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- From: jst50986@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Jack S. Tan)
- Subject: Re: Trouble installing high res in OS2.1b
- References: <1993Jan17.052213.9738@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> <sheldon.727252740@pv141b.vincent.iastate.edu> <C10EE5.CI3@news.cso.uiuc.edu> <1993Jan20.224141.22151@midway.uchicago.edu>
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- Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 06:29:24 GMT
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- sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu (Timothy F. Sipples) writes:
-
- >In article <C10EE5.CI3@news.cso.uiuc.edu> jst50986@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Jack S. Tan) writes:
- >>I have a small REXX script to handle the swapping of the GA disks. First,
- >>put a scratch diskette in drive A, and open an OS/2 window on the desktop.
- >>Let the script LABEL the disk in A as "DISK 7" (or whatever the proper name
- >>is), then pause. When Selective Install asks for disk 7, just hit enter.
- >>Then go to the OS/2 window and hit a key to execute the next command, which is
- >>'LABEL A:"DISK 8" & pause', or something like that. Continue this for all
- >>the GA disks.
-
- >Would you elaborate?
-
- (I'm doing this from memory, so bear with me.)
-
- The batch file (call it GA_DISKS.CMD) would go something like this:
-
- -----
-
- @Echo OFF
- LABEL A:"DISK 7"
- pause
- LABEL A:"DISK 8"
- pause
- LABEL A:"DISK 9"
- pause
-
- [...]
-
- LABEL A:"DISK 17"
- pause
- LABEL A:"DISK 18"
- exit
-
- -----
-
- When Selective Install checks for the proper disk (e.g., disk 12 of GA),
- it merely checks the volume label. Hence, one can fool the installation
- program into thinking that the requested diskette is in drive A. OS/2
- checks the diskette for the proper [font] files, finds none, then goes on.
- (This doesn't work for the display driver diskettes from the CSD, though.
- OS/2 looks for certain files and complains if they are not present.)
-
- 1. Start Selective Install, up to where the GA disks are requested.
- 2. Place a scratch diskette in drive A. (Any diskette with an unwanted
- label will do.)
- 3. Start GA_DISKS.CMD in an OS/2 window, and position the window to
- the side of the screen. This will label the diskette in A as "DISK 7"
- (for 5.25"), then pause.
- 4. Go back to Selective Install, and tell OS/2 that disk 7 is indeed in
- drive A (i.e., hit enter). OS/2 finds none of the files on the disk,
- then asks for the next disk.
- 5. Go to the OS/2 window with GA_DISKS.CMD and press any key to continue.
- This will label the diskette as "DISK 8," then pause.
- 6. Repeat steps 4-5 until all the GA disks have been requested.
-
- There is a very elegant way to do this in REXX, of course. I'll post it
- when I get around to writing it. (My REXX is very poor.)
-
- --
-
- Jack Tan If your parents didn't have kids,
- jahk@uiuc.edu chances are you won't either.
-