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- From: dic5340@hertz.njit.edu (David Charlap)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
- Subject: Re: Some suggestions for OS/2
- Message-ID: <1992Sep4.230101.16689@njitgw.njit.edu>
- Date: 4 Sep 92 23:01:01 GMT
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- In article <gershon.715551885@husc10> gershon@husc10.harvard.edu (Ethan Gershon) writes:
- >>I think the IBM employee written SE20BOOT program that just floated
- >>across comp.binaries.os2 might do the trick for you.
- >
- >I am still playing with this program trying to get it to work.
-
- One thing that I noticed: All the target disks must be formatted and
- erased before using them. If the SE20BOOT program doesn't find enough
- space on the target, it fails with a cryptic warning that doesn't mean
- much.
-
- >>Definitely available from BBSes, ftp-os2.nmsu.edu (via anonymous ftp),
- >>and the like, but I see your point. It comes down to a question of
- >>whether the disk space is worth it.
- >
- >I think a small collection, as well as .ico files of the icons the system
- >uses (or are these there and I simply missed them?) would be nice. .ico
- >files tend to be short...
-
- It's simple to provide. Just ship one disk with lots of icons. You
- can choose whether to install them or not from the Selective Install.
- Of course, 21 disks is pretty big already!
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