Since today it is available for download 'eComStation 2.2 Beta ISO' for software subscribers. But at 22:30 we withdrawn the ISO.
About our implementation support Over 90% of our customers install eComStation themselves, without additional support. We support legacy IBM OS/2 installations. By updating and replacing various OS/2 based machines and environments, we gained the experience to be your reliable partner.
We can offer you consulting, testing support, programming as well as on-site support. Michael Gallias, IT architect, Standard Bank South Africa, I would like to thank the team for assisting us with our migration. This was one of the best engagements with a vendor I ve had since joining the bank. It was great to work with an intelligent and skilled team that shares my passion for quality delivery.
You have exceptional people and I am very pleased to have had the experience of working with them.
Well we had slight hick up:-( We put the ISO online at 16:00 hours Amsterdam. But at 22:30 we withdrawn the ISO. As I type this a new one is being uploaded. 
We discovered what I would call a critical defect. The defect was in the fact that when installed to hard disc the two files os2 boot usbohcd.sys and usbehcd.sys where still the IBM version. We missed ONE pack file in which the files are. Os2image disk_5 usb was correct.
Os2image bundle0 missed an update. The joys of IBM installer framework.
Its pretty complex stuff. Sorry for the inconvience. The new ISO just finished uploading and will be accessible within 10 minutes again. Roderick Klein Mensys B.V. I tried to install it today. It came as far as the disk test in phase 1.
Reported incomplete LVM info on disk 1 and 2 and told me this is normal on a non-eCS system. This computer runs eCS though. It offered to fix the problems, I clicked ok (have a backup). After that I started the install again and it said drive 1 was ok, but 2 still had errors. Didn't show any partitios to install to. I broke the installation off and rebooted from harddisk.
Bootmanger showed the wrong drive letters, but the system booted. Used DFSEE to fix the LVW info and reinstall bootmanager.
Next try when I have more time and have figured out what's wrong with the lvm setup. Hi All I would love to give my first impressions but install failed to continue when I refused to complete a 'Base path.' (UNIXROOT) entryfield. I do not want the software and therefore do not need a UNIXROOT value. I have reported this as a bug and hope that it will be fixed for the GA. I do realise that I could have completed that field and then taken care to make sure that none of the software relying on UNIXROOT got selected for installation but I do not think install should stop there simply because the install routine is programmed to expect an entry. I think the installer should recognise the empty path and *not* offer for installation any software relying on that path.
Regards Pete. Well that's not how the installer works.
The page previous (the page before you specify the UNIXROOT path), thats where you need to make the selection. Click on the + for 'System extensions' 'Then software compatibility extensions' and under 'unix ports framework' You can switch the between the two options. Because the option is select by default to install RPM (which is needed for ODIN and QT 4 and Java) on the next page that option is displayed 'the unixroot path'. So you can disable that option BUT you will not get Java 6, QT 4 and ODIN and Flash. Roderick Klein Mensys B.V. Hi Roderick I'll give that a try.
No, I do not want any software installed by yum/rpm - or yum/rpm installed. I already have the apps you mention, plus more, installed without the benefit of yum/rpm to a non-boot drive. I'll simply take a WPS2REXX backup of my ecS2.1 Desktop, modify the cmd files generated by the backup and run only the cmd files required to create application/folder Desktop icons on my ecS2.2 Desktop. It is a fairly simple way of 'migrating' a working Desktop to a different drive. Regards Pete. Hi Roderick The page you refer to is 'Next' not 'Previous' therefore it is necessary to complete the UNIXROOT field even though it is unwanted and unneeded. As regards installation: needs a little bit of work I think.
1] DOS was deselected but there is a populated os2 mdos directory and DOS drivers loaded at boot. 2] JAVA was deselected but I discovered that java11 gets installed anyway in os2 java java11 3] The correct NIC was detected and preselected during installation but the system has no connectivity after installation This may be due to the use of a genmac driver listed as UNTESTED in the genmac help but as the help does not give any useful details about installation - the Manual installation page basically says 'run the WPI file' - I cannot check config.sys entries. I can, however, point you to a driver that works fine with this nic Marvel 88e8056 4] What happened to the options to 'use pretty clock' and the good search tool pmseek.exe - did I miss them somewhere? This 1 is my fault: I accidentally installed the 'enhanced file dialog' thingy. How do I get rid of that and reinstate the old file open/save dialog?
