Update your OS/2 installation CD-ROM with fixpaks!

Contents:
Introduction
Working principle
Download
Feedback
Feature Request
History
Usefull staff
Future plans

Introduction
With UpdCD you can incorporate public IBM fixpaks into your installation CD. In this way you will be able to install a Year 2000 complient OS/2 Warp on systems with large hard disks right from this CD. You do not have te reinstall fixpaks after using selective install. You can boot and install right from the CD. You can incorporate new products into the CD. Interested? Read on!

Working principle
UpdCD scans the original OS/2 CD-ROM which is copied to your hard disk and updates all the files which are refreshed in the fixpak. Some of the files on the CD can be updated with a simple copy command, but most of them reside in packed (a sort of zip) and zip files and they require some more processing (packing/unpacking). The current version of UpdCD supports updates of single, packed (bundled) or zipped files, which is enough to incorporate base OS/2, Device Driver, Printer, MPTS, TCP/IP, PEER, Netware Requester Fixpaks, updates for Feature Installer, Java and new products like Netscape Communicator and TCP/IP 4.x into the CD.

[UpdCD]
Updating the OS/2 CD-ROM with UpdCD is easy!

UpdCD was tested with different NLS versions of OS/2 Warp 4 (English, German, Brazilian, Hungarian), Fixpak 12...15, Device Driver Fixpak 1, 2, Printer Driver Fixpak, MPTS fixpaks (WR*8610, WR*8620, WR*8621), TCP/IP 4.0 fixpak (UN_0980), TCP/IP 4.1 fixpak (UN_2001), PEER fixpak, JAVA 1.1.8 run-time fixpak, Netware Requester 2.12, FI 1.25, Java 1.1.7, 1.1.8, 1.3 (all components), NS 4.61 and TCP/IP 4.x. There is also support for incorporating Fixpak 1/2, Device Driver Fixpak 2, Netscape 4.61, MPTS Fixpak 6821, MPTS update 8700 and TCP/IP 4.3 into the WSeB CD-ROM. Since version 1.5 preliminary support for Warp 3 exists. There is also some support for MCP1. The updated CD-ROM can be made bootable too. A complete update procedure can be found in the package.

[PMUpdCD]
Afraid of using command line tools? Try the graphical user interface!

Download
The current version of UpdCD is 1.6. It was released on 05-13-2001. This version supports the integration of VFAT (NTFS, EXT2) IFS, WatchCat, Scroll Mouse and various XFree86 applications. The automated WSeB installation procedure has been improved with support for JAVA and LS fixpak IP08603. Preliminary support for MCP1 has been added which enables you to integrate Warp 4 products, like Voice Type. You can download it from
this site or from hobbes.

Feedback
Your feedback is welcome! We would love to hear your success story in the
UpdCD discussion group! :-) If you have a problem with UpdCD please post to this group first. Do not email me directly, I read the group every day and I will answer as soon as I can! You can also change experience with other users. Please keep the log file created by UpdCD handy, I might ask you to zip it and email it to me.

Requested Features
I would like to
hear which features you miss from UpdCD. You can also vote on features requested by others:

