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OS/2 V2 BOOT System Create Utility
Copyright IBM Corp. (C) 1992,1994
Program Property of IBM
The BOOTOS2 program is a utility that allows you to build a BOOTable OS/2 V2.x
system using an existing OS/2 V2.x system. The BOOT system can be installed on
either Floppy Disks or a Hard Disk Partition.
There are three types of BOOT systems you can install:
Minimal : This is a basic OS/2 V2.x system that supports one or more OS/2
Full Screen sessions. All 16 and 32-bit OS/2 Full Screen
applications are supported. When installed on a hard disk drive,
you can use the VDM option to add support for full screen VDM
sessions. The ability to switch between different Screen Sessions
is supported by the supplied Protect Shell program, BOS2SHL. You
can switch between Screen Sessions, both OS/2 and VDM, using the
Alt-Esc key sequence.
A Minimal BOOT system can installed on a single 3.5" 1.44M Floppy
Disk or to a small (2-3M) hard disk partition. Installation to a
single 2.88M floppy disk is also supported. Because of space
constraints, it is highly recommended that unless you are
installing to a 2.88M disk or to a hard disk partition, you use
the 2DISK option to create a 2-Disk BOOT System. If your A: drive
is 5.25" 1.2M, the 2DISK option will be assumed.
PM : This is an OS/2 V2.x system that supports one or more OS/2 Full
Screen or PM sessions. If the VDM option is specified, support for
both Windowed (i.e. Seemless) and Full Screen VDM sessions is
added. The ability to switch between different Screen Sessions is
supported by the supplied Protect Shell program, PMSHELL. You can
switch between Screen Sessions, both OS/2 and VDM, using the
Alt-Esc key sequence.
A PM BOOT System requires about 9M of hard disk space. This does
not include the disk space needed for the SWAP file.
WPS : This is an OS/2 V2.x system that supports one or more OS/2 Full
Screen or PM sessions. If the VDM option is specified, support for
both Windowed (i.e. Seemless) and Full Screen VDM sessions is
added. The ability to switch between different Screen Sessions is
supported by the supplied Protect Shell program, PMSHELL. You can
switch between Screen Sessions, both OS/2 and VDM, using the
Alt-Esc key sequence. The difference between this and a PM BOOT
System is the availability of the OS/2 WPS. Certain default System
Program and Folder objects are included.
A WPS BOOT System requires about 9M of hard disk space. This does
not include the disk space needed for the SWAP file.
Syntax: BOOTOS2 <SOURCE=drive:\path\>
<TARGET=drive>
<TYPE=PM|WPS>
<NLS(Country,KBD,CodePage)>
<2DISK[=drive]>
<ABIOS>
<REXX>
<SWAP=drive:\path\>
<TRACE[=drive:\path\file]>
<HELP>
<SYSED>
<VDM>
<FORMAT[:FAT]>
<FORMAT:HPFS>
<FORMAT:NONE>
<QUIET>
<GA200|SP200|GA210|SP211|MR211>
SOURCE= Depending on what type of install you ask BOOTOS2 to
perform, certain files might be required from the
install disks you used to create your active OS/2
system. One file that is always required is SYSINSTX
which is used to create the OS/2 BOOT record, OS2BOOT.
The file SYSINSTX.COM is (so far) always found on the
first Install disk. If you are creating a BOOT Disk,
then the files KEYBOARD.DCP, VTBL850.DCP, and the
CONFIG.SYS file from the install disk are also required.
These files (so far) are always found on the second
install disk.
Normally BOOTOS2 will prompt you for the Install disks
it needs. However, if you installed OS/2 over a LAN
or equivalent redirected source, you can use the SOURCE
option to point to these redirected sources. The value
of SOURCE is usually a standard CID directory structure,
as defined in "GG24-3780 : OS/2 V2.0 and V2.1 Remote
Installation and Maintenance".
Alternatively, SOURCE can point to a single directory
where all the required files are located. This is the
usual format OS/2 CSD remote installs where all the
install disks are copied to a single directory. You
could alternatively create a single directory that
contains only those files needed by BOOTOS2 and use the
SOURCe option so users won't have to worry about install
disks.
TARGET= By default, BOOTOS2 will install the BOOT system on a
floppy disk in your A: drive. You can use the TARGET=
argument to specify an alternate Drive to install the
BOOT system on. This alternate drive can be another
floppy or a Hard Disk Drive. Any medium capable of
being booted from can be a target.
