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Date:	Tue, 21 Jan 2003 13:58:42 PST8
From:	Harry Chris Motin <hmotin@attglobal.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: Full hardware detection ? (was: Long Boot up Time)

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Mark Abramowitz wrote:
> You've added protection from problems due to hand manipulation on a
> previous hardware install (and a backup, which i presume peter has
> anyway)

I'm not sure I understand what you mean here. You do not have to make a
full backup before installing new or different hardware. All that's
required is to set the Hardware Manager to "Full Hardware Detection"
before you install and be very sure that your system will boot correctly
on full detection. If you've never done "Full Hardware Detection", you
might find that you have a problem.

A full backup is not required, because, if you find you have a problem
at boot up, you can switch back to the Hardware Manager that you had
before you changed it to full detection. Just replace the
C:\OS2\BOOT\Previous.dat file with the one you made before changing the
Hardware Manager.

> anyway). But shouldn't both work?

Going to Full Hardware Detection at bootup, using ALT-F1 (I believe it's
ALT-F1, not ALT-F2; ALT-F2 brings up a list of the device drivers as
they are loading) is identical to changing the setting in the
Hardware Manager. There's no difference. However, if you've never used
full hardware detection, you might get a surprise at boot up, if your
SNOOP.LST has some bad entries in it! That's why I suggested that Peter
first make a copy of the Previous.dat file before he changed the
Hardware Manager. That way he can recover from a boot problem. Of
course, he can also use ALT-F1 during the bootup a select "No Hardware
Detection" to get a successful boot.

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Mark Abramowitz wrote:
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> In <3E2D6D0B.F694DD09@attglobal.net>, on 01/21/03
> at 08:04 AM, Harry Chris Motin said:
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> >Be careful here. Please see my reply to Peter
>
> You've added protection from problems due to hand manipulation on a
> previous hardware install (and a backup, which i presume peter has
> anyway). But shouldn't both work?
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