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In message <derekm.1080.00211789@tbsa.com.au> - derekm@tbsa.com.au (Derek
Morton) writes:
:>
:>I had to install fp22 twice to get mine to work, after that all is well


I installed fp22 and got a pile of errors..relating to file dates. On
inspection I found that my bios clock had gone out to the year 2066. Files
written in the minutes before the upgrade showed my BIOS clock to be correct.
Something up there...

:>>Subject: FP22 Breaks WinOS/2 !!! Any fixes, suggestions?
:>>Date: 9 Sep 1996 13:09:56 GMT

Me too!

After getting my system to go again, thank huey for the boot options!, 
I found that i consistantly lost OS2.INI OS2SYSTEM.INI and CONFIG.SYS.

This is quite disasterous... after repeated reboots and diligently trying
things such as reboot from install floppy(s), (who has found the CHKDSK on
there floppys... that the docs refer to every where!), I found that I got
repeated errors regarding stack size from IBMDEV32.SYS which prevents a lot of
internet related stuff like WEBEXPLORER from working.

:>
:>>I posted 4 weeks ago about installing WordPro beta (which required intall of 
:>>FP20 or 21), amongst a few other programs. After this my desktop was totally
:>>screwed up with icons not executing (just throwing up a "setting" option).

Yeup.. and no way of "resetting them"... I suspect they have lost the extended
attributes file.. after restoring to a prior setting on bootup.

I regret that i didnt do a ARCINST prior to the upgrade..

I later found only one of my install options would work at all.. despite
loosing all the calls to programmes on my FAT partition, mostly windows and
DOS apps anyway. (C:)

I have checked the integrity of the harddrives multiple times and continue to
find no errors. So i can only assume it OK.

:>
:>>It seemed so bad that I decided:
:>>(i) to totally reformat c: drive and reinstall OS/2 Warp Connect from CD.

Note: You cant just reinstall OS2 from  CD as it detects that your on a more
recent version, and then goes onto say that you should abort and go with what
youve got.. Aaarrggh!

Does anyone know if you can tweak one of the OS2 files to override this..
memory suggests that I did this once to allow an update from an earlier
version of OS/2... but i dont recall the file name/location??


:>>(ii) (since my previous level of FPack had been 17 and it was no longer
:>>available

I did the 17 fixpac on an another m/c and had no problems.. this was an update
to 22 direct from a mature native install of WARP CONNECT.


:>>     from the IBM Sydney BBS, I took on FP22)  and Installed FP22.
:>
:>>After which my desktop objects linked to WinOS/2 don't work. I was also told 
:>>that IBM does not support Fixpacks.

I called and got the $30bucks/15mins support.. no guarantee the advise would
fix any problem story.

:>>Does this mean I have to re-install, or back out a Fixpack to vanilla (since 17
:>>isn't available) or just go Win'95??  What the hell, if I have to re-install,

I could neither backout fixpac 22 due to the file date problem/errors
noe could i sucessfuly recover from the "states" that I had reached in trying
to restore my desktop..   Aaarrgghh!


:>>why
:>>not try Win'95 ??? 

For the same reason I chose OS/2 in the first place.

I hope Merlin has a better and less cryptic install/update mgmnt process.

>
:>>Does anyone have any suggestions for rescuing Warp? Can they guarantee Merlin
:>>will not be the same? 

I have rescued WARP so many times i deserve a humantarian honour for patience
in the face of extreme adversity!


Thoughts welcomed..

Cheers,

Blair Anderson

Consulting in Electronic Commerce, Advanced Rights Management, 
Crypto, and Internet Delivery

Net Benefits Limited  / Techno Junk and Grey Matter
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New Zealand
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