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- From: adhir@wam.umd.edu (Al Dhir)
- Subject: Re: OS2SYS.ini file size: Interim solution.
- Message-ID: <1992Nov21.182355.725@wam.umd.edu>
- Keywords: OS2SYS.INI file size growing
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- Date: Sat, 21 Nov 1992 18:23:55 GMT
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- >By the way, after safely shrinking my ini files in this way, I proceeded
- >to crash the system terribly by using checkini, a companion program to
- >copyini. The fault here is mine: checkini tells you when it finds an
- >error, offers to fix it, and suggests whether or not you should accept
- >specific offers. I accepted all of them, including the ones it advised
- >against. It could be that checkini would have shrunk my ini files still
- >further (and safely) if I had followed its advice.
-
- The cpyini program that I an d (I suspect) most people are using is the
- one in the hobbes uploads directory, which does not have a companion program.
- In my opinion, it is much easier to use than the checkini/copyini programs
- which have been around for quite some time now.
-
- I, too, COMPLETELY trashed my system useing that damn checkini thing. I
- ended up having to reinstall GA and the SP to get my system back up. I
- advise strongly against checkini...and as a precaution, I advise against
- the copyini program that comes with checkini also. I don't trust them
- anymore. Sure, the mistakes could have been mine, but the documentation
- that comes with checkini sucks big time, so how the heck should I have known??
-