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Date:	Sun, 16 Feb 2003 04:45:33 PST8
From:	"Mailing Lists 4 SYNass" <syn-ml@SYNass.NET >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: OT - special pure DOS Setup ?

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Hi Steven =

Thanks for your appreciated, even repeating, comments ;-)

>In <1045306138-0-syn-ml@SYNass.NET>, on 02/15/03 =

> at 01:57 AM, "Mailing Lists 4 SYNass" said:
>
>>2) I want a pure DOS PLUS the already existing OS/2 tools as a
secundary =

>>fallback in whatever circumstances !
>
>Just keep in mind, this is only going to work in the cases where you
are
>using the tools on FAT partitions.
>
>>to boot up from an problematic system and to connect to another LAN
>>system to get needed data for repairing !
>
>At the risk of repeating myself, this is going to be easier with
BOOTOS2
>diskettes than with DOS diskettes.

You are correct and I do agree except in the following cases:
With BootOS/2 I am unable to update my Mobo's BIOS or another unit's
BIOS !!
Another upcoming problem with BIOS updating is that the old BIOS cannot =

be saved to the floppies anymore ...
=2E.. with my MO-Drive in the external SCSI case I am having enough space =

to get the updates, including saving the old ones, done properly !?

>>I do not understand why my Boot Diskette works on the one system with
the
>>AHA-2940 and the Nakamichi but it DOES NOT on the notbook !?
>
>>For the notebook I have changed to ASPI2DOS.SYS already ...
>>... but I am always getting some error message regarding ports 140 or
340
>>failing and so ASPI2DOS also failing !?
>
>I'll guess you have a Socket Services problem. To fix this you are
going
>spend the time to learn how to install and configure DOS socket
services
>support.

Also here I do agree with you ;-))
I have tried with EZ-SCSI and also with DOSDRV files =

but somehow I never succeeded ;-(

I have tried not only one, two or three times ...
=2E.. I tried dozen of times and cannot see my mistake =

nor do I see another possible solution ;-(

Every specific hint or suggestion is very, very appreciated !
The environment is like following:

Notebook Toshiba T4900CT
SlimSCSI PCMCIA Adaptec APA-1460
External SCSI case containing: 6PLEX CD-ROM & 4.5GB HDD =

or (not yet but later perhaps) Fujitsu 540MB or 1.3GB MO-Drive.

If needed I can post my present AUTOEXEC.BAT & CONFIG.SYS files =

for further investigations !?

Thanks in advance for your support ;-))
Have a nice Sunday !
svobi

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