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Date:	Tue, 18 Oct 2005 19:58:58 PDT7
From:	Colin Campbell <cmcampb@adelphia.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: eCS 1.2 Media Refresh - Question

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Steven Levine wrote:
> In <43502BBB.6050505@adelphia.net>, on 10/14/05
> at 03:05 PM, Colin Campbell said:
>
>
>>This process runs for several minutes. On the newer PC, it displayed
>>the name of the last file in PSFONTS\PFM, then aborted.
>
>
> While it might report bad MD5 sums, the app should not abort. This
> implies a CD problem. You might try burning the CD at a lower speed.
>
>
>>Finally, I get to my question:
>>Is my CD "OK" for use to upgrade my systems?
>
>
> Only if you have a backup plan, in case it fails.
>
> Steven
>
Steven,
At your suggestion, I hustled home from the SCOUG meeting and updated to
the latest DFSee (I had paid for a V6.xx version when Jan was offering
keys that would work for V7.xx), installed the V7.xx to my Dell PC, and
I made an "image" of my C: drive / partition / volume.

All,
I'm kind of wondering if I shouldn't just make a "clone" of C:. I have
a ton of free space on the 120MB second drive that I added to the Dell.
It ought to be easy to boot from the clone and make sure it is good
before I do any updating.

I've also been reading that some users have had fairly good experiences
with updating an eCS 1.2 or eCS 1.1, while others say it is more or less
a disaster for them. Some people say that the updating logic has not
been fully worked out. It seems to me that people have been updating
OS/2 for a good many years; why is it so hard to get right?

So far, I have not tried updating an eCS system. Maybe I ought to try
it just to learn what can go right (or wrong) for me. Any opinions or
experiences to share?
Thanks,
Colin

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