Re: bootAble - almost there

On Mar 4, 11:28 pm, "Doug Bissett" <dougb007!S...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Sun, 4 Mar 2007 17:37:22 UTC, "rafe" <rayyfields...@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

On Mar 4, 8:27 am, "rafe" <rayyfields...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

disk" error. is it because I'm booting from an IDE DVD drive with
SCSI HDs?

no, it was because I'd set the drive letter manually instead of
allowing bootAble to do it.

it's nearly working now -- unfortunately I'm up against the same
problem I encountered remaking my maintenance partition, except
worse. for some reason, certain dlls don't get copied over --
newcalls is one, but not the only one. last night I just copied all
the dlls out of boot\dll just to not have to bother, and since the
maintenance partition is working fine, I don't care.

Newcalls isn't part of basic OS/2, so it, likely, doesn't get copied,
unless you include it yourself.

I can't seem to figure out how to add those dll files -- frankly I'd
as soon copy all of them in there and not have to retry burning more
CDs -- but the syntax is a little offputting -- how could I add a
bootable "entry" which copy all the DLLS from os2\dll to the CD-R?

Config Maker builds a pretty basic config file, and it does default a
LOT of the settings that are available in bootAble. If you look in the
config file, that it built, you will find:
EXTRADLLFILES=''
with a description above it. That should do what you want, but I
suspect that there may be a few other things that you will also need.
In fact, there is an easier way to add files. If you look in the
bootAble.arcview config file (supplied), you will find the lines:
===============
; Arcview dlls to be placed in \os2\dll directory
_ADDAFTER_EXTRADLLFILES='',
'vrobj.dll',
'unzip32.dll'
===============
You can add that same set of lines (with different file names), to add
files to the os2\dll directory (the first line is simply a comment).
Note the comma, that indicates that the line is continued on the next
line, and don't put a comma after the last file to be added. You can
do that, near the end of your config file, without changing anything
earlier, and it should pick up what you specify.

There are many more of these tricks, and most of them are
demonstrated between the bootAble.cfg file, and the other sample
config files, but it can take a bit of experimenting, to get it right.
Do NOT change the bootAble.cfg file, put any changes into your own
config file(s), and they will take effect. Changing bootAble.cfg
doesn't always do what you think it should.

It is *STRONGLY* suggested, that you use CD-RW media, to get a
suitable config file set up, and tested, before you go burning a CD-R
(or DVD). In fact, I have given up on using CD-R media altogether,
since I find myself wanting to build new bootAble configurations on a
regular basis. CD-R media is relatively inexpensive, these days, but
after burning bout 5 of them, you have paid for a CD-RW, and the CD-RW
is good for another thousand , or so, burns (unless you physically
damage it).

Hope this helps...
--
From the eComStation 1.2 of Doug Bissett
dougb007 at telus dot net
(Please make the obvious changes, to e-mail me)

thanks for your help, Doug, not to mention making it possible for
someone like me to make use of bootAble -- I remembered that I had a
RW CD, and so I started putting in DLLS one at a time (your batch
processing tool was invaluable) & burning & re-burning, but after
three failed attempts, I just dumped the entire contents of os2\DLL in
there.

the last burn worked, and right now I am burning a regular CD. having
a bulletproof recovery CD is a great load off my mind, it's nice
knowing that should the worst happen I can recover in less than a
couple of hours.

-rafe

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