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 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 desktop? One of the Alt-F1 options > is to restore the desktop. If you don't have one, I suggest that you > get into the habit of periodically creating one. I'd also urge > periodic backups of the entire disk. > > BTW, if you have room on disk for a BM partition and another logical > drive, I strongly recommend that you create a rescue system. I'd also > urge backups. > > >my problem is I don't know what > >the commands are to start the P390 portion and the operating systems > > You'll need to check the P390 documentation. I don't know what the > P390 install looks like, but the firs place to look is \OS2\BOOK. If > you don't find it there, look for *.INF anywhere on your disk and see > if any of the names are suggestive. The command to read a book looks > like > > view G:\OS2\BOOK\OS2UG.INF > > Did I mention backups? > > -- > Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz, SysProg and JOAT > ISO position; see <http://patriot.net/~shmuel/resume/brief.html> > We don't care. We don't have to care, we're Congress. > (S877: The Shut up and Eat Your spam act of 2003) > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO > Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html