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Introduction Working principle UpdCD was tested with different NLS versions of OS/2 Warp 4 (English, German, Brazilian, Hungarian), Fixpak 12...16, Device Driver Fixpak 1, 2, 3, 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 and toolkit fixpaks, 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 1/2/3, Device Driver Fixpak 2, Netscape 4.61, MPTS Fixpak 8621, MPTS update 8700 and TCP/IP 4.3 into the WSeB CD-ROM. There is also support for Warp 3, MCP1, ACP1 and eCS. The updated CD-ROM can be made bootable too. A complete update procedure can be found in the package. You may also want to inspect the UpdCD feature matrix.
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With UpdCD you can incorporate public IBM fixpaks into your installation CD. In this way you will be able to install a Year 2000 compliant OS/2 Warp on systems with large hard disks right from this CD. You do not have to 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]](doc/updcd.gif)
Building a refreshed Warp 4 CD-ROM...![[PMUpdCD]](doc/pmupdcd.jpg)
The graphical user interface of UpdCD
The current version of UpdCD is 2.2. It was released on 11.07.2002. This version supports the integration of the latest fixpaks, the replacement of the Warp 4 base OS resources and comes with improved Warp 3 support. Add-on product uninstallation has also been enabled in this release. You can download it from this site or from hobbes. Do not forget to check out the Useful Stuff section for the latest fixes and/or test releases.
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 exchange 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.
UpdCD has a long history... Do not forget to check it out.
| Version | New functionality | Expected release date |
| 2.3 | Things from the to-do list | 15.12.2002 |
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