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from: `Mark D. Overholser`
date: 2005-08-05 09:28:16
subject: Re: [OS2HW] eCS 1.2 APM.SYS problem

mwizard99{at}comcast.net wrote:
> In , on 08/04/05 
>    at 10:57 AM, Steve Wendt  said:
> 
>>On Thu, 4 Aug 2005 mwizard99{at}comcast.net wrote:
> 
> 
>>>It seems that after applying all the latest fixes from ecomstation, my
>>>newly updated eCS 1.2 system will no longer fully boot.
>>>
>>>Using alt-F2 the last driver to be loaded is APM.SYS.
> 
> 
>>If this is an Athlon64 or Pentium4, be sure you are using kernel 14.103a 
>>or later.
> 
> 
>>>Can I just remove the APM.SYS driver and boot or will the system become
>>>unstable without it?
> 
> 
>>Yes, you can remove it - it's not required.
> 
> 
> 
> Well, I removed the APM.SYS and VAPM.SYS lines from the config.sys (REM'd
> them out really).
> 
> And it boots once again.
> 
> Its an Intel P4 Prescott.
> 
> I do not recall how to determine my kernel level.  Can someone refresh my
> memory?

It is displayed in the Bottom Left corner of the screen on bootup.  Or 
you can type "bldlevel os2krnl".

=========================================================================
e.g.

    [C:\]bldlevel os2krnl
    Build Level Display Facility Version 6.10.480 Oct  6 2000
    (C) Copyright IBM Corporation 1993-2000
    Signature:       {at}#IBM:14.093i#{at}_W4  IBM OS/2 Kernel
    Vendor:          IBM
    Revision:        14.93
    File Version:    14.93
    Description:     _W4  IBM OS/2 Kernel

=========================================================================


MarkO


> 
> 
> Thanks,
> -Mark Vollmer
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> 



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