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┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ OS2COPY rel. 2.1.02 GA. Copyright (C) 1992-1994: John Ståhle │ │ │ │ What is this ? │ │ │ │ This packet is designed to Copy an ENTIRE OS/2 v. 2.1 GA HPFS or FAT │ │ BootManager system, fully configured, from one partition (drive letter) │ │ to an other (eg. from D: to F:) INCLUDING ALL FILES on the OS/2 │ │ partition, ie. ALSO files not related to the OS/2 system as such. │ │ │ │ This implies that an entire system including all configuration, │ │ installed on one computer can be copied to another if the hard disk │ │ from the second computer is temporarily installed on the first one. │ │ │ ├───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤ │ Look for these headlines: │ │ │ │ File list This is what it is all about │ │ How to Hands on │ │ Hands on 2. What next ? │ │ Copy FAT -> HPFS Copy HPFS -> FAT (impossible) │ │ Problems A word from the author │ │ Pricing from one computer to another │ ├───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤ │ File list: │ │ │ │ All of these are required files: │ │ │ │ OS2Copy.DOC (this file). │ │ OS2Copy.CMD Initiates the copy process. │ │ OS2Copy2.CMD Performs the copy process. │ │ InitEdit.Exe Edits the init files. │ │ YesNo.LNG abbreviations for Yes and No in national language │ │ XCopy.Sw switches for XCOPY │ │ InitEdit.STD list of files to be changed by the program │ │ Not_Copy.Lst list of files NOT to be copied to new system │ │ │ │ BOOT21.HPF Needed if you copy a FAT system to HPFS │ ├───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤ │ If your OS/2 system is a 'national language' version (ie. not English) │ │ you +MUST+ edit the file YesNo.LNG Any 7 bit ASCII text editor will do. │ │ │ │ YesNo.LNG abbreviations for Yes and No in your national language │ │ ......................................................................... │ │ │ │ The script will find all .INI files on your system partition; │ │ if, however, some .INI files are located on another partition │ │ (by you, during an installation), you will have to edit the file │ │ InitEdit.STD - any 7 bit ASCII text editor will do. │ │ │ │ If you are copying a national language version of OS/2 (ie. language │ │ other than English) you will probably have to edit this file. │ │ ......................................................................... │ │ │ │ You may also find it necessary to edit the files: │ │ │ │ Not_Copy.Lst list of files NOT to be copied to new system │ │ XCopy.Sw switches for XCOPY (not very likely) │ └───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ │ │ All of the above are Copyright (C): │ │ John Ståhle │ │ 289A Buddinge Hovedgade │ │ DK-2880 Bagsværd │ │ Denmark, Europe │ │ Phone +45 44 98 66 18 (voice) │ │ │ │ Internet: john.staahle@dkb.dk or │ │ jost@dkb.dk │ │ RIME OS/2: John Staahle R/O ->1117 │ │ ILINK OS/2: John Staahle │ └───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ │ │ This is what it is all about: │ │ │ │ Two co-operating REXX scripts and a co-operating program, │ │ designed to Copy an * OS/2 HPFS or FAT BootManager * system from │ │ one drive letter to another, eg. from D: to E: │ │ │ │ There is no obvious reason why this packet should not work on a │ │ 'OS/2 as only operating system' but this has not yet been tested. │ │ It may even work in a network where you are allowed to repartition and │ │ format a net drive this has not been tested either. │ │ │ │ The .EXE interacts with the two OS2Copy.CMDs, (which also interacts) in │ │ performing the actual editing of OS/2 initfiles (OS2.INI and the like) │ │ to fit on a new partition, creating data files for the scripts, etc. │ │ │ └───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ │ │ How to: │ │ │ │ Prerequisites: │ │ │ │ 1. An installed OS/2 BootManager system │ │ with REXX (part of standard OS/2 installation) │ │ │ │ 2. A partition to Copy to :-) │ │ This partition will become formatted during the procedure │ │ AND it will contain ALL files found on the From system. │ │ The latter implies that the From partition must have │ │ room for these files. │ │ │ │ 3. The files listed as Required in the above Filelist. │ │ │ │ >> All these files MUST reside in the subdirectory from which you │ │ >> start OS2COPY. │ │ >> This subdirectory MUST be included in the PATH statement in your │ │ >> Config.Sys system file +AND+ in your DOS PATH statement in │ │ >> in Autoexec.Bat. │ │ >> It is highly recommended to place this subdirectory entry │ │ >> immediately after "\OS2;" in both of these PATH statements │ │ │ │ Recommended installation procedure: │ │ │ │ Create a subdirectory named O immediately below the root of your │ │ From-Drive (eg. x:\O). │ │ │ │ Copy all files to this subdirectory. │ │ │ │ Include this subdirectory in the two PATH statements in Config.Sys │ │ and Autoexec.Bat, respectively. Reboot after editing these files. │ │ │ └───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ │ │ Hands on: │ │ │ │ >>> First: Make a full backup of your From-drive and of anything you <<< │ │ >>> want to keep on your To drive. <<< │ │ │ │ Next take a look at what is in the following 7 bit ASCII files: │ │ YesNo.LNG, XCopy.Sw