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Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2007 22:44:41 -0500
From: "Lewis G Rosenthal" <os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com>
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Subject: Re: [OS2Wireless] thinkpad T40 eCS2.0rc3 installation problem

On 11/19/07 11:15 am, Lothar Frommhold thus wrote :
> Hello all:
>
> It works! Apparently, all that I needed to do was after phase 3 of the 
> installation, click on MTPS, click on Configure, click on OK, and 
> click on Save - nothing more than that, no actual change is necessary. 
> During the process MPTS told me that all was properly configured (!), 
> but apparently the configuration was never before Saved. After 
> rebooting wireless works as it should with my T40.
>
> (As an aside, with my thinkpad A31p the above extra steps were not 
> needed; wireless worked upon finishing the "easy installation".)
>
> Now I am trying to clean up config.sys, based on Lewis' suggestions.
>
> Many thanks to all who responded! This community is simply wonderful.
Great news! Congratulations.

A report to http://www.ecomstation.com/support/rc3report on the 
configuration issue (difference) is probably in order. An experienced 
eCS user will either pick up on this or - as in your case, Lothar - know 
where to go to ask for help. A novice won't have any clue as to what to 
do,so these are the types of things which (IMO) should really be pointed 
out to the development team.

Not to go off on a tangent, but as I see the release of Vista and the 
associated replacement of Win32 apps for those contemplating an 
"upgrade" as a real opportunity for alternative OSes, including eCS. To 
that end, and for the first time in a long while, we may see an influx 
of new users switching over from the Windows environment, and it is 
important that we (the ubiquitous "we," as in those involved to some 
extent with the development and/or marketing of eCS as well as the 
general eCS community, whose longevity is closely linked to the 
continuation of OS/2 as a viable platform) consider what an unfamiliar 
user might experience when interfacing with the OS for the very first 
time (the install).

Once the desktop is up and the system is connected to the net, a good 
set of links for help will go a long way, but if the network 
configuration is broken upon the first boot, the user is going to be 
rather upset (and rightfully so, if there's something which could have 
been done to prevent that).

<snip>

-- 
Lewis
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