PURPOSE:  2P0.MSG is a patched version of the system
message file for OS/2 2.0.  2P1.MSG is a patched version of
the system message file for OS/2 2.1.  Essentially the same
changes were made to both files. 

They were made from the ones furnished
with the system by patching them with DEBUG.  The only difference
is that the prompt for inserting a new backup diskette for
BACKUP is conspicuously different from the one calling for the
last backup diskette.  It reads "NEW DISK, STUPID", and contains
a couple of beeps to help alert the user that a disk change is
needed.  I made the change because the prompts for the a new
disk and for the old disk are easily mistaken, and if you hit 
Enter at the wrong time you can clobber a backup diskette.
 
For my money, this is a change that IBM ought to make to the
BACKUP program, but until they do so, I will use this method.

NOTE:  The file 2P0.MSG has only been used with OS/2 2.0 with the 
service pack installed.  It probably would work on 2.0 GA, judging
from the date of the original file.  

INSTALLATION:  The only hard thing is to get to an OS/2 command
prompt without having the system controlling access to the
original OSO001.MSG file.  To do that, boot your system with the
installation diskette, and follow the directions until the blue
screen appears and asks you to press Enter to continue or press
Esc.  Press Esc and you will get an OS/2 command prompt.

                    I M P O R T A N T

    In the following, if you are using OS/2 2.0, read 2Px.MSG as 2P0.MSG.
    If you are using OS/2 2.1, read 2Px.MSG as 2P1.MSG.

    Be darn sure to use the right one.  If you use the wrong one, it 
    could get messy.  I am not about to try it with the wrong one.  To
    be doubly careful, make sure that the current OSO001.MSG file and
    the one about to be installed have the same number of bytes.

                    E N D  I M P O R T A N T

Change drive to your OS/2 boot drive.  Change the directory
to \OS2\SYSTEM.  Copy the existing OSO001.MSG file to a name
of your choice (I used OSO001.BAK) just in case you want to
recover.  Copy the file 2Px.MSG to the file \OS2\SYSTEM\OSO001.msg
and reboot normally.

REMOVAL:  Follow the steps described above to get to the OS/2
boot drive without system control of the OSO001.MSG file.  Then
delete the patched version of OSO001.MSG and rename the backup
copy to be OSO001.MSG.  Reboot normally.