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Date:	Sun, 18 Jan 2004 16:11:02 PST8
From:	Peter Skye <pskye@peterskye.com >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: bootup trap when SMSTART runs

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For the past few weeks I've been getting a bootup trap when SMSTART
runs. (I'm Warp 4 Fixpak 10.)

Here are my CONFIG.SYS lines which I used to isolate what part of the
bootup causes the trap:

CALL=G:\OS2\CMD.EXE /Q /C G:\BootPaus.cmd TEST POINT 1 SMSTART+
RUN=G:\OS2\SMSTART.EXE
CALL=G:\OS2\CMD.EXE /Q /C G:\BootPaus.cmd TEST POINT 2 SMSTART-

BootPaus.cmd just displays the specified message and then pauses.

The big problem is that there are two traps displayed, one right after
the other. The second one scrolls the top of the first one off the
screen so I can't see the first few lines. Is there any way to send
these trap messages to a file or slow down the display so I can read
them?

Here's what happens during my bootup:

-- 1. My SMSTART+ message (above) displays and pauses. I wait a few
seconds to make sure everything is stable and then press a key to end
the pause.

-- 2. I hear something running (apparently SMSTART) and then my SMSTART-
message (above) displays and pauses. I can still hear disk activity so
I don't press a key to end the pause.

-- 3. After a few seconds there is a momentary message on the screen
"Message file not found." and then two multi-line trap messages scroll
very quickly onto the screen. The first one partially scrolls off the
top; the second one says c00000005 and FFST.EXE. I don't have my docs
here in San Diego so can't look up a trap 05.

-- 4. I wait a few seconds to make sure everything has stabilized and
then press a key to end the pause from 2. above. My bootup proceeds
normally after I press a key to end the pause.

-- 5. I tried booting with RESTARTOBJECTS=NO to see if some object was
trying to start and causing the trap, but I got the same traps so that's
not the cause.

-- 6. UniMaint Repair runs to completion and doesn't fix the problem.
CheckINI freezes part way through its run (I've tried about 10 times
now). CheckINI has been somewhat intermittent over the years on this
machine; it will work fine for months, then freeze for months, then
start working again. I've never figured out what the problem was. I
haven't tried CleanINI since it usually messes up my INI files and I
have to restore them.

Any suggestions on how to see the first trap or what I should do next?

- Peter

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