Jorj Strumolo wrote in a message to David Calafrancesco:
DC> Given that it is free, given that hundreds of problems have been
  > fixed, why wait.  Get the update, listen to the voice of experience.
 JS>  FixPacks?  They sound way too involved to be getting into
 JS> until  I have a core of daily-use things.  Plus, the
 JS> newsgroup posts  wailing "I just installed FPxx and my
 JS> CD/mouse/video/whatever  isn't working right anymore"
 JS> doesn't inspire confidence.
 JS>  Definitely not something to tackle before I (a) install the
 JS>  drivers to use the PP Zip drive under OS/2 and (b) get a
 JS> decent  OS/2 backup program so I can recover with grace from
 JS> the  near-certain disasters I'd stumble into.  Before I do
 JS> *that* I'd  like to do little things like get an
 JS> accommodation with my Alps  GlidePoint touchpad.  (I miss
 JS> DragLock.  And some key combos,  like the two-key that can
 JS> tile windows, don't work for me.  Gibbon Double Click doesn't 
 JS> help.  There's a rodent.sys I read  about I'll check if I dig 
 JS> it up someplace.)
Take a moment and think... most of the people who have had problems with 
FixPacks have either been installing lots of fixpacks or installed the 
fixpack after they did a lot of customization to the system and loaded tons 
of drivers. The better plan is to install the OS, install the most stable 
fixpack that will do the job (for you that is FP26 or 29) and then start 
installing the PP Zip drive, the other stuff and customize TCPIP etc. When a 
fixpack updates something significant, it can lose the old configuration 
(TCPIP is famous for this). It can also easily downlevel something that is 
newer from a different pack or software package (NS2 is famous for updating 
system files silently and should only be installed after FP26 or later). 
Lastly, I get paid very good money to do nothing but support OS2 and build 
configurations (install OS, fixes, apps, customize and clone for individual 
users). Take my advice or don't. 
Dave Calafrancesco, Team OS/2
dave@drakkar.mhv.net
... They got the library at Alexandria, they're not getting mine! 
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