Values for target are a single drive letter: A .. Z
TYPE=PM BOOTOS2 will install a BOOT System that will support
PM Applications. The BOOT System will be accessed as
a single OS/2 Windowed Command Prompt.
TYPE=WPS BOOTOS2 will install a BOOT system that will support
PM Applications. The BOOT System will be accessed
using the OS/2 WorkPlace Shell (WPS).
NLS By Default, BOOTOS2 will get information regarding the
NLS environment from the following CONFIG.SYS statements:
DEVINFO=KBD,xx,KEYBOARD.DCP : Default xx = US
COUNTRY=xxx,COUNTRY.SYS : Default xxx = 001
CodePage=xxx : Default xxx = 850
If your environment requires different values for the
above statements, you specify them via the NLS argument.
Please note that you must specify all three values.
NOTE: The statement is only valid for a TYPE=PM or
TYPE=WPS install. For a minimal install (the
default) the 'stripped' versions of the NLS
modules, KEYBOARD.DCP and VTBL850.DCP, are
used which do not support alternate values.
2DISK If creating a BOOT system where the target is a floppy
disk drive, the 2DISK option allows you to spread the
BOOT system across two disks, increasing the amount of
space available for both required and optional files.
By default, if your system has a B: drive, BOOTOS2 will
use that as the second drive. If you don't have a B:
drive then BOOTOS2 will use A: for both disks (in which
case you'll have to swap disks during OS/2 IPL).
Alternatively, you can specify an alternative target
drive for the second drive. This is useful when you
want to use a floppy drive other than B (for whatever
reason).
Also, if you have a B: drive, but still want to create a
2-Disk BOOT system using only the A: drive, you can
specify 2DISK=A to override the default of using B.
REXX If room allows, support for REXX will be installed.
HELP BOOTOS2 will try and add basic OS/2 Help support.
VDM Support for Virtual Dos Machines (VDMs) will added.
*NOTE* This option can not be used when the target
drive is a floppy disk.
*NOTE* When VDM support is installed on a Minimal
system (Text Only), to start a new VDM session
press the Ctrl-D key combination. This will
invoke a new VDM session.
SYSED Add support for the OS/2 System Editor (E.EXE)
SWAP= For a TYPE=PM or TYPE=WPS install, the default value for
the SWAPPATH is the ROOT directory of the target BOOT
system. You can use this option to place the Swap File in
a different directory.
TRACE Use this option to create a Trace of the Install Process.
A file called BOOTOS2.LOG will be created that will
contain a complete record of the requested BOOT System
Install process. By default the LOG file will be created
on the same physical directory the BOOTOS2.EXE program
resides on. You can optionally specify an alternate path
for the LOG file; e.g. TRACE=drive:\path
FORMAT You can use this option to have BOOTOS2 force a certain
type of Format (i.e. FAT, HPFS, or NONE) to the target
drive. This is usesefull for automated processes.
QUIET This will run BOOTOS2 such that no output is produced.
This is also useful for automated processes. You can
use the TRACE option to maintain a record of the install.
Please note that because BOOTOS2 can't prompt the user
to k about formating the target drive, if you don't
explicitly specify the FORMAT option, FOAMRT:FAT will
be assumed.
The following 5 options can be used to force BOOTOS2 to assume
that the specified OS/2 v2.x version is the 'active' level.
Usually BOOTOS2 will determine this automatically by examining
the SYSLEVEL.OS2 file, so you shouldn't need to use these
options under normal circumstances. However, there are times
when the SYSLEVEL.OS2 file can become corrupted, making it
impossible for BOOTOS2 to determine the active system level.
You can use these options to get around this problem.
GA200 OS/2 2.00 GA
SP200 OS/2 2.00 SP
GA210 OS/2 2.10 GA
SP211 OS/2 2.11 CSD SP
MR211 OS/2 2.11 Manufacturers Refresh
You must run BOOTOS2 from an existing OS/2 V2 system. The BOOTOS2 program
will analyze your system and create a BOOT system that is specific for it. For
example it will determine if your system supports features such as HPFS or SCSI
and add the appropriate support for it. Because of this, a BOOT disk created
for a specific workstation will not necessarily work correctly on a different
workstation.
If you install the BOOT system on a Hard Disk Drive, you'll probably want to
also install the OS/2 BOOT Manager and add the BOOT system to it.
Please note that the BOOT system installed with this release of BOOTOS2 does
not support Windows. A future release of the program might do so
if enough users want it (and I figure out how).
