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Crossbrand - Restoration of OS/2 boot and system files for OS/2 Warp
Applicable to: World-Wide
In the event that the boot and system files on an OS/2 partition become damaged and need to be restored, the following procedure is required. This procedure will work for all versions of OS/2 Warp 3.x including Warp Connect and Warp Server (base code) and Warp 4.x. If a FixPak has been installed on the system, then a slightly different procedure will be necessary as shown.
Restoration with Base Level Code (No FixPaks)
1. Boot from diskettes that are the same version of OS/2 as is on the machine.
2. At the 'Welcome to OS/2 Installation...' screen, press F3 to drop to a command prompt.
3. Place the OS/2 Installation diskette into drive A:.
4. Change into the \OS2 subdirectory and issue the following commands:
ATTRIB -R -S -H x:\OS2*.*
COPY A:\OS2*.* x:\*.*
COPY x:\OS2KRNLI x:\OS2KRNL
ERASE x:\OS2KRNLI
ATTRIB +R +H +S x:\OS2*.*
COPY A:\SYSINSTX.COM
SYSINSTX x:
where x: is the driver where OS/2 is installed.
5. Reboot the system.
Restoration with a FixPak Applied to Base Level Code
For this procedure, it will be necessary to have the respective FixPak diskettes for the FixPak installed on the OS/2 system. The FixPak version can be verified by using the SYSLEVEL command from an OS/2 command prompt, for example:
C:\OS2\INSTALL\SYSLEVEL.FPK
OS/2 Warp 4 Service Level
Version 1.00 Component ID 566933010
Type Fixpak
Current CSD level: XR0M006
Prior CSD level: XR0M006
1. Boot from diskettes that are the same version of OS/2 as is on the machine.
2. At the 'Welcome to OS/2 Installation...' screen, press F3 to drop to a command prompt.
3. Copy the SYSINSTX.COM file from the OS/2 Installation diskette into the \OS2 subdirectory.
4. Locate the following files on their respective diskettes by consulting the README.1ST file on FixPak diskette 1:
OS2DUMP.___
OS2KRNL.___
OS2LDR.___
OS2LDR.MS_
5. Copy these files into a temporary directory, change into the \OS2 subdirectory and use the OS/2 UNPACK command to expand them:
UNPACK x:\TEMP\OS2*.*_
Note: Steps 4 and 5 can be performed on another OS/2 machine and the files can then be copied onto diskette for transfer to the machine needing restoration.
6. From the \OS2 subdirectory and issue the following commands:
ATTRIB -R -S -H x:\OS2*.*
COPY x:\TEMP\OS2*.* x:\*.*
ERASE x:\OS2*.*_
ATTRIB +R +H +S x:\OS2*.*
SYSINSTX x:
where x: is the driver where OS/2 is installed.
7. Reboot the system.
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22-01-98 | |
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22-06-98 | |
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