Christoph Seelhorst wrote:
> I have used my Warp4 system for a long time without any modifications,
 just running a stable
> system.  You may imagine that it has a lot of personalized settings
accumulated over that time.
> 
> Now I wanted to migrate to a much bigger harddisk, 80GB instead og
7.5GB, and a network controller.
> So it was time to install eCS 1.2 on a plain new disk.  (I keep the
old disk in reserve)
> 
> What I also did was to install the old system by copying disks on an
old Compaq which I got surplus
> from my company.  Warp4 is running quite well there, but this is only as backup.
> 
> After the inevitable fiddling the system is running well,  but.....:
> My whole desktop must be rebuilt :(

What you would do is:
1. boot up from
       Maintenance partiotn
    OR
       installation diskettes to commandline
    use INFOs zip to pack the whole systemdrive into a single
    zip file: zip -9rS system x:\*
    You may burn later that file onto CD or copy it to somewhere else.
    To restore it: boot up like above and use INFOs unzip.exe:
    x:   (whereas x: is the drive you likes to unzip to
    unzip 
    This will restore the whole system as it was at the time you zipped
    it up.

> Another thing which I still have to understand is how to set up a
network.  My both computers have
> network cards now,  and the aim is to go to DSL and use a router for
the network.  As a first step I
> would like to connect the both computers with a crosswire cable,  but
don't know any details.  Is
> there a place in the Internet where I can find more informations?
> 
> Any help is welcome.  I have not followed this list during the last
time, because the system was
> running and I had other things to do.

When you have NOT installed networking during install time you would 
NOT have it easy anyway.

When you have installed networking even without a network card 
inserted as the WARP4 installer requires you would simply fire up mpts 
and CHANGE the dummy NIC already installed against the driver of the 
NIC you have installed. Then INSERT the following protocols when not 
already there
- netbios       - needed to exchange data between yor computers
                   that is known as PEER (lets share resources)
                   and requester (use shared resources)
                   This type of connection is known as LAN.
- tcp/ip        - needed to go into internet

To use internet you would select 1 of 2 different ways:
1. use a software router
    That is isdnpm (comes with eCS 1.2 on CD #2 as full registered
    eConNet) or download from HOBBES and read the readme to know how
    pay for a license.
    In contrst to its name it supports serial modems, ISDN and DSL
    You would need:
    a) in one computer (without ISDNPM/eConnect
       connect this computer to the other one using a Crossover
       Network cable
       in the other computer:
       1. a network card to connect to the other computer
       2. a network card to connect to the DSL modem
               and another crossover Network cable
          or a ISDN card
          or a serial modem
       You can so connect exactly 2 computers. When you have to connect
       more than that you would need b.
      or
    b) a SWITCH with 2 standard CAT5e network cables
       to connect your computers to the switch
       and
       in one of the computers another network card, modem or ISDN card
       like described in a.

2. use a hardware DSL router.
    There is no software (except installed tcp/ip) needed to connect to
    DSL. You would easy connect your computers to the router to have
    anything you needs:
    - 2 network cables (CAT5e) to connect the computers to the router
    When you owns more computer than the hardware DSL router supports
    you would simply extend the network by bying a SWITCH and connect
    the switch to the router and any computer to the switch instead
    directly to the router and connect through the Uplink port the
    switch to the router.

As you homed in germany I would give you a hint to buy not only a DSL 
modem + DSL and network router + analog and ISDN telephone switchboard 
but real internet and phone flatrates:
http://pc-rosenau.profiseller.de>
Simply click on DSL to know how to save money.
It works very well together with OS/2 and ecomstation as my own 
practice proves miute for minute, day for day.


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