FeatureNumber of votesResponse
Add support for SDD special edition14 (vote)Unfortunately, the Scitech version seems to have a problem with unattended installation. It seems that Scitech is willing to solve this issue. Stay tuned!
Add ext2fs support11 (vote)Support has been provided in version 1.6.
Add NTFS support11 (vote)Support has been provided in version 1.6.
Add support for PMMAIL11 (vote)Rejected. The PMMail installer does not support unattended installation. Ask BluePrint Software to solve this problem.
Add scrollmouse (Logitech Cordless) support10 (vote)Support has been provided in version 1.6.
Add support for X applications9 (vote)Support has been provided in version 1.6.
Add support for WatchCat with priority add-on8 (vote)Support has been provided in version 1.6.
Add latest ThinkPad drivers8 (vote)Under investigation.
Add support for kernel updates8 (vote)You may try the following. Download the kernel fix and unzip it in a temp directory. Pack the files one by one using pack2.exe from updcd. Replace the base OS fixpak files using these files before you run Go4It.
Add support for ASPI router6 (vote)-
Add support for the Adaptec U160 Drivers5 (vote)Should be supported since version 1.5. Copy the U160 driver to the NEWINST directory. Read the readme if you did not know what I mean.
Add support for extracting fixpak files from DSK images5 (vote)-
Add VoiceType to Aurora and later versions of OS/25 (vote)Support has been provided in version 1.6.
Add support for SysBar5 (vote)-
Add support for SysTree3 (vote)-
Add support for CDRecord/23 (vote)-
Add support for adding my own version of file xxx3 (vote)-
Make Ethernet the default settings for NWREQ3 (vote)-
Add support for OpenChat3 (vote)-
Reuse PCOM, TN* in TCP32 from TCP162 (vote)-
Port UpdCD to Windows/DOS2 (vote)-
Add support for the full EMX installation2 (vote)-
Add support for D-Link DE-528 PCI driver2 (vote)-
Add support for Warp fixpak 91 (vote)-
Add Warp 4 BonusPak applications to WSeB/CP1 (vote)Support has been provided in version 1.6.
Add support for DISK4PM1 (vote)-
Add support for LAN Distance fixpak1 (vote)-
Add support for FFST fixpak1 (vote)-
Add support for SystemView fixpak1 (vote)-

History
ReleaseNew functionalityDate
0.1Initial release, updated OS/2 image works with selective install05.13.2000
0.2Added script to create installation floppies, improved OS/2 image creation, it can be used for pristine installation05.21.2000
0.3Added support to incorporate Device Driver FP 1, improved OS/2 image creation (solved REXX problem), improved interface and simplified CD update procedure, improved error logging06.04.2000
0.4Added support to incorporate MPTS fixpaks, improved performance, made language independent06.11.2000
0.5Added support to incorporate TCP/IP and PEER fixpaks, added support to partially update FI database, simplified and more general postprocessing plug-in for OS/2 fixpaks07.24.2000
0.6Added support for FI, Netscape, Java 1.1.x and TCP/IP 4.x, improved update FI database, included automatic update procedure08.16.2000
0.7Added support for Netware Client 2.12, and WSeB FP 1, aligned with Fixpak 14 and Device Driver Fixpak 2, fixed the integration of UN_0980 for non-English Warp09.17.2000
0.8Added support for printer driver fixes, use of virtual floppies supported, fixed problem with Java installation (static target drive), fixed problem with 16-bits MPTS fixpaks (error 1600), installation CD-ROM can be made bootable, many small fixes and improvements10.01.2000
1.0Added support for syslevel update, fixed PEER icon problem, added support for DANI IDE, FAT32, SDD drivers10.15.2000
1.1Added support for TCP/IP 4.1 and Java 1.1.8 fixpaks, Open GL 1.1, USB, WarpIn installer, File Commander/2, Netscape plug-in pack, Adobe Acrobat Reader, Bamba player, Norton Antivirus, Innotek Flash plug-in, EMX run-time.11.19.2000
1.2Added PM interface, fixed JAVA 1.3 installation problem (licensing key), added support for selecting add-on components, added support for XFree86, LVM, JFS, OS/2 Commander, compress files on installation disks (support for private fixes), added DANI IDE driver to installation disk, added updated vrobj.dll.12.14.2000
1.3Added support for all of the JAVA update components, tons of bug fixing, automated update procedure for WSeB.01.30.2001
1.4Added support for updated IBM installation diskettes, PMFax Lite, ODIN and XWorkPlace. Fixed the red-screen problem with booting and installing from the CD-ROM.03.04.2001
1.5Added support for Amouse, SMP, HPFS386, UDF, OD v2.0, Symbios SCSI driver, Freetype.dll, Warp 3, improved WSeB procedure.04.01.2001
1.6Added support for VFAT (NTFS, EXT2) IFS, WatchCat, Scroll Mouse and XFree86 applications add-ons. Improved graphical interface, added support for VFDISK 2.0. Improved WSeb procedure with support for LAN Server fixpak IP08603, JAVA updates and run-time fix. Added support to integrate Warp 4 FI products (Bonus Pak, VT) with WSeB and MCP1.05.13.2001

Useful stuff

Future plans
VersionNew functionalityExpected release date
1.7We will see...08.15.2001


Updated: 05.13.2001, Zsolt Kádár. Notify me if this page changes!

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