Adding Object REXX Support to a maintenance partition

To add Object REXX to a maintenance partition (created with BOOTOS2 for example) do the following:

• Create the maintenance parition without REXX support. (In the statements below I assume that F: is the drive letter for the maintenance partition)

• Create a new directory on the maintenance partition (e.g. F:\OREXX)

• Add the new directory to the PATH, LIBPATH and DPATH statement in the file F:\CONFIG.SYS

• Copy the following files from your existing OS/2 partition with activated Object REXX support to the new directory F:\OREXX:

  • OS2\DLL\NAMEREXX.DLL

  • OS2\DLL\PMREXXIO.DLL

  • OS2\DLL\REXX.DLL

  • OS2\DLL\REXXAPI.DLL

  • OS2\DLL\REXXCRT.DLL

  • OS2\DLL\REXXINIT.DLL

  • OS2\DLL\REXXSC.DLL

  • OS2\DLL\REXXSOM.DLL

  • OS2\DLL\REXXUTIL.DLL

  • OS2\DLL\REXXWPS.DLL

  • OS2\DLL\SOMD.DLL

  • OS2\DLL\SOMSEC.DLL

  • OS2\DLL\SOM.DLL

  • OS2\DLL\SOMEM.DLL

  • OS2\DLL\SOMIR.DLL

  • OS2\DLL\SOMS.DLL

  • OS2\DLL\SOMTC.DLL

  • OS2\DLL\SOMU.DLL

  • OS2\DLL\SOMUC.DLL

  • OS2\SYSTEM\REX.MSG

  • OS2\SYSTEM\REXH.MSG

  • OS2\REXXTRY.CMD

  • OS2\PMREXX.EXE

  • OS2\REXXC.EXE

  • OS2\REXX.ICO

  • OS2\REXX.IMG

  • OS2\WPREXX.IMP
  5.
  Copy the file BOS2REXX.EXE from the BOOTOS2-Package to the new directory.
  6.
  Add the line

  RUN=F:\OREXX\BOS2REXX.EXE

  to the file F:\CONFIG.SYS

  7.
  Reboot from the maintenance partition and test the REXX support (for example with REXXTRY)

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