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There is a program on hobbes which lets you run chkdsk or even install
updated .dll files without having to boot from a floppy disk.  It either
wasn't publicized when it appeared a couple of weeks ago, or else I
completely missed the significance at the time.

It is much like the recently-discussed shiftrun utility, only better,
because it is a device driver, and so runs before any of the .dll files
are loaded, and before any of the system files get locked.  This lets
you run chkdsk /f:3 on your swap partition (or any other) after a crash
without having to reboot from the installation diskette.  Someone on
the IBM Toronto BBS said that they had installed all their bug fixes
(except for the SP itself) without having to boot from a floppy.

The original file is cdd.zip in pub/os2/all/drivers.  It is freeware
and includes the source code.  This version assumes that OS/2 is
installed on C:  I just uploaded a modified version, cdd2.zip (that
does NOT include the source code), that I found on the IBM Toronto BBS
that will work with OS/2 installed on any logical drive.
At the moment it is in pub/uploads, but will probably soon get
transfered to pub/os2/all/drivers.

The instructions in the .zip file are not very explicit.  What I did was
to add a line

DEVICE=<path>\CDD2.SYS        	[<path> is the path to cdd2.sys]

to my config.sys after the line

DEVICE=?:\OS2\DOS.SYS

I don't know how important the exact position in config.sys is, but
that one seems to work.  The next time you reboot, cdd2 will prompt you
to type Esc to load CMD.EXE.   If you don't do so within 5 seconds, it
just carries on booting normally.

This program should definitely be in the FAQ!

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