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From: "Bob Bailin" <72027.3605@compuserve.com>
References: <20030804064509.GC24551@sco.com>
<20030804101144.13162.00001244@mb-m10.aol.com>
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Subject: Re: Merge Installation/Configuration Problem on OpenServer 5.0.7
Date: Mon, 04 Aug 2003 19:10:38 GMT


"Bob Bailin" <72027.3605@compuserve.com> wrote in message
news:aMxXa.16384$Vx2.8460033@newssvr28.news.prodigy.com...
>
> "Transpower" <transpower@aol.com> wrote in message
> news:20030804101144.13162.00001244@mb-m10.aol.com...
> > Bela:
> >
> > RE:  Merge Installation/Configuration on 5.0.7
> >
> > Here's the context--I've tried both Windows 98 and Windows ME with the
> > respective  Start Disks and got the same error messages.  I have the
> latest
> > version of Merge, 5.3.23.  For some unknown reason, Merge seems to think
> there
> > is still a pre-existing version of DOS (from the previous 3.22t version
of
> > Merge) installed on the system which prevents the installation of DOS 8
> and a
> > Personal copy of Windows ME or 98.  I have filed a Bug Report with SCO.
>
> I'm going to give this one last try:
>
> In the course of installing/upgrading/re-installing Merge, you've
clobbered
> something,
> somewhere. The easiest solution is to start from square 1. Using custom,
> remove
> SCO Merge. Reboot. Go to /usr/lib/merge and run the script final_remove.sh
> which
> will clean up the remaining merge stuff not removed by custom. Also remove
> all
> personal merge data using: rm -r /usr/*/.merge
> and rm -r /usr/*/win
>
> Reinstall SCO Merge 5.7.23 and reboot. Using X-Windows and logged in as
> root, install DOS from your favorite version of Windows (98 or ME). Be
> absolutely sure you're using a full retail or OEM version on CD. Upgrade
> versions are simply not supported. If you're unsure of whether you have an
> upgrade version, try to boot from the CD on another machine. Upgrade
> versions of Win9x don't boot from CD.
>
> Also as root, install an image of the same Windows CD to make user
> installation simpler. Then, as an ordinary user, install Windows from that
> CD image. If for some reason this step fails, install Windows directly
from
> the Windows CD instead.
>
> Document every step. You should get no errors at any step above.
>
> Bob
>
>

Additional note: Installing Windows ME *requires* a startup disk, which
comes with the full retail version of WinME, otherwise you have to make
one on an exisitng WinME system. WinME requires that MS-DOS 8.0
be the underlying OS, not an earlier version.

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