INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS FOR HOT FIX 82BA82 ON OS/2 BEFORE DOWNLOADING: The hot fix 82BA82 addresses the issue(s) in Release 8.2 (TS2M0) of Base SAS software on OS/2 as documented in SAS Note(s): SN-007057 Segmentation Violation may occur with multiple array aliasing in PROC NLIN which may be reviewed at: http://www.sas.com/service/techsup/unotes/SN/007/007057.html The hot fix package downloaded is a self extracting executable named 82ba82o2.exe which will install the following files: * sascmpa.dll the replacement module containing the hot fix * 82ba82o2.aud a hot fix identifier file that will allow Technical Support to determine which fixes have been applied to a system * 82ba82o2.txt a copy of these installation instructions; this file is installed in !SASROOT\core\sasinst\hotfix IMPORTANT NOTES: 1. You must have Release 8.2 (TS2M0) installed on your system before applying this hot fix. 2. 82ba82o2.exe must be run from an OS2 command-line and must be launched from !SASROOT (the directory where Release 8.2 (TS2M0) is installed). AFTER DOWNLOADING: In this example, it is assumed that !SASROOT is: c:\sas STEP 1 Change to the !SASROOT directory, [c:\] cd c:\sas STEP 2 Move the downloaded executable to the !SASROOT directory. Assuming 82ba82o2.exe is downloaded to c:\myfiles, [c:\sas] move c:\myfiles\82ba82o2.exe \sas\82ba82o2.exe STEP 3 Back-up the original file(s), [c:\sas] ren c:\sas\core\sasexe\sascmpa.dll sascmpa.000 STEP 4 Assuming you are still in c:\sas, launch the executable. The "/directories" option is required to maintain the proper directory structure during file extraction, [c:\sas] 82ba82o2.exe /directories This completes the installation of hot fix 82BA82 on OS/2.