Hello All.

Both of my BBS related machines run eCS2.0RC5. I have on hand eCS2.0GA to upgrade to. Does anyone have any hints to doing an upgrade/update, hopefully without doing an uninstall of the present system?

Best regards,
Marc

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In a message on 12-05-17 Marc Lewis said to All:

Good evening Marc,

Both of my BBS related machines run eCS2.0RC5. I have on hand
eCS2.0GA to upgrade to. Does anyone have any hints to doing an upgrade/update, hopefully without doing an uninstall of the present
system?

There is an upgrade program named QF121.ZIP (Quikfix v1.21) available
that has worked very well for me whem upgrading Warp OS/2.

The author is Jon Saxton (triton@attglobal.net) .

The version I have is from 1999, but you may contact the author for more
info.

I'm a bit surprised that eCS doesn't give any instructions to upgrade
from an earlier version.

I really hope that ArcaOS does have an upgrade path from OS/2 Warp,
because that will be my next step up.


Have a good night,

Holger


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Marc Lewis wrote to All <=-

Hello All.

Both of my BBS related machines run eCS2.0RC5. I have on hand eCS2.0GA
to upgrade to. Does anyone have any hints to doing an upgrade/update, hopefully without doing an uninstall of the present system?

Is this a VM or a physical machine? Either way I would do a backup first
and then run the upgrade portion of the setup as I believe the ECS installer will detect an existing ECS install and then switch over to migration mode automatically.

But, why not upgrade to ArcaOS 5.0.1? :) (Oh, that would require a fresh install of the OS though, sadly.)
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Holger Granholm wrote to Marc Lewis <=-

Both of my BBS related machines run eCS2.0RC5. I have on hand
eCS2.0GA to upgrade to. Does anyone have any hints to doing an upgrade/update, hopefully without doing an uninstall of the present system?

There is an upgrade program named QF121.ZIP (Quikfix v1.21) available
that has worked very well for me whem upgrading Warp OS/2.

The author is Jon Saxton (triton@attglobal.net) .

The version I have is from 1999, but you may contact the author for
more info.

I'm a bit surprised that eCS doesn't give any instructions to upgrade
from an earlier version.

IIRC, it does. See my previous response to Marc.

I really hope that ArcaOS does have an upgrade path from OS/2 Warp, because that will be my next step up.

Nope. Full, clean install only. At least in version 5.0.1, which is
what I am running here.
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In a message on 12-07-17 Robert Wolfe said to Holger Granholm:

Good evening Robert,

I really hope that ArcaOS does have an upgrade path from OS/2 Warp, because that will be my next step up.

Nope. Full, clean install only. At least in version 5.0.1, which

Thank you for the info. Now I know what to expect.


Have a good night,

Holger


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Hello Robert.

<On 07Dec2017 21:06 Robert Wolfe (1:116/17) wrote a message to MARC LEWIS regarding Re: Version upgrade help >

Is this a VM or a physical machine?

It's a physical machine (2 of them.)

Either way I would do a backup
first and then run the upgrade portion of the setup as I believe
the ECS installer will detect an existing ECS install and then
switch over to migration mode automatically.

What are you using for backup now?

Best regards,
Marc

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Marc Lewis wrote to Robert Wolfe <=-

Either way I would do a backup
first and then run the upgrade portion of the setup as I believe
the ECS installer will detect an existing ECS install and then
switch over to migration mode automatically.

What are you using for backup now?

I do a VM export once a week onto external media. I don't run ArcaOS
or eCS on physical hardware. I run them using Oracle VirtualBox.

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Holger Granholm wrote in a message to Robert Wolfe:

In a message on 12-07-17 Robert Wolfe said to Holger Granholm:

Good evening Robert,

I really hope that ArcaOS does have an upgrade path from OS/2 Warp,
because that will be my next step up.

Nope. Full, clean install only. At least in version 5.0.1, which

Thank you for the info. Now I know what to expect.

Since that last posting, I have upgraded to v5.0.2. Not much difference, just a few installer enhancements (like the ability to install off of a USB flash drive). So far, it has been working out quite well.

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In a message on 02-28-18 Robert Wolfe said to Holger Granholm:

Good evening again Robert,

Nope. Full, clean install only. At least in version 5.0.1, which

Since that last posting, I have upgraded to v5.0.2. Not much
difference, just a few installer enhancements (like the ability to
install off of a USB flash drive). So far, it has been working out
quite well.

Thanks for the update Robert.

Maybe we will soon be able to run ArcaOS off an USB stick.
When that is possible you can take your operating system anywhere you go


Have a good night,

Holger


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Holger Granholm wrote in a message to Robert Wolfe:

Thanks for the update Robert.

Maybe we will soon be able to run ArcaOS off an USB stick.
When that is possible you can take your operating system anywhere
you go

I *THINK* you can do this now. If not, I KNOW you can install it from a USB stick. I may have to see if I can install it on a USB stick here and see what happens :)

The only issue I see with that is the myriad amount of network cards out there that would have to be changed on each system you boot the USB stick from.

Peace,
Robert

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In a message on 03-25-18 Robert Wolfe said to Holger Granholm:

Hello Robert,

Maybe we will soon be able to run ArcaOS off an USB stick.

I *THINK* you can do this now. If not, I KNOW you can install it
from a USB stick. I may have to see if I can install it on a USB
stick here and see what happens :)

It has been done before with other operating systems and years ago an
OS/2 user in russia offered such a possibility, free, but I never got
a response to my mail to him.

The only issue I see with that is the myriad amount of network cards
out there that would have to be changed on each system you boot the
USB stick from.

Well, I don't see a problem with that because others have done it and
there is also an application that does it with Windows using mobile applications of known programmes.


Have a nice day,

Holger


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