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From: Peter.Fitzsimmons@p1.f628.n250.z1.FIDONET.ORG (Peter Fitzsimmons)
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Subject: Re: OS2 1.2 (MS) Bring Up Rep
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Date: 30 Jan 90 02:22:29 GMT
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 >  >Under os/2, you can get around this by "echo y | boot /dos".  But
 >  >this does not work under dos for some reason.  I wrote a simple DOS
 >  >program, BOOT2, which boots os/2 - no questions asked - by copying
 >  >the BOOT.OS2 file to sector 1 and renaming the proper
 >  >\os2\system\*.os2 files.
 >  >
 > 
 > This is what I'd suggest:
 >    1) Make a file containing a Y and carriage return.
 >       Call it YES.TXT
 > 
 >    2) Make a DOS.CMD file containing
 >       @BOOT /DOS < YES.TXT > nul
 >  
 >    3) Make a OS2.BAT file containing
 >       @BOOT /OS2 < YES.TXT > nul

Won't work.  Under dos, BOOT.COM is not getting the input from
stdin.  (But it is under os/2 -- but have something to do with the
FAPI code i guess).



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