R. Geoffrey Newbury wrote:

>On Fri, 17 Dec 2004 09:48:28 +1000, Mike O'Connor wrote:
>
>>Herbert Rosenau wrote:
>>
>>>Mike O'Connor schrieb:  
>>>      
>>>
>>>>I have *never*, ever,  had W4 report a kernel version on bootup!
>>>>Currently on W4FP16 I have kernel version 14.088 - it just reports 
>>>>"OS/2" adjacent to the "White BLOB" on
bootup. Bldlevel shows
>>>>
>>>>Signature:        {at}#IBM:14.088#{at}_W4
>>>>vendor: IBM
>>>>Revision : 14.88
>>>>file Version: 14.88
>>>>Description: _W4   IBM OS/2 Kernel    
>>>>
>>>You're running an old, outdated kernel. Use ecsmt 2.1.8 to get the 
>>>most current _working_ kernel. 14.100c or newer. This kernel is the 
>>>most stable, most performant ever seen for OS/2 until now.
>>>
>>Hi Herbert,
>>
>>Granted that explains the situation on eCS, but I was asking about Warp 
>>4 showing a revision number - which I've never seen here and 
>>\os2\boot\os2norev.$$$ has never existed here prior to eCS 1.2, so 
>>cannot delete it from W4 installations!! Of course I have a later kernel 
>>than 14.088 on eCS 1.x and MCP2.
>>
>
>Try putting a zero or minimal length file called 'altf2on.$$$' in the root
>of your boot partition. IIRC, this forces 'on' an ALT-F2 which shows the
>kernel version in the bottom left corner of the blue OS/2 Warp screen
>which displays just after the 'white blob'.
>
>Buried in the changes section of the testcase kernel readme are
>descriptions of these switches.
>
>I'm running what I think is presently the latest testcase: 100f_Uni.  
>

Hi Geoffrey,
Actually having altf2on.$$$ in root [normal situation here] suppresses 
the display, or possibly overwrites it immediately, in the absence of an 
os2norev.$$$ in \os2\boot.  From what I read the SMP and UNI kernels are 
both for SMP machines under different circumstances, non-SMP machines 
should be using the W4 kernels.

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Regards,
Mike

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