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Date:	Fri, 30 Jan 2004 11:38:55 PST8
From:	jbrush@aros.net
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: Re: alternatives to the Utility Diskettes ?

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>If it happened to support U2 SCSI and a few other selected things
>(doubtful), I would be interested in checking it out.

It was made from a set of updated OS/2 install disks, so if that was part
of the standard install, they would be there. I didn't take anything out,
or put anything in beyond the default stuff.

I suppose you could open the image with the OS/2 utility, add in what you
want, and reburn it if you needed to.

>What do you mean by "elsewhere on the cd ?" This must be a byproduct of
>the method by which you built this cd ?

I read all the web sites, tried to stumble through all kinds of techno
babble and BS trying to do something that should be quite simple since I
don't need a bootable install CD. I am still amazed that someone would go
through the effort to create a web site, spend the time and effort to try
and explain the process, and do such a poor job of it that it would
require more time than most folks have, in order to figure it out. I got
so frustrated that I was not able to see why those few who had made a
great, bootable, installable, utlility-laden CD, did not just offer to
send folks one for $5 :-) I'd have paid for it for sure.

As with so many things, the concept and ideas were overkill, as all I
wanted was to be able to replace the disks for the purpose of getting to a
command line to FDISK, or maybe fix the boot manager after Linux or
Windows had blown it up. (yes, I know about dfsee and other stuff, but
anytime I install a linux distro, it blows OS/2 off the BM)

Anyway, the limit I had, in order to keep it simple was a 2.8M vdisk and
bootOS2, and there is no room for any utilities unless you pluck all the
excess drivers out and I didn't care to be that meticulous so you burn the
CD, and as long as the CD was not "closed" after the image is burned, as I
thought maybe some do automatically, you can put whatever you want on the
CD afterwards, or just use stuff from the hard drive or even a second CD
player. There is really nothing to it, as its quite basic.

Sometimes folks just get too fancy for their own good, when simple is the
best way to go. :-)

John

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