Introduction
Working principle
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Feedback
Feature Request
History
Usefull staff
Future plans
Introduction Working principle UpdCD was tested with different NLS versions of OS/2 Warp 4 (English, German, Brazilian, Hungarian), Fixpak 12...15, Device Driver Fixpak 1, 2, Printer Driver Fixpak, MPTS fixpaks (WR*8610, WR*8620, WR*8621), TCP/IP 4.0 fixpak (UN_0980), TCP/IP 4.1 fixpak (UN_2001), PEER fixpak, JAVA 1.1.8 run-time fixpak, Netware Requester 2.12, FI 1.25, Java 1.1.7, 1.1.8, 1.3 (all components), NS 4.61 and TCP/IP 4.x. There is also support for incorporating Fixpak 1/2, Device Driver Fixpak 2, Netscape 4.61, MPTS Fixpak 6821, MPTS update 8700 and TCP/IP 4.3 into the WSeB CD-ROM. Since version 1.5 preliminary support for Warp 3 exists. There is also some support for MCP1. The updated CD-ROM can be made bootable too. A complete update procedure can be found in the package.
Download Feedback Requested Features
With UpdCD you can incorporate public IBM fixpaks into your installation CD. In this way you will be able to install a Year 2000 complient OS/2 Warp on systems with large hard disks right from this CD. You do not have te reinstall fixpaks after using selective install. You can boot and install right from the CD. You can incorporate new products into the CD. Interested? Read on!
UpdCD scans the original OS/2 CD-ROM which is copied to your hard disk and updates all the files which are refreshed in the fixpak. Some of the files on the CD can be updated with a simple copy command, but most of them reside in packed (a sort of zip) and zip files and they require some more processing (packing/unpacking). The current version of UpdCD supports updates of single, packed (bundled) or zipped files, which is enough to incorporate base OS/2, Device Driver, Printer, MPTS, TCP/IP, PEER, Netware Requester Fixpaks, updates for Feature Installer, Java and new products like Netscape Communicator and TCP/IP 4.x into the CD.
![[UpdCD]](updcd/updcd.gif)
Updating the OS/2 CD-ROM with UpdCD is easy!![[PMUpdCD]](updcd/pmupdcd.gif)
Afraid of using command line tools? Try the graphical user interface!
The current version of UpdCD is 1.6. It was released on 05-13-2001. This version supports the integration of VFAT (NTFS, EXT2) IFS, WatchCat, Scroll Mouse and various XFree86 applications. The automated WSeB installation procedure has been improved with support for JAVA and LS fixpak IP08603. Preliminary support for MCP1 has been added which enables you to integrate Warp 4 products, like Voice Type. You can download it from this site or from hobbes.
Your feedback is welcome! We would love to hear your success story in the UpdCD discussion group! :-) If you have a problem with UpdCD please post to this group first. Do not email me directly, I read the group every day and I will answer as soon as I can! You can also change experience with other users. Please keep the log file created by UpdCD handy, I might ask you to zip it and email it to me.
I would like to hear which features you miss from UpdCD. You can also vote on features requested by others:
| Feature | Number of votes | Response |
| Add support for SDD special edition | 16 (vote) | Unfortunately, the Scitech version seems to have a problem with unattended installation. It seems that Scitech is willing to solve this issue. Stay tuned! |
| Add support for PMMAIL | 12 (vote) | Rejected. The PMMail installer does not support unattended installation. Ask BluePrint Software to remove this limitation. |
| Add support for kernel updates | 9 (vote) | You may try the following. Download the kernel fix and unzip it in a temp directory. Pack the files one by one using pack2.exe from updcd. Replace the base OS fixpak files using these files before you run Go4It. |
| Add support for ASPI router | 9 (vote) | Under investigation. |
| Add latest ThinkPad drivers | 8 (vote) | Unfortunately, the TPADI package cannot be used because it does not support unattended installation. Still investigating the possibility of the integration of the drivers deliverd in disk images. |
| Add support for CDRecord/2 | 8 (vote) | - |
| Add support for extracting fixpak files from DSK images | 7 (vote) | - |
| Add support for SysBar | 5 (vote) | - |
| Add support for OpenChat | 4 (vote) | - |
| Port UpdCD to Windows/DOS | 4 (vote) | - |
| Add support for adding my own version of file xxx | 4 (vote) | - |
| Make Ethernet the default settings for NWREQ | 3 (vote) | - |
| Add support for SysTree | 3 (vote) | - |
| Reuse PCOM, TN* in TCP32 from TCP16 | 2 (vote) | - |
