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Using !SysMerge
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!SysMerge is a utility for maintaining and combining !System directories.
From time to time, Acorn releases new modules or modifies the existing
contents of !System to provide new or enhanced facilities. To ease the
problems of updating !System directories Acorn supplies the !SysMerge
utility to manage this process. Some Third Parties may also be licensed to
release modules which can be installed in !System.
First you should select one !System to be be your master !System. If you are
a new user of RISC OS computers, this should be the !System supplied on the
First Applications Disc. All modifications should be made to this !System
or a copy of it. If necessary copy this master !System to a disc with plenty
of free space. You might want to copy it to a newly formatted disc which can
become your master system disc. (If so, your should give the disc a
recognisable name, for example SYSTEM, using Name disc from the disc icon
menu). Copy !SysMerge to the same disc as the master !System so it is
readily available. You are now ready to start building your master !System.
Startup the !SysMerge application by double clicking on it. A dialogue box
a bit like this will appear
+-----------------------------------------------+
| |
| +------------------------+ |
| Master !System: | | | << Upper box
| +------------------------+ |
| |
| +------------------------+ |
| New !System: | | | << Lower box
| +------------------------+ |
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| Drag the original !System into | << Messages
| this window |
| |
+-----------------------------------------------+
Drag the master !System directory to anywhere in the !SysMerge dialogue box.
The upper box (for the Master !System) should change to path name containing
your master !System. You should now drag a !System which you wish to add or
consolidate into your master !System. The pathname for this will appear in
the lower box. (If you use a purely floppy based system you may have to
change discs during this process. If there are no problems the !Systems
will be consolidated and the message "!System Updated" will appear. If there
are problems, you should read the error messages and take appropriate
actions. The only common error message you may see is "disc full" which
should not occur if you are consoliding onto a new system disc. If you have
additional files on the master !system disc you should move them elsewhere.
If an error occurs !SysMerge will report "Update failed. Correct problem
then drag the ...". Once you have resolved the problem you can restart the
merge process.
When !SysMerge is finished you can quit the application either by menuing on
the !SysMerge window and selecting QUIT or by selecting the CLOSE (☓) icon
on the window.
You should repeat the above process on all the !Systems on all your discs
until you have the one master !System. This can then be used for all your
work. Its probably worthwhile making a copy of it once it is produced and
putting that copy away somewhere safe.
Remember when you modify your master !System in future, you should take a
new copy of it. Do not delete older !Systems just in case something has gone
wrong.