Re: P390 start-up problem
- From: vta.verville@xxxxxxxxxxxx (Richard Verville)
- Date: 14 Nov 2005 11:50:02 -0800
The first thing at this time is to understand what goes on when I boot up
the P390, automatic execution of what files etc.... then I'LL know what
files to backup for the next disaster.... Richard
"Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)" wrote:
> In <43734A7B.7526DC0D@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, on 11/10/2005
> at 08:26 AM, Richard Verville <vta.verville@xxxxxxxxxxxx> said:
>
> >The white square with ALT-F1 did help !. However I lost my desktop
> >IPL icons probably because there was damage in desktop directory in
> >the first place....
>
> Do you have an archived copy of the desktop? One of the Alt-F1 options
> is to restore the desktop. If you don't have one, I suggest that you
> get into the habit of periodically creating one. I'd also urge
> periodic backups of the entire disk.
>
> BTW, if you have room on disk for a BM partition and another logical
> drive, I strongly recommend that you create a rescue system. I'd also
> urge backups.
>
> >my problem is I don't know what
> >the commands are to start the P390 portion and the operating systems
>
> You'll need to check the P390 documentation. I don't know what the
> P390 install looks like, but the firs place to look is \OS2\BOOK. If
> you don't find it there, look for *.INF anywhere on your disk and see
> if any of the names are suggestive. The command to read a book looks
> like
>
> view G:\OS2\BOOK\OS2UG.INF
>
> Did I mention backups?
>
> --
> Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz, SysProg and JOAT
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