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- From: hatton@socrates.ucsf.edu (Tom Hatton)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
- Subject: Re: Service Pack from IBM.
- Keywords: Service Pack IBM
- Message-ID: <hatton.721101553@cgl.ucsf.edu>
- Date: 7 Nov 92 01:59:13 GMT
- References: <1992Oct30.012049.11491@lynx.dac.northeastern.edu>
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- Organization: UCSF Computer Graphics Lab
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- mdeleo@lynx.dac.northeastern.edu (Mike Deleo) writes:
- >FYI... I am not sure if this has been posted yet... but here it goes
- >anyways.... (I have been on a long vacation).
- >IBM has just released a Service Pack for the installation of OS2 2.0
- >This is to fix some bugs... You will need to download 30 Disk image
- >files. They are called SPGxx.DSK. You will also need SP3READ.ME and
- >the LOADDF.ZIP. The LOADDF will make the other files into seperate
- >1 meg floppies... with the first one bootable. IBM has not announced
- >when they are going to be making these disks available for order... so
- >don't ask...
- >You can get them (I understand) on software.watson.ibm.com
- >(129.34.139.5).
- >Note::: these are large files, and will take HOURS to download... please
- >do this on non-peek hours... thanks !
-
- >(disclaimer: I have no idea what I am talking about... so don't ask).
-
- Thank Your-favourite-Deity for honesty in .sigs - you're right, you
- don't know what you're talking about:
-
- 1) there are disk images for 3.5 and 5.25 diskettes - so you have just
- encouraged people to download twice as much as they need to. That
- should help the traffic load, nice going.
-
- 2) IBM announced, the same day the files were made available, that they
- would provide them on diskettes starting Nov 13 for $24.95 by
- calling the standard 1-800-3-IBMOS2 number.
-
- 3) I didn't realize you could specify voyeur hours for systems - when
- *are* the "peek" hours for software.watson.ibm.com? :-)
-
- Tom
-