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- Using !SysMerge
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-
- !SysMerge is a utility for maintaining and combining !System directories.
- From time to time, Acorn releases new modules or modifies the existing
- contents of !System to provide new or enhanced facilities. To ease the
- problems of updating !System directories Acorn supplies the !SysMerge
- utility to manage this process. Some Third Parties may also be licensed to
- release modules which can be installed in !System.
-
- First you should select one !System to be be your master !System. If you are
- a new user of RISC OS computers, this should be the !System supplied on the
- First Applications Disc. All modifications should be made to this !System
- or a copy of it. If necessary copy this master !System to a disc with plenty
- of free space. You might want to copy it to a newly formatted disc which can
- become your master system disc. (If so, your should give the disc a
- recognisable name, for example SYSTEM, using Name disc from the disc icon
- menu). Copy !SysMerge to the same disc as the master !System so it is
- readily available. You are now ready to start building your master !System.
-
- Startup the !SysMerge application by double clicking on it. A dialogue box
- a bit like this will appear
-
- +-----------------------------------------------+
- | |
- | +------------------------+ |
- | Master !System: | | | << Upper box
- | +------------------------+ |
- | |
- | +------------------------+ |
- | New !System: | | | << Lower box
- | +------------------------+ |
- | |
- | Drag the original !System into | << Messages
- | this window |
- | |
- +-----------------------------------------------+
-
- Drag the master !System directory to anywhere in the !SysMerge dialogue box.
- The upper box (for the Master !System) should change to path name containing
- your master !System. You should now drag a !System which you wish to add or
- consolidate into your master !System. The pathname for this will appear in
- the lower box. (If you use a purely floppy based system you may have to
- change discs during this process. If there are no problems the !Systems
- will be consolidated and the message "!System Updated" will appear. If there
- are problems, you should read the error messages and take appropriate
- actions. The only common error message you may see is "disc full" which
- should not occur if you are consoliding onto a new system disc. If you have
- additional files on the master !system disc you should move them elsewhere.
-
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- If an error occurs !SysMerge will report "Update failed. Correct problem
- then drag the ...". Once you have resolved the problem you can restart the
- merge process.
-
- When !SysMerge is finished you can quit the application either by menuing on
- the !SysMerge window and selecting QUIT or by selecting the CLOSE (☓) icon
- on the window.
-
- You should repeat the above process on all the !Systems on all your discs
- until you have the one master !System. This can then be used for all your
- work. Its probably worthwhile making a copy of it once it is produced and
- putting that copy away somewhere safe.
-
- Remember when you modify your master !System in future, you should take a
- new copy of it. Do not delete older !Systems just in case something has gone
- wrong.
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