back like nothing happened.  No Program... Not even the windows programs  
> which came with OS/2 2.1 beta. When I tried to run a full screen session of  
> Win-OS/2 3.1, I noticed flickering on the screen before the WPS came right  
> back: Error loading os2dui.exe or something like that. 
> 
> Also, when are Media Vision's drivers for CD-ROM in OS/2 going to be out?
> 
> <roland> David A. Braun

Re-install the DOS and WinOS2 support using Selective Install. The beta does
not get it right eveyr time.......:-)
 
Steve

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From: frampton@vicuna.ocunix.on.ca (Steve Frampton)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Severe system crash when using SIO_V031.
Date: 11 Jan 93 04:01:40 GMT
Reply-To: frampton@vicuna.ocunix.on.ca
Followup-To: comp.os.os2.misc
Organization: Vicuna Systems, Kingston, Ontario, CANADA
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii

Hi everyone:

Tonight I just installed the SIO.SYS and VSIO.SYS drivers (SIO_V031.ZIP)
and after experiencing minor problems, and then 3 severe system *CRASHES*,
causing a minor FAT corruption on my hard drive, I decided to disable the
drivers until the next one came out.

I had placed the SIO and VSIO drivers in my CONFIG.SYS as mentioned in
the docs, changed the DOS settings for my app (Waffle) to use COM1, with
COM virtualization enabled, and 16550 virtualation enabled.  I am using
the X00 fossil version 1.49a with Waffle.

It was working kind of flakey, but it definitely knocked the TX rate
up a few hundred CPS -- but 3 times it led to:

-----

The system detected an internal processing error at location 
##0160::fffa3bb4 - 000d:00049bb4.

60000, 7016

038600d1
Internal revision 6.307, 92/03/01

The system is stopped.  Record the location number at the error and...

-----

On the 3rd time, I had to fix some minor file corruption using CHKDSK.

I am running OS/2 2.0 GA (CSD level XR02000 -- previous was XR00000,
I believe installing the SIO drivers may have changed it?) without the
SP.

Any idea what happened?  Is there eventually going to be an SIO driver
that will no longer require the X00 fossil?  Also -- even though the
CPS rate did go up, it still is nowhere near that I experienced under
DOS.

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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: woan@exeter.austin.ibm.com (Ronald S. Woan)
Subject:  32 Bit HPFS in OS/2 2.1
Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1993 15:33:54 GMT
Reply-To: woan@cactus.org
Organization: Austin School of Hardknocks

In article <1993Jan4.082058.14330@kth.se> json@treankare.met.kth.se (Anders Jacobsson) writes:
>Will 32 bit HPFS be included in OS/2 2.1
>, if not, does anyone know where to get it?

No, buy Lan Server... I guess the real question should be is whether
it buys a single user system anything?

-- 
+-----All Views Expressed Are My Own And Are Not Necessarily Shared By------+
+------------------------------My Employer----------------------------------+
+ Ronald S. Woan                       woan@cactus.org or woan@vnet.ibm.com +
+ other email addresses             Prodigy: XTCR74A Compuserve: 73530,2537 +
From: llamas@itd.itd.nrl.navy.mil (Winston Llamas)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: 2.1 beta, Nov PDK
Date: 5 Jan 93 17:16:04 GMT
Reply-To: llamas@itd.nrl.navy.mil
Distribution: usa
Organization: Naval Research Lab, Washington, DC

DOes one have to buy the November PDK to get the beta C++ Toolkit?  Or is there
a newer version of the PDK?  I know that there is a recently released 2.1
beta CD-ROM.  Does this include the PDK?  Also, what does the AT&T class 
libraries disk contain?  Thanks in advance.

Winston
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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: baloo@nx01.mik.uky.edu (kevin s coupal)
Subject: OS/2 won't free up memory!  Even when not in use.
Organization: University Of Kentucky, Dept. of Math Sciences
X-Path: nx01.mik.uky.edu!baloo
Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 22:51:40 GMT

When i'm in the settings option to find an icon, i have about 2000 icons to
choose from, after i choose my icon for the app the system starts dieing.
Apps quit responding to the system and i can't open any more windows.  
It tells me to close some windows to free up memory but that does no good.
What am i doing wrong?  I alwasy end up rebooting after selecing icons.
Kevin Coupal
baloo@mik.uky.edyu

Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: schimken@fornax.cs.rpi.edu (Nathan Schimke)
Subject: Re: FDISK LOST MY WHOLE DISK -- HELP PLEASE !!!
Organization: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 17:42:26 GMT

In article <C0p3pI.sGx@austin.ibm.com> gregb@pro-lep.cts.com writes:
>It is, in fact, a synergy between this drive and OS/2.  This drive
>(and a few others) must do something (sector mapping, most likely)
>that OS/2 has problems with.
...
>We're still using the drive, but have found that once you get it
>configured, DON'T TOUCH IT.  Do *NOT* run FDISK, even to just *look*
>at the partition table, because it will erase all the format
>information for the partitions on that drive.

