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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 1. Introduction ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- Using the Selective Installation Utility you can choose to install an entire
- package or only those features of a package that you find necessary.
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- You can choose the target drive and directory where the selected features are
- to be installed and the program would create the directory if it does not
- exist. The program also checks whether there is enough space in the target
- drive to install the features you have selected and it creates the OS/2 desktop
- folders and icons for the programs installed automatically.
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 2. How to Start the Utility ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- 1. Open and OS/2 Window
- 2. Insert the first diskette of your package in the drive.
- 3. Change to the drive where you have inserted the first installation
- diskette. For example if the installation disk is in drive A: change the
- command prompt to [A:\].
- 4. Type INSTALL and press Enter to start the Selective Installation Utility.
- 5. The Main Installation Window appears.
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- See Also
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- Main Installation Window
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 3. Main Installation Window ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- The main installation window displays information about the package that you
- are going to install.
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- The Available features: listbox displays a list of the different optional
- features in the package that you can choose to install.
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- The target drive and directory where the programs would be installed are
- displayed in the Target Path text box. You can use the Browse... button to
- browse through the drives in your system and choose the target path.
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- The available space in the target drive entered in Target Path and the minimum
- space required to install the selected features are shown below the Target Path
- entryfield.
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- See Also
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- How to Install
- Browsing Directories
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4. How to Install ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- 1. Select the features that you want to install from the Available features:
- listbox.
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- 2. Type in the target drive and directory where you want the files to be
- installed. A drive and directory would be displayed by default and you
- need to change this only if necessary. The full path name with drive
- letter followed by the colon and the directory name has to be specified.
- Use the Browse... button to select an existing directory from the Browse
- Directory dialog box.
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- 3. When you have chosen the features you want to install select the Install
- button to begin installation.
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- 4. If you have specified the target drive and directory correctly, the
- installation utility would start copying the necessary files and the
- Installation Status Window would appear.
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- See Also
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- Instalation Status Window
- Browsing Directories
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 5. Installation Status Window ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- The Installation Status Window displays an indicator that shows the percentage
- of the whole operation completed. At the top of the indicator the name of the
- file being currently copied is also displayed.
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- You can choose to the either pause the copying process or cancel it altogether.
- If you pause the process, you can continue again if you want to.
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- Once the installation program has copied all the files to the target directory
- it would create the desktop Workplace objects for the programs installed.
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- After all the files have been copied and the folder and program icon have been
- created, the installation program might update the system configuration files
- like CONFIG.SYS. This depends on the installation package. If the package
- includes features that require the system configuration files to be updated,
- then you would be displayed with a message and the program would update the
- necessary files. Before the original system files are updated, they are copied
- to a backup file and you would get an appropriate message.
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 6. Browsing Directories ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- If you want to install the package in one of the existing directories in your
- hard disk, you can select the directory using the Browse Directory dialog box.
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- The Browse Directory dialog box shows the current selected target path for
- installation in the Path: field. The Drive: combination box shows all the
- available drives and the Directory: list box shows all the existing directories
- in the selected drive.
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- To select a directory, double click on the directory name in the list box. As
- you select directories, the Path: entryfield is updated accordingly. Choose OK
- when you are finished. The path name in Path: field would appear in the Target
- Path: field in the Main Installation Window.