The file BOOT2X.ZIP contains the following files:
BOOTOS2.EXE * The OS/2 BOOT System Create Utilty for OS/2 V2.0
BOOTOS2.ABS * Short Abstract descriping the Function of SE20BOOT
BOOTOS2.DOC * Documentation for SE20BOOT
BOS2U20.INI * User INI file needed for OS/2 2.0
BOS2S20.INI * System INI file needed for OS/2 2.0
BOS2U21.INI * User INI file needed for OS/2 2.0+SP and OS/2 2.1
BOS2S21.INI * System INI file needed for OS/2 2.0+SP and OS/2 2.1
BOS2REXX.EXE * Stub Module for REXX Support
BOS2SHL.EXE * Protect Shell program for use instead of SYSINST1
LICENSE.TXT * IBM License Agreement
Author:
Kennneth A. Kahn, IBM Poughkeepsie N.Y.
CompuServe - 71333,2526
Internet - KENKAHN@VNET.IBM.COM
IBM Mail - USIB25P9 at IBMMAIL
History:
08/92 : (v1.00)
- Initial release
03/93 : (V2.00)
- Fixed a problem where BOOTOS2 was not recognizing a Floppy Disk Drive as a
Removable medium if no Disk was in it when the program first started. This
would cause BOOTOS2 to install the wrong BOOT System, resulting in various
errors.
- Fixed problem with FORMAT by making it run Synchronously so if it Fails, an
error code will be returned.
- Added support for NLS Statement
- When COPYing file, added more meaningful error messages
- Fixed problem running BOOTOS2 from a ROOT Directory
- The temporary directory where files from the install disks are copied is
changed from the directory where BOOTOS2.EXE is executed from to a new
subdirectory based off of it named BOS2TEMP This will prevent BOOTOS2 from
overwriting and deleting system files when it is located on the \OS2
directory of the BOOT Drive.
- The INI files can now be located on your DPATH
- If the Target Drive is already formatted and contains data, the option to
run the Install without formating is given.
- Added special support for the Image Adapter/A
- All DLLs will be located via LIBPATH instead of looking automatically for it
in \OS2\DLL
- Changed TARGET= to allow for X or X:
- For a minimal install, a check will be made to see if there is enough room
left on the target drive to copy over extra files like CHKDSK, UHPFS and
OSO001.MSG
- Fixed problem where HPFS support was not added if the Target drive was
formatted for HPFS but the active system did not have HPFS support.
- Added support for 2-Disk BOOT System via 2DISK argument
- Added NLS support for FORMAT by querying system for the response character
to use: US default is 'Y'
- Added support for a BOOT system when active system is OS/2 2.0 with Service
Pack or OS/2 2.1
- Added support for REXX invocation argument
- Added support for ABIOS argument. This allows a user to explicitly specify
that the workstation supports ABIOS. This will allow the user to circumvent
the problem where "RAM Loadable" MicroChannel machines were being diagnosed
as not supporting ABIOS; causing the wrong set of system files to be loaded.
- Changed external name to BOOTOS2
- Added support for the TRACE invocation option
- Added support for the SWAP= invocation argument
05/93 : (V3.00)
- Updated BOS2U21 and BOS2S21 files to 2.1 GA levels
- Fixed 2DISK option. It will no longer return RC=4 after trying
to format B.
- Added support for SVGA; Copy over \OS2\SVGADATA.PMI
- Added code to copy over BASEDEV= invocation arguments
- Added code to copy over HELPMGR.DLL if room allows
- Added 2.1 support for 8514 by updating BOS2U21.INI with the proper values
for PM_DISPLAYS. This updating of BOS2U21 will be done for all display
types if necessary.
- Added support for HPFS386
- For a Disk Install, install sequence changed so the files SYSINST1 and
HARDERR are only copied if there is room. This frees up room for BIO
files required by certain MicroChannel machines that could not fit
otherwise.
*NOTE* If SYSINST1/HARDERR are not installed, then CAD will not work
- Enhanced install of BASEDEV drivers. For a single 1.44M BOOT Disk, only
those BASEDEV drivers that are needed for accessing DASD (.ADD) are copied.
Otherwise, if room allows, all BASEDEV drivers will be copied.
