#2.1 install notes
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I noticed a few interesting things when installing 2.1. It actively
seeks out programs to replace. (It found the clock program I had in the
WBStartup drawer.) There were small changes made to standard programs
such as the clock and the calculator. The install routine wanted to
delete my copy of Notepad (I didn't allow it) and it deleted DiskDoctor.
I noticed there is a new hard drive backup program. Does anyone know
if this one works better than the 2.04 version? As I mentioned in another
message, my ADPro macros won't work since I installed 2.1. Does anyone
know what is wrong and how I can fix it? Thanks.
Leslie,
I think that a small change was made in the 2.1 startup – it does not
start RexxMast automatically. This could be the cause of your ADPro macros
not working. Add a line in your s:user-startup: "rexxmast <nil: >nil:",
and things should start working.
Hope this helps…
– BobR
You can also start ARexx by moving the RexxMast icon fromt your System
drawer into your WBStartup drawer.
'The GUI solution.'
Erik Flom
Erik,
Thanks for pointing that out. Guess I'm showing my age – I always
think of the "CLI-oriented" solutions rather than the GUI solutions, as
I've been working with the Amiga since well before there was a usable GUI
solution to just about any problem. Old habits are difficult to shed.
– BobR
I know what you mean. The pre-2.0 GUI was pretty cumbersome.
It was working with other GUIs (like the Mac), where I was forced to use
the graphical interface (No Shell), that made me begin to take advantage
of some of the icon-driven features in AmigaDOS 2.x.
I really like the ability of having both shell & Workbench GUI power.
(IBM DOS windows just aren't as snappy or poweful – even on a brand-new
486.)
Erik Flom
P.S. Hope this gets to you, my message base seems to be corrupted for this
session. (It keeps truncating entries – I think it was the MOD player I
was toying with during the actual message DL.)
When I added the line "REXXMAST>NIL:" in my user-startup Workbench
would ask me to insert volume "REXXMAST.NIL:". I think I have taken care
of my problem by draging the REXXMAST icon to the WBStartup drawer.
Leslie,
The command I _intended_ to type had a space after the "rexxmast" and
before the ">nil:" – i.e., "rexxmast >nil: <nil:". The spaces are
significant.
Glad you were able to go to plan B.
– BobR
Your origional message was seperated and I did not pickup on the second
half, however, the addition to my user-startup came directly from the 2.1
ARexx book and (unless I made a stupid mistake) it didn't work. Oh well,
"plan B" worked fine. The one thing I don't understand is why I didn't
have to add the "DONOTWAIT" to the RexxMast icon in the WBStartup drawer.