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Date: Sat, 03 Nov 2001 01:00:00 +1100 (EDT)
Subject: [os2genau_digest] No. 199
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From: <djnatpeninsula.hotkey dot net dot au>
Subject: Re: [os2genau] Recovery Choices Set Up
Date: Thu, 01 Nov 2001 19:50:57 -1000

On Sat, 27 Oct 2001 10:23:51 -0400, Chris_neeson wrote:

>I recently emailed a similar query titled
>'Boot to command Prompt ( custom )',
>which we did indeed discuss at the Melb sig.
>
>Note: the best doco I have seen so far was the file
>          OSINALTE.TXT from the Warp Hints & Tips
>          collection.
>
>I want one for similar reasons
>( ie disaster - generally self induced! - recovery )
>
>Similarities and differences between what Dennis is doing and
>how things work(?) in my Warp Connect system build are that
>
>- having built a customised config ending in, say 'Z',
>  I can put CONFIG.Z straight into the OS2\BOOT directory
>
>- to be able to select it,
>  and boot from it,
>  I only have to include an option for it in ALTF1BOT.SCR
>  ( there doesn't seem to be aneed to copy CONFIGs around )
>
>- unfortunately, I still haven't found out how to fully duplicate
>  OS2's default ALT+F1 menu offering of 'Boot to command prompt'
>  ( I can boot to a command prompt, with the allocations I want,
>    but there weren't any CONFIG examples in the INSTALL
>    directory which helped me design a boot to a command prompt
>    WITH a polite shutdown ).
> 
>Regards
>Chris
>
>
I had a look through my old reference books and found the following.
"
Caution
If you change the PROTSHELL to something other than a PM program (for 
example, CMD.EXE), you won't have the Workplace Shell Interface. In 
addition, you will only have a single character based session.
If you want to shut down the system from this configuration, you can 
execute PMSHELL from the command line and shut down from there.
"
The above may imply that the gracefull shutdown is a function of PMSHELL
rather than CMD.EXE.

This was relevent for ver 2.11 and may not be vallid for Warp 4 or 4.5,
but it is worth trying.

Regards
Dennis.

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Date: Thu, 1 Nov 2001 22:29:43 -0500
From: Chris_neeson <Chris_Neesonatcompuserve dot com>
Subject: Re: [os2genau] Recovery Choices Set Up

Mmmm.

Worth a play.

Although, that doesn't entirely explain why, for me,
not even CTRL+ALT+DEL will work from my custom command prompt.

Also, why both EXIT and CTRL+ALT+DEL result in a clean, polite
shutdown/reboot from the ALT+F! menu command prompt option.


Thanks
Chris
------------------ Dennis replied ----------------------
had a look through my old reference books and found the following.
"
Caution
If you change the PROTSHELL to something other than a PM program (for =

example, CMD.EXE), you won't have the Workplace Shell Interface. In =

addition, you will only have a single character based session.
If you want to shut down the system from this configuration, you can =

execute PMSHELL from the command line and shut down from there.
"
The above may imply that the gracefull shutdown is a function of PMSHELL
rather than CMD.EXE.

This was relevent for ver 2.11 and may not be vallid for Warp 4 or 4.5,
but it is worth trying.

Regards
Dennis.

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Date: Fri, 02 Nov 2001 20:46:30 +1100
From: Ed Durrant <edurrantatbigpond dot net dot au>
Subject: [os2genau] M$ and JAVA

As supporters of OS/2, I think we are also in principal supporters
of an INDUSTRY STANDARD JAVA language. OS/2 being the
most efficient Intel OS platform to run JAVA on.

The following news from the JAVA Lobby may be of interest:


Major news outlets are reporting that the US Department of
Justice and Microsoft have reached tentative agreement on a
settlement to the government's high-profile antitrust case. In
effect, it appears that Microsoft is about to walk away with a
slap on the wrist.

The wild card in the settlement may be the 18 States who are
also prosecuting the case, and there are signs that the States
want more appropriately stringent remedies as part of any
settlement.

I urge you to call or write your State Governor and Attorney
General to ask them to hold a staunch line and not to give in to
the pressure to settle. I have included links below to help you
easily find the various Governors and Attorneys General.

Microsoft has used its monopoly illegally to harm the Java
technology we support, so we know first-hand what the problem
is. We, the community of Java developers, have felt the stinging
impact of Microsoft's illegal behavior. Its consequences in the
future may be even more severe if this weak legal precedent is
established.

Your State leaders may not understand the full dimension of the
issues, and they need to hear from concerned individuals like
you that effective, continuing prosecution of the case can and
will make a difference.

It may not be too late, so please act now. Our voices may not be
sufficient to change the final outcome at this stage, but if we
do nothing then they definitely will not.


Warm regards,

Rick Ross
Founder of JavaLobby
rickatjavalobby dot org
http://www.javalobby dot org


Cheers/2

Ed.
