Re: P390 start-up problem

In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, on 11/14/2005 at 02:49 PM, Richard Verville <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: >The first thing at this time is to understand what goes on when I >boot up the P390, automatic execution of what files etc then I'LL >know what files to backup for the next disaster Well, CON

Re: P390 start-up problem

The first thing at this time is to understand what goes on when I boot up the P390, automatic execution of what files etc then I'LL know what files to backup for the next disaster Richard "Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)" wrote: > In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, on 11/10/2005 >at 08:26 AM, Richard V

Re: P390 start-up problem

In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, on 11/10/2005 at 08:26 AM, Richard Verville <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: >The white square with ALT-F1 did help !. However I lost my desktop >IPL icons probably because there was damage in desktop directory in >the first place Do you have an archived copy of the deskto

Re: P390 start-up problem

The white square with ALT-F1 did help !. However I lost my desktop IPL icons probably because there was damage in desktop directory in the first place chkdsk ran on all the disk C, D and E. In the D drive there is a P390 directory. I suppose the next step is to kick up p390, there is an IPL.cmd

Re: P390 start-up problem

In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, on 11/09/2005 at 01:18 PM, Richard Verville <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: >Hi have a P390 runnning OS2(base) OS/390. We had a power failure , on >restart I got a message concerning DESKTOP line not being in >config.sys. It's best to quote messages verbatim instead of trying

Re: P390 start-up problem

In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, on 11/09/2005 at 04:10 PM, Gilbert Saint-Flour <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: >When you start OS/2, there's a white square in one corner of the >screen that stays for a brief moment. When you see it, press Alt-F1 >to display a menu with a couple of options, one of which al

Re: P390 start-up problem

In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, on 11/09/2005 at 10:41 AM, "Edward E. Jaffe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: >You will need the boot diskette(s) to solve this problem. Not if he has an alternate rescue system. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz, SysProg and JOAT ISO position; see

Re: P390 start-up problem

Rich, When you start OS/2, there's a white square in one corner of the screen that stays for a brief moment. When you see it, press Alt-F1 to display a menu with a couple of options, one of which allows you to bring up a command line before the GUI starts. --  Gilbert Saint-Flour  GSF Soft

Re: P390 start-up problem

Richard Verville wrote: Hi have a P390 runnning OS2(base) OS/390. We had a power failure , on restart I got a message concerning DESKTOP line not being in config.sys. There is a desktop directory with what appears all my icons. So anyways I decided to rename config.sys to another name and I had

P390 start-up problem

Hi have a P390 runnning OS2(base) OS/390. We had a power failure , on restart I got a message concerning DESKTOP line not being in config.sys. There is a desktop directory with what appears all my icons. So anyways I decided to rename config.sys to another name and I had a config.wal file that I re