This is interesting... I have a drive of the same model (Fujitsu M2624
SCSI) on my system, and I've had absolutely no problems with it.
Nothing's ever gone wrong running FDISK, and I've been able to install
about 4 different releases of OS/2 2.0 or 2.1 without any drive or
controller problems.  My SCSI controller is a Future Domain MCS-700
(microchannel).  So maybe there's a way around the problems.
-- 
Nathan Schimke
schimken@cs.rpi.edu
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: amah@IASTATE.EDU ()
Subject: >16MB RAM in an ISA machine. Need a previous article.
Reply-To: amah@IASTATE.EDU ()
Organization: Iowa State University
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 06:28:49 GMT


Hi!


Sometime back I saw an article about ISA machines using more than 16MB RAM. I
saved it at that time but unfortunately couldnn't find it now. The article
mentioned a way to use more than 16MB RAM (not just for swapping!). If anyone
has a copy, or if the original poster sees this post, please reply.


Thanks!


Max
amah@iastate.edu
From: v053qpgh@ubvmsd.cc.buffalo.edu (Eric W Sarjeant)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: SONY CD-ROM drives with OS/2
Date: 12 Jan 93 18:16:00 GMT
Organization: University at Buffalo
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41

In article <1993Jan12.151056.6834@midway.uchicago.edu>, pynq@midway.uchicago.edu writes...
>In article <12JAN199308262873@vx.cis.umn.edu> tclausen                         writes:
>>Recently I aquired a Gateway 2000 486/66V.  They offer a CD-ROM drive
>>upgrade with this machine.  The CD-ROM drive has its own Sony interface.
>>I was wondering if it ran with OS/2.  The technical people at Gateway
>>tell me that they have no drivers for OS/2.  Mostly I want the drive for
>>reading software distribution packages---not so much for multimedia.
>>If anyone has any experience with this setup please drop me a line!
> 
>I have a Sony CDU 7205.  It is currently a no-go with OS/2 (except, of
>course, for specific DOS)
> 
>Sony tells me they will have an OS/2 driver available for my drive in
>March or April.  I hope they make it.

I also have an unsupported CD-ROM drive, but it works fine from my DOS on
drive C. With OS/2, I can boot this session and use it to at least get
data off the CD-ROM drive. For life-supporting CD-ROM use this cannot be
stressed enough.

It certainly won't give you multimedia, but it's sufficient for most
file-oriented and DOS CD-ROM's. In fact, many DOS multimedia discs will
perform admirably in a DOS virtual machine under OS/2. Just make sure you
keep DOS available on your OS/2 machine (give it maybe 10 megs), and then
create an object to Boot from Drive C (just like you would Boot from Drive A).
It works like a charm.
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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
From: jst50986@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Jack S. Tan)
Subject: Re: MSCDEX in OS/2
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 06:48:53 GMT

gregb@gout.austin.ibm.com writes:

>In <1993Jan8.133005.15733@apgea.army.mil> rcmerrit@apgea.army.mil (Robert C. Merritt <rcmerrit>) writes:
>>right? well I can write to C drive now BUT when I load msxdex high it says
>>pack file corrupted! ok, I'm back to the beginning, I have to load it low.
>>That gives me only 560K free and I need 600! Any suggestion, anyone?
>>Rob Merritt

>The "Packed file is corrupt" is a Microsoft bug in their packexe
>program.  They assumed that programs would always be loading above
>some point in memory (64k?), and OS/2 is giving you too much free
>space.  You have two options, either put a few small things low, or
>track down a program called "loadfix", and run loadfix <program>.
>I had a copy floating around somewhere, but I don't know where it is
>now, or where I got it (DOS or OS/2 1.x)

LOADFIX comes with MS-DOS 5.0.  It may come with other versions, too,
but I last saw it with the above.

-- 

Jack Tan                             If your parents didn't have kids,
jahk@uiuc.edu                          chances are you won't either.
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