and InitEdit.STD │ │ │ │ You +MUST+ edit the file 'YesNo.LNG' if copying a national language │ │ version other than English. Use any 7 bit ASCII text editor. │ │ │ │ If the drive letter in your icon names or paths in the icons' program │ │ name are lower case, I have some bad news for you: │ │ All drive letters in folder and icon names and paths in the icons' │ │ program names MUST be upper case! │ │ │ │ This because it is impossible to know the names of any new WPS classes │ │ that may be registered by a program installation sometime in the future. │ │ I am working on a solution to this - but right now I am out of ideas. │ │ ° <- my head - empty! │ │ │ │ You may need to edit InitEdit.STD - use any 7 bit ASCII text editor - │ │ but unless you have a very non-standard system or applications which │ │ keep hard coded drive information outside the OS*.INI files, I doubt it. │ │ │ │ >>> No other process may be active while the job is running <<< │ │ │ │ Stick to what the program and this documentation file tells you. │ │ │ │ Think while you work. │ │ │ │ Read - actually read - verify and respect the instruction displayed │ │ on your screen while running the two OS2COPY*.CMD-scripts. │ │ │ │ Make sure your OS2*.INI files are in a healthy condition before you │ │ start OS2Copy. Run eg. Henk Kelder's Checkini /C at least twice. │ │ │ │ Open a full screen command line session and type: │ │ │ │ OS2Copy <From Drive> <ToDrive> with or without a trailing ':' │ │ │ │ or just: OS2Copy │ │ │ │ you will be prompted for the missing parameters later in the session │ │ │ │ Samples: │ │ │ │ OS2COPY D │ │ OS2COPY D: F: │ │ OS2COPY D G: │ │ OS2COPY │ │ │ │ Whichever you choose, you are later asked to confirm the FROM and TO │ │ partition (and file system if it differs from your 'to file system). │ │ │ │ Although it is a simple task to make FDISK automatically delete and │ │ create the TO partition, for the sake of safety you are required to do │ │ this manually when FDISK has been started by the script. │ │ │ └───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ Hands on 2.: │ │ │ │ React to the warnings and follow the instructions displayed on screen. │ │ │ │ WHEN you have made changes using FDISK - │ │ you MUST delete any old partition that may exist where you want the new │ │ system to reside, create a new partition and add it to BootManager │ │ - or you will have to restart the procedure from scratch. │ │ │ │ Upon leaving FDISK you are told to press CTRL ALT DEL Do so. │ │ Do +NOT+ press the RESET button, FDISK has not finished writing │ │ the new partion table yet. │ │ │ │ When your system reboots, the OS2Copy2 is automatically called from a │ │ temporary STARTUP.CMD file in your <From Drive> root directory. │ │ │ │ When copying is finished, you MAY have to copy your original STARTUP.CMD│ │ (now named STARTUP.@#@) back into STARTUP.CMD. │ │ I have never experienced this myself, but I know (inside info '-)) │ │ that the automatic restore of STARTUP.CMD does not always work. │ │ │ │ A backup of the original <From Drive> init files, Config.Sys and │ │ Autoexec.Bat are left in a subdirectory named <To Drive>\<From Drive> │ │ (eg. F:\D ). │ ├───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤ │ │ │ What next ? │ │ │ │ If everything went smooth, your computer will boot when copy is complete. │ │ │ │ The first time you boot from the newly created system, │ │ sometimes only a skeleton WPS shows up. │ │ │ │ How do you recover ? │ │ ┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ │ │ >>> !!! Reboot IMMEDIATELY using Control+Alt+Del !!! <<< │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ !!! Do NOT perform an orderly shut down !!! │ │ │ │ !!! Do NOT make any changes to the WPS !!! │ │ │ │ !!! Do NOT press the RESET button !!! │ │ │ │ !!! Do NOT power off !!! │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ >>> !!! Reboot IMMEDIATELY using Control+Alt+Del !!! <<< │ │ │ └───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ │ └───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ Problems: │ │ │ │ Make sure your OS2*.INI files are in a healthy condition. │ │ Run eg. Henk Kelder's Checkini /C twice or more. │ ├───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤ │ One problem I have had reported is that if in your Autoexec.Bat you │ │ have the statement Comspec= or SET Comspec= the Initedit.Exe will not │ │ work correctly. Comment it out like this: ::Comspec= or ::SET Comspec= │ │ until you have finished copying (:: is the same as Rem, but quicker) │ │ │ │ Normally you do not need the Comspec statement, a Shell= statement in │ │ in Config.Sys is sufficient. │ ├───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤ │ If the the OS/2 copy does not show a WPS when you boot from it, │ │ check your original WPS. │ │ All drive letters in folder and icon names and paths in the icons' │ │ program names MUST be upper case! │ ├───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤ │ There used to be problems, if you copied a HPFS system FROM E: K: or L: │ │ The problem was located to the line │ │ IFS=x:\OS2\HPFS.IFS /CACHE: /CRECL: /AUTOCHECK: │ │ ^^ ^^ ^^ │ │ AFAIK this has been fixed in the present release. │ ├───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤ │ If you copy from a system with high resolution monitor + video card │ │ to a system with low resolution monitor + video card or from color to │ │ mono (black and white) you are in trouble. │ │ Oh well, not really: │ │ Boot from floppy. │ │ Go to new system drive, CD OS2 │ │ Have Display Driver diskettes ready. │ │ Run SetVGA.CMD │ │ That's it! │ └───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ Copy FAT -> HPFS │ │ │ │ It is possible to copy a FAT filesystem OS/2 to a HPFS filesystem OS/2. │ │ │ │ This, however, is NOT an ideal copy, since a number of subdirectories │ │ and files have different names under FAT (8.3 names) and HPFS (254 char. │ │ names). Many HPFS subdirectory names also have embedded spaces. │ │ Still, you can live with it, the new system will work as HPFS in every │ │ other aspect. │ │ │ │ IMPORTANT !! │ │ If you have not already installed support for HPFS, you must do this │ │ using System Setup -> Selective Install -> High Performance file system. │ │ │ │ You may also have to insert (AFTER installation of HPFS support), │ │ as the first line in your Config.Sys: │ │ IFS=<sysdrive>:\OS2\HPFS.IFS /CACHE:512 /CRECL:4 /AUTOCHECK:<drive> │ │ │ │ <sysdrive> is your present OS/2 system drive. │ │ <drive> is the intended HPFS drive (no trailing colon eg. /AUTOCHECK:F ) │ ├───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤ │ Not Copy HPFS -> FAT │ │ │ │ It is NOT possible to copy a HPFS system to a FAT system, for the reasons │ │ given above (subdir and file names). │ └───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ │ │ Copying an entire system including all configuration │ │ from one computer to another: │ │ │ │ Install and configure OS/2 on hard disk 2 (often D:) on From-computer. │ │ │ │ Physically install the hard disk to transfer to as disk 1 (C:) │ │ │ │ Begin installing OS/2 on hard disk 1 (C:) using the OS/2 installation │ │ diskettes. │ │ Configure the C: partition as PRIMARY (using FDISK). │ │ Insert the configured OS/2 system and the From-drive into BootManager. │ │ Abort when the C: disk has been formatted and boot manager is installed.│ │ │ │ Boot from D:. │ │ OS2Copy D: C: │ │ Remove hard disk 1 and insert it in To-computer. │ │ │ └───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ │ │ Legal section: │ │ │ │ The OS2COPY packet has been thoroughly tested and shown to work │ │ flawlessly on a number of different systems. │ │ │ │ It is, however, distributed * AS IS *. │ │ │ │ NO responsibility or any other obligation you can ever think of, │ │ shall be assumed, honored or anything else. │ │ │ ├───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤ │ │ │ This Ståhle (C) software may NOT be used for production by a business, │ │ government agency or institution without payment of a license fee. │ │ │ ├───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤ │ │ │ Public Domain 10 copy version. │ │ │ │ If and * ONLY IF * this packet is used on a private and │ │ personally owned computer, it is placed in the Public Domain. │ │ │ │ The Public Domain version will be able to perform 10 copies. │ │ │ │ If you find the software of use to your company etc. and want to │ │ purchase it, you must order and pay for a number of copies. │ │ │ │ A limited right to TEST this software is granted +anyone+ for │ │ * A TOTAL OF NO MORE THAN 10 system transfers * │ │ │ ├───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤ │ │ │ Pricing: │ │ │ │ As mentioned above, OS2COPY is freeware for the first 10 copies. │ │ │ │ 50 copy version: US$ 100.00 + air mail postage (US$ 5-10). │ │ 100 copy version: US$ 150.00 + air mail postage(US$ 5-10). │ │ 500 copy version: US$ 500.00, no postage. │ │ No limit version: US$ 1,000.00, no postage. │ │ (A 'No limit' version which is "fully" automated │ │ ie. limiting manual work to little more than starting and rebooting │ │ the computer, may be ordered at no extra charge). │ │ │ └───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ A word from the author: │ │ │ │ It may seem a kludge that names of files to be edited and subdirectory │ │ name converting tables etc. are placed in ASCII files instead of being │ │ hardcoded into program and scripts or being placed in some fancy │ │ binary files. │ │ It may also seem a kludge that so much of the code is written in REXX. │ │ │ │ This approach, however, enables you to │ │ (hopefully) keep pace with future updates of OS/2, without having to │ │ buy updates of this packet │ │ (not that I don't want to sell updates, but let's be reasonable). │ │ and to │ │ add init files related to programs, which create their own init files │ │ with "hard coded" partition information, instead of using OS2.INI │ │ and to │ │ add binary files, eg. programs, with "hard coded" drive letters │ │ and to │ │ add text files like Config.sys and ATM.INI including drive letters │ │ and to │ │ use this packet with the different national language versions of OS/2 │ │ and to │ │ use this packet even if you have changed the standard names of subdirs.│ │ │ │ Regards, John Ståhle │ └───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ That's all. │ 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