                     OS/2 VERSION 3
                         README


  Welcome to OS/2 Version 3.  This README contains the
  latest information available.  It also contains
  helpful hints found in our testing.  For detailed
  information on OS/2 Version 3, see the "OS/2 Version
  3 User's Guide to OS/2", the new Online Tutorial, and
  the Master Help Index and the Online books in the
  Information Folder on the Desktop.

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  CONTENTS
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  -----------------------------------------------
  SECTION 1.  GENERAL INFORMATION  . . . . . .  1
  Creating Diskette Images from the OS/2 CD  . . . .  1
  Multiple Versions of Windows**   . . . . . . . . .  3
  Desktop Setting Notebook   . . . . . . . . . . . .  3
  Pen for OS/2   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  4
  Trademarks   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  6


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          SECTION 1.  GENERAL INFORMATION
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  CREATING DISKETTE IMAGES FROM THE OS/2 CD
  _________________________________________

  To create diskette images from the OS/2 CD after OS/2
  Version 3 has been installed:

  To find out exactly how many diskettes you will need:

  1.  Place the OS/2 CD in the CD-ROM drive.
  2.  Type DIR X:\DISKIMGS\OS2\35  /W (where X: is the
      CD-ROM drive) and press Enter.
  3.  When a list of files appears on your screen,
      count the files that end with the .DSK extension.
      Each .DSK file requires one formatted diskette.

  Use the following command to create each diskette
  image:

    X:\DISKIMGS\XDFCOPY X:\DISKIMGS\OS2\35\diskname.dsk A:

  where:


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  X:                       Is the drive letter of the
                           CD-ROM drive.

  \DISKIMGS\XDFCOPY        Is the location and name of
                           the program used to create
                           the diskettes.

  \DISKIMGS\OS2\35         Is the location of the files
                           containing the diskette
                           images.

  DISKNAME.DSK             Is the diskette image file
                           name (for example,
                           DISK0.DSK).

  A:                       Is the drive letter of your
                           diskette drive.

  For example, to create the Installation Diskette
  (DISK0.DSK), type the following and press Enter:

    X:\DISKIMGS\XDFCOPY X:\DISKIMGS\OS2\35\DISK0.DSK A:

  (where X: is the CD-ROM drive and A: is the diskette
  drive.)


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  MULTIPLE VERSIONS OF WINDOWS**
  ______________________________

  OS/2 Version 3 does not support multiple versions of
  Windows (for example, Windows 3.1 on drive D and
  Windows for Workgroups** 3.1 on drive E) or multiple
  installations of the same Windows version (for
  example, Windows 3.1 on drive D and Windows 3.1 on
  drive E).


  DESKTOP SETTING NOTEBOOK
  ________________________

  When using the Archive page of the Desktop Settings
  Notebook, specify a drive that is managed by the same
  file system as the drive on which your Desktop
  resides.  For example, if your Desktop is managed by
  the FAT file system, do not specify a drive for an
  Archive location that is managed by HPFS.

  Use the FDISK OS/2 command to display the file system
  of the drive on which your Desktop resides.  The file
  system is displayed in the FS Type field.


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  PEN FOR OS/2
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  If you receive the following message when installing
  or reinstalling Pen for OS/2:

    SYS1059:

  The system cannot execute the specified program.  You
  must apply a fix to the Pen installation program.

  1.  Install the PATCH utilities:
      a.  Select OS/2 System.
      b.  Select System Setup.
      c.  Select Selective Install.
      d.  Select OK on the System Configuration window.
      e.  Select Serviceability and Diagnostics Aids.
      f.  Select Install from the OS/2 Setup and
          Installation window and follow the
          instructions on the screen.
  2.  To apply the fix to the Pen for OS/2 installation
      program, follow these steps:
      o   If you are reinstalling Pen for OS/2:
          a.  Copy the PEN.DAT file which is located in
              the \DISK10 directory on the OS/2 CD-ROM,
              to the drive and directory where you have
              Pen for OS/2 installed.


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          b.  Change to the drive and directory where
              you have Pen for OS/2 installed.  At an
              OS/2 command prompt, type:

                PATCH PEN.DAT /A

              and press Enter.
      o   If you are installing Pen for OS/2 for the
          first time:
          a.  Copy the PEN.DAT file which is located in
              the \DISK10 directory on the OS/2 CD-ROM,
              to the PEN for OS/2 Diskette 1.
          b.  Insert the Pen for OS/2 Diskette 1 into
              drive A.
          c.  From an OS/2 command prompt, switch to
              drive A, and type:

                PATCH PEN.DAT /A

              and press Enter.

              A message is displayed confirming that
              the fix has been applied.
  3.  Install Pen for OS/2.


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  TRADEMARKS
  __________

  The following terms, denoted by an asterisk (*) in
  this README file, are trademarks of the IBM
  Corporation in the United States or other countries:

  o   IBM
  o   OS/2
  o   Pen for OS/2

  The following terms, denoted by a double asterisk
  (**) in this README file, are trademarks of other
  companies as follows:

  TRADEMARK                Owner
  MICROSOFT                Microsoft Corporation
  WINDOWS                  Microsoft Corporation
  WINDOWS FOR WORKGROUPS   Microsoft Corporation

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