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- From: craig@uhunix.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu (Craig Oshiro)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
- Subject: Re: File system corruption
- Message-ID: <1992Aug17.201810.13378@news.Hawaii.Edu>
- Date: 17 Aug 92 20:18:10 GMT
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- In article <1992Aug6.151458.25502@pslu1.psl.wisc.edu> frigo@psl.wisc.edu writes:
- >I performed the kernel upgrade from an OS/2 session launched from within the
- >WPS. The process of upgrading to the new kernel corrupted the OS2.INI and
- >OS2SYS.INI files.
- >
- >I reinstalled os/2 (for other reasons as well) with the old kernel. Then I
- >booted the system from the installation floppies, unzooed the kernel file in
- >a root directory on a HDD partition, and used the FIXKRNL.CMD file to do the
- >patch. No problemo!
- >
- >I highly reccommend the following:
- >
- >(1) Boot from floppy to perform the patch, and
- >
- >(2) Delete your old SWAPPER.DAT file in \OS2\SYSTEM.
-
- Thanks Sean. I had done that after it crashed with the newer kernel. Still,
- I sent in a problem report to IBM also asking them if they could improve on
- the crash recovery process.
-