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- F(ile) M(anager)/2 copyright (c) 1993/94 by M. Kimes (Bare Bones Software)
- All Rights Reserved
- Install program copyright (c) 1993/94 by M. Kimes (Bare Bones Software)
- All Rights Reserved
-
-
- This is FM/2's READ.ME, the file packaged in the outer layer of the
- FM2_*.ZIP archive together with INSTALL.EXE. This file only addresses
- installation of FM/2. FM2.DOC in the inner FM2EXE.ZIP contains
- information on installation and starting and beginning to use FM/2.
- Please note that FM/2 requires OS/2 2.1 or greater.
-
-
- Automated installation via INSTALL.EXE:
-
- INSTALL is easy to use; fill in the entry fields with the directories
- you want to use, then click Okay (or Cancel to abort). Once INSTALL
- begins installing (after you click Okay), the dearchiver UNZIP.EXE (not
- included with FM/2) will run a minute or so; be patient. You'll then be
- asked if you'd like to create a program object on the desktop for FM/2.
- If you answer Yes, INSTALL creates a program object on the desktop,
- opens its Settings notebook, and runs "FM2.EXE /?" to display command
- line help. Finally, INSTALL pops up a window behind all other desktop
- windows containing FM2.DOC for you to read when you get around to it;
- you really should do so. When you close this FM2.DOC window, INSTALL
- ends.
-
- If not installing from a floppy drive:
-
- Once INSTALL ends, you can delete INSTALL and review a couple of
- information files that INSTALL leaves in the default directory (a good
- trial use for FM/2). INSTALL itself deletes FM2EXE.ZIP and this file,
- READ.ME but leaves the original FM2_*.ZIP archive in case you need to
- reinstall someday.
-
- You can't install a new copy of FM/2 over an old copy if the old copy is
- running because OS/2 won't let you. INSTALL warns you and aborts if it
- finds a copy of FM2.EXE running. INSTALL will overwrite existing FM/2
- files if they are in the directories you specify.
-
-
- Manual installation:
-
- If you intend to always run FM/2 from the same directory (as from a WPS
- object with no working directory set), you can create that directory and
- unpack the archive there. You're done. Note that this is how the
- INSTALL program will install FM/2 if you click the "Current" button.
-
- If you want FM/2 to be accessible from anywhere (as from a command
- line), unzip the archive into a scratch directory. Copy FM2.EXE into a
- directory listed in your Path (see SET PATH= in your CONFIG.SYS file)
- where you can start it from anywhere. Copy FM2.HLP into a directory
- listed in your Help path (see SET HELP= in your CONFIG.SYS). If you
- want to be able to view the contents of archives, copy ARCHIVER.BB2 to a
- directory in your Dpath (see SET DPATH= in your CONFIG.SYS). By default
- FM/2 places FM2.INI in the current directory, so you'll want to locate
- it elsewhere by one of two methods: set environment variable FM2INI to
- point to the directory where you'd like the INI file kept (SET
- FM2INI=d:\somedir, which INSTALL can do for you if you check the "Append
- 'SET FM2INI=...' to CONFIG.SYS" checkbox) or run FM/2 once and copy the
- FM2.INI file to some directory on your Path or DPath, and FM/2 will
- leave it there. You're done. Note that this is how the INSTALL program
- will install FM/2 if you click the "Defaults" button (unless you're
- upgrading, in which case INSTALL will use the current locations of the
- files if it can find them), and is the default for INSTALL.
-
- The copy of FM2.INI in the archive contains some associations and
- commands to get you started, if you'd rather not start from scratch. The
- INSTALL program will install this INI for you if you check the "Install
- a default INI" checkbox.
-
-
- Upgrading:
-
- If you're upgrading, _don't_ check the "Install a default INI" or
- "Append 'SET FM2INI=...' to CONFIG.SYS" checkboxes, as you probably
- don't want to overwrite your current settings or add another line to
- CONFIG.SYS. INSTALL will disable these checkboxes if it can see FM2.EXE
- already on your PATH or in the current directory. You can leave the
- ARCHIVER.BB2 path blank and INSTALL won't unpack the one in the archive;
- you might want to do this if you've customized your ARCHIVER.BB2 file
- and don't want to lose your changes.
-
- Obviously, if you're upgrading by hand you can unzip what you like from
- FM2EXE.ZIP. Be sure to unpack at least FM2.EXE and FM2.HLP.
-
-
- If you want more information, unpack FM2.DOC from the FM2EXE.ZIP archive
- and read it before proceeding with installation.
-