eComStation 2.0 beta 4

=== eComStation 2.0 beta 4 README === !!! WHEN TESTING BETA SOFTWARE, ALWAYS BE SURE TO HAVE A TRIED AND TESTED BACK OF YOUR SYSTEM !!! Thank you for your interest in testing the latest beta of eComStation 2.0. A great deal of effort has been made to improve the usefulness to the product. Please see the 'WHATSNEW.TXT' document for an overview of all changes. This product is available for download to all registered users of Software Subscription Services for eComStation. For more information, please visit: http://www.ecomstation.com/subscription/ This beta offers a number of improvements that we would like to have tested on a larger number of configurations. These are: ** Preboot harddisk integrity check ** There are several situations which may cause installation problems with LVM in the install process. In this Beta (4), it is possible to disable the integrity check at page 2 (miscellaneous) of the eComStation installer preboot menu. - PBR problems: Set when either the 'hidden sectors' or the geometry fields in a bootsector do not match the position of the partition or the used disk-geometry. - CHS problems: Set when the CHS-values in a partition-table for a partition do NOT match the current disk-geometry used by the operating system. This may lead to error from (mini)LVM about the disk being 'corrupt'. Another possible cause for this error is that if there are any partitions present on a disk that have NO LVM information at all, and are of a type that gets a default driveletter assigned in that case (by OS2LVM.DMD/OS2DASD.CMD) - Boot problems: Set when extended-containers are marked ACTIVE, when multiple primaries are marked ACTIVE, or if any non-standard flagbyte values are used in the partitiontable. These errors MAY lead to the system failing to boot properly! These will now be detected before the installer starts and an option to fix them is being presented. If you choose not to fix them, you are not able to proceed the installation. This technology uses a custom DFSee 'engine' and should be safe, however, neither Serenity Systems International nor Fsys can be held liable for any damages that may occur to the data on your harddrive. ** Harddisk volume resizing ** This beta has a custom DFSee engine that enables reliable RESIZING of FAT32 and NTFS filesystems to allow shrinking an existing Windows installation to make room for eComStation on the same system. While this functionality has been available in DFSee (and the OEM Engine) for quite a while, it was NOT considered reliable enough to offer to end users during eComStation install. Starting with DFSee release 7.12, and the OEM Engine based on that, the reliability of resizing has improved to the point where it can be used without hesitation for this purpose. A Windows NTFS filesystem resized by DFSee will pass a subsequent Windows CHKDSK with NO ERRORS now. The engine included in Beta 4 is at level 8.08. The GUI to this tool has been updated and is now using a graphical interface. To invoke it, please select 'Paritition Resizing Tool' from the Installation Volume Manager which can be called during installation (choose 'New Volume' to start MiniLVM). It will take a while to complete loading, when done, please select Next to show the list of resizable volumes. If the list is empty, this means there is no suitable volume detected that has enough free space for it to be resized. ** Genmac ** This package provides generic driver support for several network interface cards under OS/2 and eComStation. Moreover, Genmac is enabled to support WPA encryption with the Wireless LAN Monitor 3.x or better. Genmac and the Wireless LAN monitor will be installed when the appropriate hardware is detected by the installer. If it is not detected, you can manually select the driver in the network installation dialog. Note: only the selected driver will be copied onto your system, in order to prevent problems with the MPTS installer later on. This may seem confusing, when you run MPTS in a later stage, it will not show all Genmac supported NICs. A full list of supported NIC chipsets can be found in 'WHATSNEW.TXT'. Support has been added to autodetect the 284 NICs that are using one of these chipsets. ** ACPI & APM ** Support for ACPI is available in this beta. The current version is 2.18. ACPI will be automatically enabled if appropriate hardware is detected. You can manually enable or disable ACPI support at page 2 (miscellaneous) of the eComStation installer preboot menu. Even if not installed, the corresponding documents are installed on your harddrive. You can find detailed information and testdocuments in \ECS\DOC\ACPI and \ECS\DOC\APM Several tests can be performed, please refer to \ECS\DOC\ACPI\TESTER.DOC and \ECS\DOC\APM\TESTER.DOC When ACPI is installed, there is a number of utilities from the ACPI Toolkit you can use, see the list below: AcpiTree.exe - Show ACPI tree ButtonJin.exe - Wait press Power Button (as demon), GUI WaitButton.exe - Wait press Power/Sleep button, VIO PowerOff.exe - Power Off (immediate!!) SetGetThrtl.exe - Get/Set throtlling CPU UpTime.exe - Show uptime via PM Timer GetValue.exe - Get current value from PM Timer AcpiIRQ.exe - Show current IRQ routing IrqStat.exe - Show IRQ calling statistics (SMP only) SetGetState.exe - Get/Set