- Removed copying of DTM.DLL for a TYPE=PM or TYPE=WPS install. It wasn't
needed for anything as far as I could tell and at least one user complained
it wasn't installed on his base OS/2 system
- Support for the IBM IA/A is not working in this release. I am trying to get
help with this from the IA/A development team, but it might take a while. If
you have IA/A support installed on your active system when you run BOOTOS2,
you can try the following:
* On the \OS2\DLL directory of your active OS/2 2.x system, look for a file
named DISPLAY.OLD; this is the DISPLAY.DLL that was active before you ran
the IA/A INSTALL program. Copy this 'over' the DISPLAY.DLL that BOOTOS2
installed on the \OS2\DLL directory of your 'target' system.
* In the CONFIG.SYS of your target system, look for the following statements:
DEVICE=\OS2\XGARING0.SYS
DEVICE=\OS2\IAOS2RFS.SYS
SET VIDEO_DEVICES=VIO_yyy,VIO_IBMIAA
SET VIO_IBMIAA=DEVICE(BVHVGA,BVHIAA)
SET VIO_yyy=DEVICE(BVHVGA,BVHyyy)
* Change these to:
rem DEVICE=\OS2\XGARING0.SYS
rem DEVICE=\OS2\IAOS2RFS.SYS
SET VIDEO_DEVICES=VIO_yyy
rem SET VIO_IBMIAA=DEVICE(BVHVGA,BVHIAA)
SET VIO_yyy=DEVICE(BVHyyy)
* Do this *BEFORE* you IPL your Target BOOTOS2 System
03/94 : (V4.00)
- Enhanced the 2DISK option to work on a system with a single Disk Drive.
- Enhanced the TRACE option to accept an alternate PATH where BOOTOS2.LOG will
be created.
- For XGA support, all files on the XGA$DMQS directory will now be copied to
the Target Drive.
- Enhanced BASEDEV processing to search for target files via DPATH instead of
just on the \OS2 directory.
- Fixed support HPFS386 support; files HPFS200.386 and HFS.MSG are copied as
well as HPFS386.IFS. For a minimal install, the BOOTSH.EXE OS/2 Shell program
will be copied and used as the PROTSHELL.
- For SVGA support, made copying of SVGADATA.PMI optional. This is in case the
SVGA ON command was not yet run
- Mouse support will be added to a minimal BOOT System if room allows
- Added support for the OS/2 2.11 CSD SP and 2.11 Manfacturers Refresh
- Enhanced SOURCE= to allow for Service Pack (CSD) install by allowing it to
point to a single directory instead of a CID directory structure.
- Added HELP option to optionally add support for OS/2 Help
if room allows. The files HPMGRMRI.DLL and HMHELP.HLP are
are copied, and a SET HELP= statement is added to the
CONFIG.SYS
- For a minimal system, BOOTOS2 will now use it's own SHELL program, BOOTSHL,
instead of SYSINST1. Unlike SYSINST1, BOOTSHL program supports multiple
screen sessions (via Alt-Esc). It also supports STARTUP.CMD
- Added support for VDMs via VDM option
- Added some new invocation arguments to allow for
unattended installs.
FORMAT[:FAT] = Automatically Format Target for FAT
FORMAT:HPFS = Automatically Format Target for HPFS
FORMAT:NONE = Automatically Skip the Target Format
- Added SYSED option to optionally add support for the
OS/2 System Editor (E.EXE)
- Added SYSINSTX as an optional install file
- Added optional target to 2DISK option (2DISK=x:)
- Added code to cleanup, and remove, BOS2TEMP when done
- Added QUIET argument to allow suppression of all output
to StdOUT
- Verified all cases where BOOTOS2 ends in error would
return a non-zero code
- Added Stacker Support.
- Removed COM.SYS as file that BOOTOS2 will install for
serial mouse support (not needed)
- Updated SOURCE option to look for either CID directory
structure or a single directory
- Added support for AOX upgrade. If OEMXLAT.SYS is found
on active system, it will copied to target drive
07/94 : (V5.00)
- Fixed problem where if target disk was formated for HPFS
and HPFS386 is active, support for HPFS.IFS would be
installed instead of for HPFS386
- For a 2-Disk Install, the support files for HPFS and the
file CMD.EXE will be copied to the second target drive to
space on the first target drive.
- Added support for OS2fW 2.10 Ga and OS2fW 2.11 SP
- Added support for the OS/2 Performance Beta (v2.12)
- Removed AOX support as that is only needed in a 16-bit
environment (e.g. OS/2 v1.x).
- Fixed Stacker support to allow for STACKERI.SYS
- As of LS 4.0 the file HPFS200.386 was folded into the
HPFS386.IFS file. Code added to recognize this and
to not copy HPFS200.386 if appropriate.