| Add support for the full EMX installation | 2 (vote) | - |
| Add support for D-Link DE-528 PCI driver | 2 (vote) | - |
| Add support for SystemView fixpak | 2 (vote) | - |
| Add support for Warp fixpak 9 | 1 (vote) | - |
| Add support for DISK4PM | 1 (vote) | - |
| Add support for LAN Distance fixpak | 1 (vote) | - |
| Add support for FFST fixpak | 1 (vote) | - |
| Add support for AskPSP fixes | 1 (vote) | - |
| Create Update Kit for WSeB | 1 (vote) | - |
| Create Update Kit for Warp 3 | 1 (vote) | - |
History
| Release | New functionality | Date |
| 0.1 | Initial release, updated OS/2 image works with selective install | 05.13.2000 |
| 0.2 | Added script to create installation floppies, improved OS/2 image creation, it can be used for pristine installation | 05.21.2000 |
| 0.3 | Added support to incorporate Device Driver FP 1, improved OS/2 image creation (solved REXX problem), improved interface and simplified CD update procedure, improved error logging | 06.04.2000 |
| 0.4 | Added support to incorporate MPTS fixpaks, improved performance, made language independent | 06.11.2000 |
| 0.5 | Added support to incorporate TCP/IP and PEER fixpaks, added support to partially update FI database, simplified and more general postprocessing plug-in for OS/2 fixpaks | 07.24.2000 |
| 0.6 | Added support for FI, Netscape, Java 1.1.x and TCP/IP 4.x, improved update FI database, included automatic update procedure | 08.16.2000 |
| 0.7 | Added support for Netware Client 2.12, and WSeB FP 1, aligned with Fixpak 14 and Device Driver Fixpak 2, fixed the integration of UN_0980 for non-English Warp | 09.17.2000 |
| 0.8 | Added support for printer driver fixes, use of virtual floppies supported, fixed problem with Java installation (static target drive), fixed problem with 16-bits MPTS fixpaks (error 1600), installation CD-ROM can be made bootable, many small fixes and improvements | 10.01.2000 |
| 1.0 | Added support for syslevel update, fixed PEER icon problem, added support for DANI IDE, FAT32, SDD drivers | 10.15.2000 |
| 1.1 | Added support for TCP/IP 4.1 and Java 1.1.8 fixpaks, Open GL 1.1, USB, WarpIn installer, File Commander/2, Netscape plug-in pack, Adobe Acrobat Reader, Bamba player, Norton Antivirus, Innotek Flash plug-in, EMX run-time. | 11.19.2000 |
| 1.2 | Added PM interface, fixed JAVA 1.3 installation problem (licensing key), added support for selecting add-on components, added support for XFree86, LVM, JFS, OS/2 Commander, compress files on installation disks (support for private fixes), added DANI IDE driver to installation disk, added updated vrobj.dll. | 12.14.2000 |
| 1.3 | Added support for all of the JAVA update components, tons of bug fixing, automated update procedure for WSeB. | 01.30.2001 |
| 1.4 | Added support for updated IBM installation diskettes, PMFax Lite, ODIN and XWorkPlace. Fixed the red-screen problem with booting and installing from the CD-ROM. | 03.04.2001 |
| 1.5 | Added support for Amouse, SMP, HPFS386, UDF, OD v2.0, Symbios SCSI driver, Freetype.dll, Warp 3, improved WSeB procedure. | 04.01.2001 |
| 1.6 | Added support for VFAT (NTFS, EXT2) IFS, WatchCat, Scroll Mouse and XFree86 applications add-ons. Improved graphical interface, added support for VFDISK 2.0. Improved WSeb procedure with support for LAN Server fixpak IP08603, JAVA updates and run-time fix. Added support to integrate Warp 4 FI products (Bonus Pak, VT) with WSeB and MCP1. | 05.13.2001 |
Useful stuff
- UpdCD 1.65 (new features: fully rewritten addon installation interface to allow automatic detection of 100 add-on product, improved peer fixpak integration (less warnings, all icons are created during installation), included the latest bug fixes since version 1.6, added cdboot 1.50 and updated LxLite files, added CMDRun add-on) (06.24.2001)
- UpdCD FAQ (Updated on 06.24.2001)
- REXX script to recreate PEER icons (German, created by Thorolf Godawa)
- UpdCD presentation on WarpStock Europe 2000 (StarOffice 5.1 file)
- Directory listing and UpdCD log created during building a Warp 4 CD which contains the newest available components (XR_M015, XR_D002, IP_8414, WR_8700, NWRQ 2.12, FI 1.25, NS 4.61, JAVA 1.3, TCP/IP 4.3)
- Directory listing and UpdCD log created during building a Warp 4 CD which contains only the free components (XR_M015, XR_D002, IP_8414, WR_8610, WR_8621, UN_0980, NWRQ 2.12, FI 1.25, NS 4.61, JAVA 1.1.8, updated IBM disks, PMFax Lite)
- UpdCD mirror site
Future plans
| Version | New functionality | Expected release date |
| 1.7 | We will see... | 08.15.2001 |
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