REXX Tips & Tricks, Version 2.80

0.9b (c) 1995 Peter Childs

BOOTOS2

Name     BOOTOS2 

Version  v8.00

Author   Kenneth A. Kahn 

         IBM Poughkeepsie N.Y.

         USA

         (see EMail Addresses)

Distrib. Freeware, IBM EWS 

Type     Tool to create OS/2

         boot disks or OS/2 boot 

         partitions

Price    -

Source   BBS 

         Name: BOOTOS2.* 

         or BOOT2X.* 

BOOTOS2 is a program to create OS/2 boot diskettes or an OS/2 maintenance 

partition. 

It is mentioned in this document because it contains a tool named 

BOS2REXX.EXE. BOS2REXX.EXE is a little program to load the REXX support. 

This is necessary if OS/2 was booted from diskette (see Using REXX if 

booted from diskette). 

In contrast to the program SRVREXX.EXE (which is part of the CID package 

from IBM but also available at BBS with OS/2 Software) you can use 

REXXUTIL-functions in REXX programs if you're using BOS2REXX to init the 

REXX support (see Using REXXUTIL). 

Another useful tool in the BOOTOS2 package is BOS2SHL.EXE. This program 

replaces the IBM program SYSINST1.EXE. In contrast to SYSINST1.EXE, 

BOS2SHL.EXE supports the START command so you can have multiple OS/2 

fullscreen sessions even if you've booted from diskette. BOS2SHL.EXE also 

supports the use of the file STARTUP.CMD.   

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