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- From: jdecarlo@mitre.org (John DeCarlo)
- Subject: Re: Just what IS Alt-F1 (was Re: Multiple Desktops....)
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- References: <1992Sep2.014133.211380@ns1.cc.lehigh.edu> <60052@mimsy.umd.edu> <JEFF.92Sep3163618@claw.clearpoint.com>
- Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 12:27:21 GMT
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- In article <JEFF.92Sep3163618@claw.clearpoint.com>
- jeff@claw.clearpoint.com (Jeffrey J. Griglack) writes:
-
- >On 3 Sep 92 12:32:16 GMT, Steve.Withers@bbs.actrix.gen.nz said:
- >
- >S> It restores the os2.ini, os2sys.ini and config.sys files from the
- >S> C:\os2\install directory where they are put at install time, to the C:\os2
- >S> directory where they are used. The effect of this is to return the OS/2
- >S> desktop to the default.
- >
- >If the files come from c:\o2\install, couldn't you just modify the
- >files there to be a working, but later than initial install, version?
- >This would keep you from having to start everything from scratch each
- >time you tried something new and screwed up.
-
- And this is exactly what IBM recommends in the applicable Red Book. They
- recommend that the first line of CONFIG.SYS be an XCOPY of the *.ini files
- into the INSTALL directory. Then they recommend that STARTUP.CMD copy
- the .INI files into .1, .2, and .3 versions so you have several versions
- back, in case the most recent one is corrupted.
-
- John DeCarlo, MITRE Corporation, McLean, VA--My views are my own
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