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TCP/IP update problem

Started by jjjustjjjay, 2008.03.24, 21:55:21

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jjjustjjjay

I Just updated OS/2 Warp connect v.3 to TCP/IP ver 3.0 and it looks like it installed ok but when i reboot and try to go into the tcpip configeration it says it can't find the the file and the path is correct. is here a fixpak or some thing i should have installed before I Installed TCP/IP v. 3.??

Ps. using fixpak installer version 2-b

Fahrvenugen

Hi,

You probably have some wierd combination of TCP/IP and / or updates installed causing problems.

Here is my suggestion.

First, open a command prompt and type:

inetver

And find out what version of TCP/IP you have.  If it says anything about Version 2.x, then you'll definitely have to get rid of your TCP/IP stuff and start fresh.  If it says 3.0 (or something like that), then you may be able to get away with a reinstall, but you're still probably better to just get rid of it all.

To get rid of it all, first make a backup copy of your config.sys and then edit your config.sys, search for anything that says c:\tcpip and either delete the reference or REM out the line.  It'll make a lot of references to this directory (and potentially sub directories), so use that search feature of the editor to find them all.

Once you've done that, save the config.sys file and restart the computer.

Once rebooted, open up the drive view for the C: drive, and delete the tcpip folder and all sub-folders (just right-click on it and select Delete...  it'll probably ask you to confirm this several times, that's okay)

Restart your computer again.

Once you've eliminated the old TCP/IP stuff, re-install it.  To do this, pop in your Warp Connect CD (note: Not the bonus pack Cd, but the Warp Connect one!)

Navigate to the folder:

x:\cid\img\tcpapps

Where x: is the drive letter of your CD drive.  Double click on the icon titled "Install.exe"

This will start up the manual TCP/IP installer.  Use this to install TCP/IP.  Once done installing, then restart your computer.

Once TCP/IP is installed, that's when you'll want to install the TCP/IP fixpak.

For MPTS:
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Before installing TCP/IP you'll need to also make sure MPTS is installed if it has not already been installed (and if you're installing it to use a LAN / network card, you'll  need to make sure the card driver is installed with the TCP/IP protocol added to the card).  An easy way to find out if you've installed it is open up a command prompt and type::

mpts

Hit enter.  If this starts up the MPTS install/configuration utility then MPTS is installed.  If it does not, then you'll need to first install MPTS.

To manually install MPTS from the CD, navigate to:

x:\cid\img\laps\mpts.exe

and that will fire up the MPTS install.  The version of MPTS on the CD is extremely old, I don't really recommend installing it since there are newer versions available.  But if you havn't downloaded a newer version, the one from the CD will work.

If you've downloaded some of the MPTS updates (such as wr08423 for the 16 bit stack or wr0610 for the 32 bit), you can just run MPTS.EXE off the extracted file set for whichever stack you're installing and that will start up the installer.

As for the question about Firefox (from another post), yes - the warpzilla page says it'll work with Warp 4 and eCS.  But if you install Fixpak 40, make sure the needed Libc is installed, and avoid using the plug-ins that *don't* work on Warp 3 (such as Flash 7, and Java 1.4.2 generally don't work properly) then you'll probably find that you're able to get Firefox to work.

On the other hand, if you try and use the plugins I mentioned - Flash 7 and Java 1.4.2 specifically, you *might* run into difficulties (although some people have managed to hack Warp 3 enough to make 'em work, this is not the easiest task).

Hope this makes sense.