Re: acpi needed

** Reply to note from [email protected] Mon, 27 Apr 2020 12:00:01 +0000
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> Whhere woould the syncdir backup land, and can the location be specified  and should the syncdir program be placed at the TOP of the  mailer-invoking
> *.cmd file? On She have 3.8Gib of space on a  newly-created W: partition meant to house the download of ArcaOS when  She and Her trustee have paid
> the for the 1-year subscription that  allows Her to download not only ArcaOS but other programs, utils and  suchlike.

 All parameters can be set, at the top of cmd file is suitable.

> What do you mean by that Syncdir removes unneded files, for example the  various nstmp folders that contains files? She fervently hopes that it  don't
> remove files from the Mail & Newsgroups structures as that would  spell doom for the mailer :-(

 A synchronize tool creates an exact copy, xcopy only copies never removes so in time is not a mirror, unless files in directory never change in number,
only size.

> Another tack - She have trouble installing the eCs 2.1 Business Edition  on the new box, it TRAPS after doing the setup phase and reboot via F10.  Now
> the Quick Installation Guide says that bootable floppies can be  created, but as the new box is empty of any OS at present, could it be  done on the old
> box? With the bootable floppies She could get access to  LVM, thereby creating volumes of the partitions the guy who is  responsible for DFSee created
> for Her including installiing BM. So the  best way is to remove BM, volumizing all existing partitions and  formatting the FAT32 volumes, the R: and the
> V: (this will house Win7  programs that She will install, not on the primary Win7 volume so it  won't be clogged up. Or should She try installing ArcaOS
> first when She  have downloaded it via wget (the author of the ArcaOS suggested this  method, bot what's the difference between wget and awget? The
> Wget  that's installed now is very old, so it should probably be deinstalled  and the most current version installed instead, and wget / awget can 
> certainly be fetched via hobbes - Her NFTP/2 client is VERY reliable  when it comes to downloading stuff from example hobbes.

 If you have a very new computer, ECS may need a newer version of ACPI, which Arca has. Why would you install both? If you have a new machine install
the latest OS. For older computers, does not matter.

        Cal