Applying Fixpaks to OS/2 Warp from a Local Hard Drive

By Daniel J. Casey

Applying FP8 using .*dk IMAGE files
Installing Fixpaks from a local Hard Drive using the IMAGE files. These instructions cover Warp 4, Fixpak 8 using the IBM recommended CSF 139 Corrective Service Utility in conjunction with a 3rd party utility to automate the installation process.

NOTE: There are always occasional reports from users with every Fixpak ever released regarding problems when installing Fixpacks.

While no guarantees are made, the method described below has been successfully used by myself, and many others, to apply Fixpak 8 to a Warp 4 System.

What you need.
 * A copy of FastKick updated for CSF139
 * The diskette image files for the Fixpak

That's all there is to it. Follow the on-screen prompts, and perform a shutdown and re-boot when the installation has completed.
 * Step by Step Instructions
 * 1) Using your Browser, go to the Hobbes Archive and do a search for FASTK139.ZIP.
 * 2) Download the file fastk139.zip
 * 3) Using whatever method of FTP you are comfortable with, go to: ftp://service.software.ibm.com/ps/products/os2/fixes/v4warp/english-us/ and, using BINary mode, get all the files in that directory, with the exception of the FIXT139.EXE file
 * 4) Create a directory to hold the files and the installation utility
 * 5) Unzip FASTK139.ZIP to this directory
 * 6) Copy all of the image files and readme files that you FTP'd from the XR_M008 directory to this same directory.
 * 7) Open an OS/2 Command Prompt (window or full screen) and Change to that Directory.
 * 8) Type the following command at the OS/2 prompt: for %1 in (*.?dk) do diunpack %1
 * 9) Again, from the OS/2 Command prompt, run FIX.CMD.

Cumulative list of Fixed APARS in Warp 4, Fixpak 8.

Applying FP9 using the ZIP files from RSU
Installing Fixpaks from a local Hard Drive using the RSU ZIP files.


 * NOTE: There are always occasional reports from users with every Fixpak ever released regarding problems when installing Fixpaks.

While no guarantees are made, the method described below has been successfully used by myself to apply Fixpak 9 to a Warp 4 System.

What you need
 * A copy of FastKick updated for CSF139
 * The diskette ZIP files for the Fixpak
 * A copy of InfoZip's UNZIP.EXE

That's all there is to it. Follow the onscreen prompts, and perform a shutdown and re-boot when the installation has completed.
 * Step by Step Instructions
 * 1) Using your Browser, go to the Hobbes Archive and do a search for FASTK139.ZIP.
 * 2) Download the file FASTK139.ZIP
 * 3) Do a search for InfoZip and download the latest 32bit version of the InfoZip utility
 * 4) Using whatever method of FTP you are comfortable with, go to: ftp://service.software.ibm.com/ps/products/os2/rsu/xr_m009/ and, using BINary mode, get all the files in that directory.
 * 5) Create a directory to hold the files and the installation utility
 * 6) Unzip FASTK139.ZIP to this directory
 * 7) Copy all of the ZIP files that you FTP'd from the XR_M008 directory to this same directory.
 * 8) Copy the InfoZip self-extracting executable to an empty directory, and run the executable.
 * 9) Copy UNZIP.EXE from this directory to the directory where you have stored the FastKick files and the XR_M008*.ZIP files
 * 10) Open an OS/2 Command Prompt (window or full screen) and Change to that Directory.
 * 11) Type the following command at the OS/2 prompt: for %1 in (xr_m008*.zip) do unzip -d -o %1
 * 12) Again, from the OS/2 Command prompt, run FIX.CMD.

Cumulative list of Fixed APARS in Warp 4, Fixpak 9.