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(C) Copyright IBM Corp. 1992
The SE20BOOT program is a utility that allows you to build a BOOTable OS/2 V2
system using an existing OS/2 V2 system. The BOOT system can be installed on
any valid medium including, but not limited to, Floppies and Hard Disk Drives.
There are three types of BOOT systems you can install:
Minimal : This is a basic OS/2 V2 system that supports a single OS/2 Full
Screen screen session. All 16 and 32-bit OS/2 Full Screen
applications are supported. While multitasking is supported, the
ability to switch between different processes is not. This BOOT
system requires about 1.36M of disk space.
PM : This is an OS/2 V2 system that supports any 16 or 32-bit OS/2 Full
Screen or PM application. Multitasking is supported, as is the
ability to switch betwen different processes. The WPS is present
as a single OS/2 Window. This BOOT system requires about 5.6M of
disk space.
WPS : This is an OS/2 V2 system that supports any 16 or 32-bit OS/2 Full
Screen or PM application. Multitasking is supported, as is the
ability to switch betwen different processes. The OS/2 WPS is
fully active and starts up with a number of default Folders and
system objects. This BOOT system requires about 6M of disk space.
NOTE: When a TYPE=WPS system is started, you will probably get an
error message (SYS0002) stating that a file could not be
found. The file OS/2 can't find is WPPRINT.DLL, which is
about 500K big and not 'required' by the BOOT system.
Syntax: SE20BOOT <SOURCE=drive:\path\> <TARGET=drive> <TYPE=PM|WPS>
SOURCE= Normally SE20BOOT will prompt you for the first two
OS/2 V2 Install Disks (Disk 0 and Disk 1) so it can
copy over certain system files; KEYBOARD.DCP,
VTBL850.DCP and SYSINSTX.COM. If you installed OS/2 V2
from a LAN or equivalent redirected source, you can use
the SOURCE argument to point to the base directory of the
redirected directory structure. SE20BOOT will then look
for the following directories:
drive:\path\DISK_0\
drive:\path\DISK_1\
TARGET= By default, SE20BOOT will install the BOOT system on a
floppy disk in your A: drive. You can use the TARGET=
argument to specify an alternate Drive to install the
BOOT system on. This alternate drive can be another
floppy or a Hard Disk Drive. The value for TARGET drive
is a single Drive letter; A .. Z
TYPE=PM SE20BOOT will install a BOOT System that will support
PM Applications. The BOOT System will be accessed as
a single OS/2 Windowed Command Prompt.
TYPE=WPS SE20BOOT will install a BOOT system that will support
PM Applications. The BOOT System will be accessed
using the OS/2 WorkPlace Shell (WPS).
You must run SE20BOOT from an existing OS/2 V2 system. The SE20BOOT program
will analyze your system and create a BOOT system that is specific for it. For
example it will determine if your system supports features such as HPFS or SCSI
and add the appropriate support for it. Because of this, a BOOT disk created
for a specific workstation will not necessarily work correctly on a different
workstation.
If you install the BOOT system on a Hard Disk Drive, you'll probably want to
also install the OS/2 BOOT Manager and add the BOOT system to it.
Please note that the BOOT system installed with this release of SE20BOOT does
not support either DOS or Windows. A future release of the program might do so
if enough users want it (and I figure out how).
The file SE20BOOT.ZIP contains the following files:
SE20BOOT.EXE * The OS/2 BOOT System Create Utilty
SE20BOOT.ABS * A brief description of SE20BOOT.EXE and how to use it
SEB_USER.INI * User INI file needed for TYPE=PM and TYPE=WPS
SEB_SYS.INI * System INI file needed for TYPE=PM and TYPE=WPS
LICENSE.TXT * IBM License Agreement
NOTE: The .INI files must be placed on the same directory as SE20BOOT.EXE
Kennneth A. Kahn, IBM Poughkeepsie N.Y.