Subj : applying fix paks
To   : Michael Balcos
From : Herbert Rosenau
Date : Mon Mar 14 2005 11:11 am

Am 13.03.05 00:27 schrieb Michael Balcos

 MB> Thanks to those who answered me earlier query. I never knew
 MB> shutting down OS/2 from a remote Linux box will be difficult. :(

 MB> I have another question. How do you apply fix paks to OS/2 Warp 3
 MB> without resorting to booting diskettes? I'm currently using Fix
 MB> Pak Assist. Is it a good program or would you recommend something
 MB> else? I must confess that this is the first time I'm applying
 MB> fixpaks. Back in the mid-90s, I operate OS/2 without them. It
 MB> didn't turn out so bad then. But now I want to patch all workable
 MB> y2k issues so I want to apply fixpaks.


Since my WARP3 day I install any fix only from disk:

That needs a speciasl directory tree:

csd              the base directory
                 contains anything to implement afix
csd\unp.cmd      a little procedure to unpack a fix to HD instead disk
csd\fixpack.cmd  a CMD to install the fix
csd\csf          the most current IBM fix utility
                 see below
csd\diunpack.exe a too that unpacks a fix to disk
csd\dskxtrkt.exe an alternative to diunpack
csd\w4           directory where the WARP fix gets unpacked
csd\w4\<fpname>  directory containing the unpacked fix
                 So i can have multiple generations of fixes
                 available.
csd\<fix>\package  multiple other directories for other fixes
                   eg. tcp/ip, peer,.....

unpacks the package files of base system
has to be edited for each new version, because the number of files changes
-------------unp.cmd------------
cd %1
...\diunpack %1.1dk
......
cd %1
...\diunpack %1.xdk
-------------end----------------

Install a fixpack
The awaits the drive directory csd is on
That is because having it installed on one
computer makes it possible to use it un
another ones.
-------------fixpack.cmd--------
@ECHO OFF
if .%1%==. goto usage
SET CSFUTILPATH=%1%\CSD\CSF
SET CSFCDROMDIR=%1%\CSD\XRGM015

%1%
CD \CSD\CSF
%1%\CSD\CSF\SERVICE.EXE
goto finito

:usage
echo .
echo usage: fixpack x:'
echo .
echo 'where x: is the drive the csd is installed

:finito

-------------end----------------

You should look at
http://www.warpupdates.mynetcologne.de/
the page speaks englisch and german.

to find
- the fixtool csfxxxx
- the unpacker 
- the fixes 


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