Christoph Seelhorst wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> after a long period of just running my system I have decided to have a
> major update and purchased eCS 1.1 german.
> 
> I have a nice and well running system (Warp4 14.044) and would like to keep
> much of its structure and the desktop.  Is there a chance to install eCS
> such that the desktop settings (and e.g. the Matrox display driver) can be
> kept? As long as I do not have a new harddisk I would not even be able to
> use JFS.
> 
> Thanks for all hints and good advice,

Insert eCS CD #2. on your WARP4, MCP or eCS 1.0 system.
read the migrate.txt in the root of that CD.
run migrate.cmd on the root of that CD until it tells you that the 
system is ready for migration. Follow the instructions it gives you!
Maybe you have to boot and run migrate.cmd multiple times to get the 
system ready for migration. When migrate.cmd tells you - but not prior 
that:
Boot up from eCS 1.1 CD #1
After installation is done you'll find an folder named 'old desktop'.
Copy anything you likes from there onto the new desktop.
Thereafter you can remove that folder from your desktop.

Attention: Even as migrate is desigened to help you to migrate your 
desktop to eCS 1.1 there is no warranty and no service for. But many 
peoples have already reported that it is really well tested and was 
working well for them.

As it is at least possible that the migration fails you should make a 
backup of your system before you starts migrate.cmd the first time, e.g.
y:			a drive that has enough free space to
                         hold a bit more than 50% of the used
                         space on the system drive
zip -9rS system x:\*
whereas x: is the drive letter of the running system.

In case the migration fails:
boot from installation diskettes/CD/maintenance partiton of the system
- format x: /FS:HPFS /L
x:
- unzip y:\system
brings the system back to the state you've saved it.

In case the migration succeds:
del y:\system.zip	gives you the space back the backup had used

To increase the possibility that migrate.cmd succeeds you should run 
checkini /C /T
prior to cleanup the INIs. As the migration has to work extensive with 
the INIs it would be better to have them clean before you starts. You 
can find checkini on HOBBES in wptool32.zip. Simply unpack it into an 
empty directory of your choice and run it from there while the system 
is active - but no application - but the network is up - is running.

When the installation is complete you can reactivate your SMP.

-- 
Tschau/Bye

Herbert Rosenau
EDV Beratung & Programmierung
Lindelbrunnstr. 53a
76767 Hagenbach

Tel: 49-7273-919416
Fax: 49-7273-93072                     http://www.dv-rosenau.de/

 

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