Executor 2.0/executorv2.0.iso/pc/dos/extra/docs/maillist/text/archive.95/text2924.txt

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From: [e-mail] (Kym Farrell)
Subject: OS/2 Warp - Quicker way to Executor
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        Just thought I'd mention a quicker way to get E/D1.99n up and
running under OS/2 warp (although anyone who's struggled to get warp fully
functional may already have worked it out!). Instead of the somewhat
tiresome method of booting a virtual DOS session from floppy (I'm always
misplacing the damned disk),  you can set up an DOS boot disk image file on
your hard disk & use it instead. This methods a bit quicker and a lot more
convienient.
        All that you need to do is create a DOS boot disk with autoexec &
config files set to your needs
(but remember that your need DEVICE=C:\os2\mdos\fsaccess.sys to get to HPFS
partitions) and then
open an OS/2 command session. From here all you need to do is type VMDISK A:
DOS.IMG, and the file
DOS.IMG will be created in the current directory. Finally, change (or
create) your Executor Icon's settings
to boot DOS not from A: but from C:\...\DOS.IMG.
        Hey-Presto! Executor boots quicker (and won't take the system down
when those buggy apple applications crash the finest piece of engineering
since the wheel!!!).


Regards
Kym.