frequency/power state EmbeddedEvent.exe - Show events from Embedded controllers GetNotify.exe - Show notify Thermal.exe - Show temperature of thermal zone ScanPCI.exe - Show PCI devices TmrTest.exe - Test working of timer (testing IRQ0 timer 0) ** multicore CPU support ** This beta supports the installation of eComStation on a MultiCore CPU computer. This includes Intel Core Duo , Core2 Duo and AMD 64 X2. To enable this support, please select the appropriate feature in the installer hardware page. It is listed under ACPI support, and you will have to select what type of computer you are installing on. It is also possible to enter your own parameters for the ACPI PSD driver, for more information on those please refer to the document listed below. The SMP kernel will be installed and activated immediately, when that is appropriate. Please note: many drivers are not SMP capable, which may cause instability or unexpected behaviour on your system. For more information please refer to \ECS\DOC\ACPI\ACPI_SMP.DOC ** SMP support ** It is also possible to install eComStation 2.0 Beta 4 on a regular SMP machine. To do so, please select this option under "System and Kernel Options" in the hardware page. This will *not* immediately install the SMP kernel, you will have to activate it with the Post Installation Tasks wizard that is started at the end of the installation. This should enable you to properly finish installation, before activating the SMP feature. ** eComStation Virtual File System (Samba client support) ** Samba is a SMB/CIFS protocols file and print sharing server/client set originally made for UNIX world to cooperate with corresponding Windows and OS/2 servers or clients. eComStation has a native implementation of SMB/CIFS server/client set - IBM LAN Manager and IBM Peer. These products have not been recently updated and may have some compatibility issues with modern Windows SMB/CIFS implementations. Serenity Systems International has reached an agreement with Blueprint Software Works for the inclusion of the 'eComStation Virtual File System' driver which provides support for Samba Client. Currently a GUI to configure it is lacking, but an example of how to mount a Samba resource can be found in \ECS\DOC\EVFS\REXX ** eSchemes ** eSchemes version 1.37 is included in this Beta (4). This provides a new way to configure the look and feel of the desktop. eSchemes software is still in development and may create stability issues for the user. Because of this, eSchemes can only be installed with Advanced Installation, under "Experimental Features". The option to select is "Interface customization". Traditional "eStyler" functionality is lacking, for example the titlebar customization. Feedback on eSchemes is highly appreciated. You can find documentation on eSchemes in \ECS\DOC\ESCHEMES\. eSchemes can be applied by rightclicking them from the Appearance folder and select 'apply scheme' this wil take a while of diskactivity, but no progress indicator is shown. After application you should reboot to enable the scheme entirely. A scheme can be edited after a doubleclick, but this functionality is not implemented entirely. eSchemes' inclusion in the GA of eComStation 2.0 will be determined by the end-user feedback from this Beta (4). == REPORTING == To tell us your findings, please create a report at: http://www.ecomstation.com/support/beta4report/ You are also welcome to join the TestTeam if you want to discuss this beta and future developments. See http://ewiki.ecomstation.nl/TestTeam for more details. == DISTRIBUTION / CREATING CDS == This product is provided as a downloadable ISO file, this is a raw CD image that you can burn on CD-R media. For instructions on burning the CD image to CD please consult the PDF document howtoburncds.pdf in the same directory. The file to download is: ecs20beta4_cd1_en.zip == REGISTRATION KEY REQUIRED FOR INSTALLING == For the time being you can use the eComStation 1.2 (or 1.2R) key to install this beta release of eComStation 2.0. 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goerana (2007-03-11)

How about to seed ?
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shakazulu3 (2007-03-24)

nice one... but any key flying around. can not find one

iamajd (2007-03-29)

This serial is rumored to work (I haven't tested it yet).
Name: Osama Bin Laden
S/N:

Leeffie (2007-04-11)

Doesn't work with serial you haven't tested yet. It cannot be because only u.c. characters are accepted.

blandreth (2007-04-21)

If anyone are looking for IBM OS2 Warp v4.52 (CP2) it can be found here:
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blandreth (2007-04-22)

OS2 Warp Server v4.52 CP2 can be found here:
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blandreth (2007-06-24)

UPDATE!
The new eComStation v2.0 RC1 can be found here:
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poon!! (2007-07-10)

Here you have a working serial. You have to enter everything here.

USERNAME:
EN12UMP73R564KKK8
REG KEY:
MV35DX1B8KD - FFJCDEEK296
FB1HBHA3QTU - PQNC3JA0E9Q
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poon!! (2007-07-11)

I tried to change the username, and that was possible to do. So you can have another username instead of EN12UMP73R564KKK8.

litebrite (2008-07-19)

Any chance of an RC5 release soon?