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Date:	Mon, 2 Aug 2004 05:36:07 PDT7
From:	"Harry Motin" <hmotin@sbcglobal.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	< "scoug-help@scoug.com" > scoug-help@scoug.com >
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: Re: UniMaint help needed - Update

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Steven,

Thanks for the information, especially on running REXX. I'm impressed with bootAble.
HCM

On Sun, 1 Aug 2004 22:31:16 PDT7, Steven Levine wrote:

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>In <200408012043.3549755.9@scoug.com>, on 08/01/04
> at 08:43 PM, "Harry Motin" said:
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>> 1. I notice that I have to place the bootAble CD in my CD-ROM drive unit
>> in order for it to work. If I use the CD-R/CD-RW unit, my system stops
>>with a trap! Does anyone know why.
>
>This could be anything - BIOS, kernel, driver. Without a trap screen, who
>can guess?
>
>> 2. I have REXX support on the WPS CD version, but cannot get REXX
>>support on the commandline CD version. The file, BOS2REXX.exe, is on the
>>commandline CD, so that's not the problem. Answers on this question are
>>greatly appreciated
>
>You need to RUN BOS2REXX in config.sys. There are other ways, but this is
>probably the easiest for you. bootAble should have inserted this
>statement for you.
>
>> 3. As the bootAble CD loads, I notice that it loads drivers and files
>>both from the S:\ drive (where the CD is) and from the Z:\ drive. I
>>don't understand that because Z:\ is the attached RSJ drive, which of
>>course is not attached
>
>Z: is the memdisk. bootAble uses the same technology as the eCS install
>CD.
>
>FWIW, most current hardware either does not support the floppy emulation
>method or does not do it well.
>
>> 4. After loading the OS to the WPS, the drive objects list files and
>>directories on S:\ and on Z:\. Again, I don't understand this, since RSJ
>>is not attached.
>
>See above. :-)
>
>HTH,
>
>Steven
>
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