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Date:	Thu, 29 Jan 2004 10:22:02 PST8
From:	Tom Brown <thombrown@san.rr.com >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: SmartSuite re-install? - Workaround

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Steven Levine wrote:
> In <40188A2D.9000701@san.rr.com>, on 01/28/04
> at 08:21 PM, Tom Brown said:
>
>
>>C: 63,914,954 K bytes free (JFS)
>>D: 1,423,682 K bytes free (boot drive, HPFS)
>>E: 514,868,736 bytes free (maint partition, HPFS)
>>F: 1,066,807 K bytes free (empty, HPFS)
>>G: 3,478,855 K bytes free (programs & data, JFS)
>>I: 193,290,240 bytes free (temp, JFS)
>
> This might be a problem of too much free space on drive C:.
>
>>SET TMP=I:\var\temp
>>SET TEMP=I:\var\temp
>>SET TMPDIR=I:\var\temp
>
> You might try:
>
> SET EPFITMPDIR=I:\var\temp

Did that. No change.

>
>>I moved the TMP directories to the C: drive, thinking that it might be
>>running out of space on I:, and re-booted. Started the installation
>>again. It came up with a message that some program that was part of the
>>install was already running.
>
>
> That will be worse. This is old code which may not deal will with large
> drives.
>
>
>> EPFIE604: Installation cannot continus
>> because an installation utility file is
>> already in use. Calos all versions of
>> the installation utility and retry the
>> operation.
>> CANCEL
>
> Check the root of drive C: for something that look like a work file with a
> timestamp that matches when you ran the installer.
>
> The Software Installer is actually a pretty good piece of code. Like many
> of the other OS/2 components, it simply has not maintained since about
> 1995. This means there will be glitches when running on newer/larger
> hardware. That's the way it is.
>
> Did you bother to look at the log file in \os2\install?

See attachment. That's the only one with a relevant date.
*******************************

Ok, looking outside the box, I downloaded the entire 155 MB of Lotus SS
from the eComstation web site last night. Put it on my C: drive (63 GiB
free), unzipped and installed it from there. It worked just great. It's
nice to have really large drives sometimes! Will try the updates tonight.

Thanks, Steven, for all your time.

--
Tom Brown
thombrown at san dot rr dot com
Member SCOUG, V.O.I.C.E. & SDAA
running eComStation GA + FP 3
eCS system uptime is 0 days 00:42 hours

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2003-12-08 20:06:05.56 EPFIW231: The selected components of IBM Web Browser for OS/2 have been deleted. It was necessary to defer the delete for some files. Shut down your system now and the files will be deleted when the system is restarted.

2004/01/20 11:39:16.47 EPFIQ186: Your CONFIG.SYS file will not be automatically updated. After the installation or update is complete, you should manually update your CONFIG.SYS file with the information found in the CONFIG.ADD file. Do you want to continue?

2004/01/20 11:39:24.78 EPFIE112: Unable to transfer G:\LOTUSW4\README.TXT - the file is in use or locked.

2004/01/20 11:39:33.20 EPFIQ125: You have cancelled during installation. Your current version of the product will not work properly. Would you like to delete the files already transferred?

2004/01/28 13:53:57.71 EPFIE604: Installation cannot continue because an installation utility file is already in use. Close all versions of the installation utility and retry the operation.

2004/01/28 19:30:19.80 EPFIE604: Installation cannot continue because an installation utility file is already in use. Close all versions of the installation utility and retry the operation.

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