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- From: KENKAHN@PKSMRVM.VNET.IBM.COM ("Kenneth A. Kahn")
- Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.apps
- Subject: Re: How to make bootable disk for HPFS?
- Message-ID: <9208261007.AA24359@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU>
- Date: 26 Aug 92 09:46:10 GMT
- Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU
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- Organization: Staff of IBM Fellow - NetWork Computing
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- X-X-From: KENKAHN@PKSMRVM.VNET.IBM.COM (Ken Kahn)
- References: <stanton.461.0@haas.berkeley.edu>
-
- In <stanton.461.0@haas.berkeley.edu> Richard Stanton writes:
- >I know I've seen discussion about this before, but it wasn't relevant
- >then... I've just changed from FAT to HPFS, and would like to make a boot
- >diskette. HOwever, using the makeboot program doesn't seem to quite work, as
- >it tells me it's run out of space. I've tried using a disk formatted using
- >FDFORMAT to 1.7 Mb or thereabouts, but my machine (PS/2 model 90) doesn't
- >like this, so I'm going to have to stay at 1.44.
- >
- >If anyone's worked out how to get at least the basics onto a single disk,
- >I'd be very grateful if he or she could let me know what I need to do.
- >
-
- As part of IBM's EWS (Employee Written Software) Program, a package should
- now be available called BOOT20. Below is part of the Abstract from BOOT20:
-
- The SE20BOOT program is a utility that allows you to build a BOOTable OS/2 V2
- system using an existing OS/2 V2 system. The BOOT system can be installed on
- any valid medium including, but not limited to, Floppies and Hard Disk Drives.
- There are three types of BOOT systems you can install:
-
- Minimal : This is a basic OS/2 V2 system that supports a single OS/2 Full
- Screen screen session. All 16 and 32-bit OS/2 Full Screen
- applications are supported. While multitasking is supported, the
- ability to switch between different processes is not. This BOOT
- system requires about 1.36M of disk space.
-
- PM : This is an OS/2 V2 system that supports any 16 or 32-bit OS/2 Full
- Screen or PM application. Multitasking is supported, as is the
- ability to switch betwen different processes. The WPS is present
- as a single OS/2 Window. This BOOT system requires about 5.6M of
- disk space.
-
- WPS : This is an OS/2 V2 system that supports any 16 or 32-bit OS/2 Full
- Screen or PM application. Multitasking is supported, as is the
- ability to switch betwen different processes. The OS/2 WPS is
- fully active and starts up with a number of default Folders and
- system objects. This BOOT system requires about 6M of disk space.
-
- Syntax: SE20BOOT <SOURCE=drive:\path\> <TARGET=drive> <TYPE=PM|WPS>
-
- You must run SE20BOOT from an existing OS/2 V2 system. The SE20BOOT 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.
-
- The file BOOT20.ZIP should be available on the OS/2 Section of CompuServ, the
- IBM NSCC BBS in Atlanta, the IBM Anonymous FTP, and some other IBM BBS around
- the world.
-
- There are many more valuable programs being made available absolutely *free*
- as part of the Os2EWS program. These are all programs that are written by
- IBM employees on their own time and have been in use internally.
-