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- From: ameline@vnet.ibm.com (Ian Ameline)
- Message-ID: <19920830.182331.454@almaden.ibm.com>
- Date: Sun, 30 Aug 92 21:23:44 EDT
- Subject: Goddam the Goddam IBM C Set/2 Install!!!!!!!!!
- Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
- References: <l9gnzvm.feustel@netcom.com>
- Organization: C-Set/2 Development, IBM Canada Lab.
- Disclaimer: This posting represents the poster's views, not those of IBM
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- In article <l9gnzvm.feustel@netcom.com>,
- feustel@netcom.com (David Feustel) writes:
- >
- >This is a horror story. Type n now if you don't like horror stories
- >
- >Installed IBMC, the toolkit and workframe 2 on disk c: without incident
- >immediately after installing os2. Unfortunately for me, I didn't
- >install the migration libraries. Everything that I describe below has
- >happened as a result of my trying to install the migration libraries.
- >
- >1. The C Set/2 install process reported that it was unable to write to
- >the write-protected a: disk. Later it reported it couldn't find
- >sectors or the (original, once-used) IBM disks.
- >
- >2. I rebooted dos and diskcopied all 14 toolkit diskettes
- >
- >3. I reinstalled the toolkit on disk d:; it deleted all my shadow help
- >folders. I then tried to delete the new toolkit folder but could not
- >because of a system problem. I tried putting the toolkit into a new
- >folder and deleting that; no dice.
- >
- >4. I tried to install to the d: disk the migration libraries only (no c
- >compiler,debugger, documentation, etc). At the end of the install none
- >of the migration libraries had been copied.
- >
- >5. I then tried a complete install to the d: disk. Everything seemed
- >to be going okay until I started getting error messages saying that backup
- >files on the *c:* disk would be overwritten. I terminated the install.
- >
- >6. I then deleted the entire ibmc directory on disk c: and reinstalled the
- >*entire* Cset 2 fileset to the C disk. At the end of the install
- >process I have 4 empty subdirectories and the sample04 source files copied
- >over - nothing else.
- >
- >This install program clearly came from HELL via Boca Raton.
- >--
- >Dave Feustel N9MYI <feustel@netcom.com>
- >
- >( New .sig under construction. Watch this space! )
- >
-
- Something very weird is going on -- It's not supposed to do that.
- If you send me your phone number in a note, I'll have the guy who wrote
- the install program give you a call and try to straighten things out.
-
- Regards,
- Ian.
-