DOS and Windows application installation under OS/2 V2.0 is generally performed from a DOS command prompt or from the WIN-OS/2 Program Manager. In some cases, it may be necessary to boot from a DOS diskette to perform the install. Modifications made to CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT by installation programs should be carefully reviewed.
If the OS/2 V2.0 system is to be set up for Boot Manager or dual boot to DOS, the arrangement of the hard disk partitions needs to be planned.
The Migrate Applications program is used to migrate already installed DOS, Windows, and OS/2 programs, and creates and places the program objects in a folder on the desktop. If the DOS or Windows program is in the migrate database \OS2\INSTALL\DATABASE.DAT, the Migrate Applications program automatically selects the recommended DOS settings for the program.
The Migrate Applications program always sets up Windows programs to run in a WIN-OS/2 window session, if possible. Some exceptions exist, for example, CorelDraw!** and Arts & Letters**. Those programs use some very special Windows programming techniques, which can cause some problems in a "seamless" WIN-OS/2 VDM. This may not happen in every user scenario but it was felt to be safer to install those applications as fullscreen SAVDMs.
The Migrate Applications program is used:
A utility, PARSEDB, is supplied to help system administrators to add an organization's unique applications to the migration database, or to create their own.