BOOT.TXT - Instructions for manually creating boot diskettes.


Creating the boot diskettes:

     The following method for creating recovery boot diskettes
     requires COPIES of OS/2 installation diskettes 0 and 1.
     UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHOULD THE ORIGINAL OS/2 INSTALLATION
     DISKETTES BE MODIFIED IN ANY WAY.  Obtain three blank,
     formatted diskettes.  Label them "Recovery disk 0",
     "Recovery disk 1", and "Utility disk".  Start an OS/2
     Window, located in "OS/2 System" folder; "Command Prompts".
     Use DISKCOPY to make duplicates of the OS/2 installation
     diskettes 0 and 1 on recovery diskettes 0 and 1
     respectively:
         DISKCOPY  A:  A:

     Execute the command once for each diskette to be copied.

     Note:  Since no modifications are made to recovery diskette
            0, you do not actually have to make a copy of OS/2
            installation diskette 0.  You could use the original
            OS/2 installation diskette 0 in place of recovery
            diskette 0 when booting with recovery diskettes.

     If you have a CDROM version of OS/2, refer to the readme on
     the CDROM for instructions on creating floppy boot
     diskettes.

     Now, at this point, put the original OS/2 diskettes away.
     You will not need to use them again in creating the recovery
     diskettes.  UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHOULD YOU USE THE
     ORIGINAL OS/2 INSTALLATION DISKETTES WITH THE INSTRUCTIONS
     BELOW.  IF YOU DO, THEY WILL NO LONGER BE ABLE TO INSTALL
     OS/2.

     Insert recovery diskette 1 in the floppy drive.  Delete the
     file BUNDLE using the following command (remember to
     substitute B: for A: if you are using drive B: in the
     commands below):
        DEL A:\BUNDLE

     Now copy the tape device drivers that you will need to
     the A: drive.  BackMaster currently comes with three
     device drivers:
        FTDVR.SYS    -  Standard floppy tape, high-speed
                        adapters including FC10 and FC20.
        PTDVR.SYS    -  Parallel port tape driver.

     These device drivers can be found in the directory in
     which BackMaster was installed.  If you took the defaults
     when installing BackMaster, the files will be in a
     directory called BACKMAST in the root directory of the
     drive from which the system boots (this is the drive that
     the OS/2 Window was set to when started).  Suppose that
     BackMaster was installed to C:\BACKMAST and you wanted to
     copy FTDVR.SYS to the A: drive.  In this case, use the
     following command:
        COPY C:\BACKMAST\FTDVR.SYS  A:


     Copy only the driver(s) you will need to the A: drive.
     Once the files are copied, you will need to edit the
     CONFIG.SYS file on A:.  Use the following command:
        E  A:\CONFIG.SYS


Modifying the CONFIG.SYS file:

     Add the driver name(s) you copied to the CONFIG.SYS file:
        DEVICE=A:\FTDVR.SYS
        DEVICE=A:\PTDVR.SYS

     Only one of FTDVR.SYS and TC15DVR.SYS may be referenced
     in the CONFIG.SYS, however PTDVR.SYS may be referenced
     in the CONFIG.SYS with any other BackMaster driver.
     Usually you will need only one driver on the recovery
     diskettes.

     If you are running Warp with 8MB of memory or less, and
     experience problems running BMREST, try adding the '/M'
     driver memory enhancement option to the BackMaster drivers
     in CONFIG.SYS on your boot floppy as follows:
        DEVICE=A:\FTDVR.SYS /M

     If you use the '/M' option, NEVER load more than one
     driver at a time in the CONFIG.SYS.

     Now save the file CONFIG.SYS file to the A: drive and exit
     the editor.

     At this point, you have a bootable set of recovery
     diskettes.  If you have 8 MB of memory or less, you will
     need to enable swapping to hard drive before using BMREST
     to restore files.  When swapping is enabled, a file named
     SWAPPER.DAT is written to a hard drive.  In order to write
     the SWAPPER.DAT file, the hard drive that SWAPPER.DAT is on
     must be formatted.  Since this will not always be the case
     when using the recovery boot diskettes, you cannot always
     boot with swapping enabled.  We suggest creating an
     additional set of recovery diskettes 0 and 1 with swapping
     enabled in the case of a machine with 8 MB of memory or
     less.  Obtain two additional blank,  formatted diskettes.
     Label them "Recovery diskette 0 (swap)", and "Recovery
     diskette 1 (swap)".  Follow the steps for creating
     the recovery diskettes 0 and 1 and add the following:

         Insert Recovery diskette 1 (swap) and edit the
         CONFIG.SYS file using the following command:
            E  A:\CONFIG.SYS

         Find the following line in A:\CONFIG.SYS (it should be
         near the top of the file):
            MEMMAN=NOSWAP
     
         Change this line to read:
            MEMMAN=SWAP,PROTECT

         Directly after the MEMMAN line, insert the following
         line.:
            SWAPPATH=C:\

         If want to place the swapfile on a drive other than
         drive C:, substitute the appropriate drive letter in
         place of C: above.

         Now save the file CONFIG.SYS to the A: drive and exit
         the editor.

     Remember, if you have 8 MB or more of memory, you will
     probably not need the set of recovery boot diskettes with
     swapping enabled.


Creating the utility diskette:

     Insert the blank, formatted diskette labeled "Utility
     diskette" in floppy drive (remember to substitute B: for
     A: if you are using drive B: in the commands below).
     If your system does not boot from C: substitute the
     appropriate drive letter in place of C: in the commands
     below.  The drive your system boots from is the drive
     letter displayed in the OS/2 Window prompt when it first
     starts.

     From the BackMaster directory (which is the same directory
     that FTDVR.SYS and PTDVR.SYS -- described above -- are in)
     copy the following four files to the A: drive:
        COPY  C:\BACKMAST\BMREST.EXE    A:\
        COPY  C:\BACKMAST\QICCOMPR.DLL  A:\
        COPY  C:\BACKMAST\T2.EXE        A:\
        COPY  C:\BACKMAST\THELP.HLP     A:\

     From the OS/2 system directory on the default boot drive
     copy the following files to the A: drive:
        COPY  C:\OS2\CHKDSK.COM         A:\
        COPY  C:\OS2\FDISK.COM          A:\
        COPY  C:\OS2\FORMAT.COM         A:\
        COPY  C:\OS2\ATTRIB.EXE         A:\
        COPY  C:\OS2\SYSTEM\OSO001.MSG  A:\
        COPY  C:\OS2\DLL\UHPFS.DLL      A:\

     If you are running OS/2 3.0 Warp, copy the following
     additional files to the utility diskette in the A: drive:

        COPY  C:\OS2\DLL\KBDCALLS.DLL  A:\
        COPY  C:\OS2\DLL\MOUCALLS.DLL  A:\
        COPY  C:\OS2\DLL\VIOCALLS.DLL  A:\
        COPY  C:\OS2\DLL\NLS.DLL  A:\

    Note:  You will be unable to copy UHPFS.DLL if your system
           does not have at least one HPFS partition.  UHPFS.DLL
           will be found only on systems with HPFS installed.  If
           you do not have HPFS installed, you will not need
           UHPFS.DLL on the utility diskette.

    At this point, your recovery diskettes should be created.  It
    is a good idea to test the recovery diskettes to make sure
    that they work, and that you understand how to use the
    recovery diskettes and BMREST.  See the BackMaster online
    help for more information.

MSR Development Corporation Document #MSRDOC0322-3 Last revised: 6-16-97