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Since today it is available for download 'eComStation 2.2 Beta ISO' for software subscribers. But at 22:30 we withdrawn the ISO.
About our implementation support Over 90% of our customers install eComStation themselves, without additional support. We support legacy IBM OS/2 installations. By updating and replacing various OS/2 based machines and environments, we gained the experience to be your reliable partner.
We can offer you consulting, testing support, programming as well as on-site support. Michael Gallias, IT architect, Standard Bank South Africa, I would like to thank the team for assisting us with our migration. This was one of the best engagements with a vendor I ve had since joining the bank. It was great to work with an intelligent and skilled team that shares my passion for quality delivery.
You have exceptional people and I am very pleased to have had the experience of working with them.
Well we had slight hick up:-( We put the ISO online at 16:00 hours Amsterdam. But at 22:30 we withdrawn the ISO. As I type this a new one is being uploaded.
We discovered what I would call a critical defect. The defect was in the fact that when installed to hard disc the two files os2 boot usbohcd.sys and usbehcd.sys where still the IBM version. We missed ONE pack file in which the files are. Os2image disk_5 usb was correct.
Os2image bundle0 missed an update. The joys of IBM installer framework.
Its pretty complex stuff. Sorry for the inconvience. The new ISO just finished uploading and will be accessible within 10 minutes again. Roderick Klein Mensys B.V. I tried to install it today. It came as far as the disk test in phase 1.
Reported incomplete LVM info on disk 1 and 2 and told me this is normal on a non-eCS system. This computer runs eCS though. It offered to fix the problems, I clicked ok (have a backup). After that I started the install again and it said drive 1 was ok, but 2 still had errors. Didn't show any partitios to install to. I broke the installation off and rebooted from harddisk.
Bootmanger showed the wrong drive letters, but the system booted. Used DFSEE to fix the LVW info and reinstall bootmanager.
Next try when I have more time and have figured out what's wrong with the lvm setup. Hi All I would love to give my first impressions but install failed to continue when I refused to complete a 'Base path.' (UNIXROOT) entryfield. I do not want the software and therefore do not need a UNIXROOT value. I have reported this as a bug and hope that it will be fixed for the GA. I do realise that I could have completed that field and then taken care to make sure that none of the software relying on UNIXROOT got selected for installation but I do not think install should stop there simply because the install routine is programmed to expect an entry. I think the installer should recognise the empty path and *not* offer for installation any software relying on that path.
Regards Pete. Well that's not how the installer works.
The page previous (the page before you specify the UNIXROOT path), thats where you need to make the selection. Click on the + for 'System extensions' 'Then software compatibility extensions' and under 'unix ports framework' You can switch the between the two options. Because the option is select by default to install RPM (which is needed for ODIN and QT 4 and Java) on the next page that option is displayed 'the unixroot path'. So you can disable that option BUT you will not get Java 6, QT 4 and ODIN and Flash. Roderick Klein Mensys B.V. Hi Roderick I'll give that a try.
No, I do not want any software installed by yum/rpm - or yum/rpm installed. I already have the apps you mention, plus more, installed without the benefit of yum/rpm to a non-boot drive. I'll simply take a WPS2REXX backup of my ecS2.1 Desktop, modify the cmd files generated by the backup and run only the cmd files required to create application/folder Desktop icons on my ecS2.2 Desktop. It is a fairly simple way of 'migrating' a working Desktop to a different drive. Regards Pete. Hi Roderick The page you refer to is 'Next' not 'Previous' therefore it is necessary to complete the UNIXROOT field even though it is unwanted and unneeded. As regards installation: needs a little bit of work I think.
1] DOS was deselected but there is a populated os2 mdos directory and DOS drivers loaded at boot. 2] JAVA was deselected but I discovered that java11 gets installed anyway in os2 java java11 3] The correct NIC was detected and preselected during installation but the system has no connectivity after installation This may be due to the use of a genmac driver listed as UNTESTED in the genmac help but as the help does not give any useful details about installation - the Manual installation page basically says 'run the WPI file' - I cannot check config.sys entries. I can, however, point you to a driver that works fine with this nic Marvel 88e8056 4] What happened to the options to 'use pretty clock' and the good search tool pmseek.exe - did I miss them somewhere? This 1 is my fault: I accidentally installed the 'enhanced file dialog' thingy. How do I get rid of that and reinstate the old file open/save dialog?