-=> Quoting Jaap van.Veen to Bat Lang, [28 Sep 99  17:12:22] <=-

 BL>   Subj: Netscape Communicator
 BL> -------------------------------------------------------------------
 BL> ------ My last post in this thread was bemoaning the lack of a
 BL> 'continue' or 'retry' when downloading large files from IBM via NSN
 BL> 4.04. }^: At that time I was trying to get Java RT 1.1.8, which I
 BL> finally got after MANY attempts, each of which would only offer me
 BL> a Y/N option when it found the aborted stub in my x:\DOWN\ dir.

 Jv> Hello sir.... How did you manage to install JAVA 1.1.8.
 Jv> When I start FINSTALL and this asks for FISETUP it answers that the
 Jv> path I entered has no source files. Which source files is FISETUP
 Jv> looking for??

I too had a difficult time getting from 1.1.7 to 1.1.8. Here is what I
finally did, (quoting from my earlier post here): Note: CFSys=Config.sys

>   Subj: Java RT 1.1.8
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
> In my last post in this thread, I was having difficulty getting the
> install pgm to do much more than recognize the temporary directory where
> I expanded it (x:\down\c\.) as the installation. Leaving my x:\JAVA11\
> tree untouched. }^:
>
> After spending way too long getting nowhere, I finally wiped out my
> \JAVA11\ structure, and did a 'shoehorn' installation. My CFSys file
> indicated (in the three path statements) this tree:
>
> |
> +-JAVA11
> |  |-BIN
> |  +-DLL
> |
>
> So I created that tree, then put all the files from the downloaded
> archives dir: Package, into BIN, then the one with all the *.dll files
> into DLL, and with the files in EN, I added an EN to the above tree,
> as in:
>
> |
> +-JAVA11
> |  |-BIN
> |  |-DLL
> |  +-EN
>
> Finally, I made the distribution at the end of the README.EN to the
> \LANGUAGE\CODEPAGE\ & \OS2\DLL\ dirs (which BTW, showed no sign of any
> updates during the earlier difficult installations).
>
> Following that I removed the files in the temp dir above, rebooted, and
> ran both: Java -fullversion & syslevel. Both of these were as
> advertized, recognizing Java RT 1.1.8 in that new tree above.
> Subsequently, I zipped all the files in \\EN and my following reboots
> tell me that \\EN is now superflous and can be pruned. I didn't mess
> much with NSN 4.04, as I am about to install 4.61.
>
> What have I missed, and did I make any wrong moves so far??
> All I am wanting is the bare Run Time for Java 1.1.8. As for my CFSys
> file, here are the four lines having to do with JAVA:
>
> SET JRE_HOME=D:\JAVA11\
> LIBPATH=D:\CLU;D:\NETSKAP\PROGRAM;D:\JAVA11\DLL;
> SET PATH=D:\CLU;D:\MPTN\BIN;D:\NETSKAP\PROGRAM;D:\JAVA11\BIN;
> SET DPATH=D:\CLU;D:\MPTN;D:\OS2\APPS;D:\JAVA11\BIN;
>
> BTW, the three path lines have been trimmed for posting brevity.
>
> Thanks for any help/suggestions, and Good Modeming!  /\oo/\

As a result of that post, I receive no feedback at all, and have had no
reason to suspect that all is not well. If anything here is not clear to
you, sound off!  Good Modeming!  /\oo/\


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