WDSC HELP needed. Installation and Education

I have tried many times to install  WDSC.
I think the PCs I have are too slow as it took me most of a day to install
from CD.
Even then most times I get a failure in the install process.
We are on V5R2. We use Win98.  Should I use 2000, XP  ??.
We chose to stay with Win98 because Client Access has poor
performance under Win2000.

The best process I have done so far is
a. Transfer the DVD to Folder on our Novell Network Version 4.0 DVD
C241GML  LK3T-8377-00
b. Download the Update into the same folder.  (wdsc40sp4ENU)
c. Install from the Network.
    I get an error message towards the end of the install,
    'Distributed Debugger
    'Internal Error. Click Finish and reboot.  Then continue the install
from Add/Remove Programs
    'Repair Option.
    I follow the instructions and the same error comes up.
    I cant do anything about the error and I assume the updates will
correct the error.

d. Apply the update.

The entire process usually takes between 45mins to an hour.

>From the ISERIES NEWS (Sept 2003)  I try the LPEX and CODE editors and I
find things
quite difficult, so I decide I need education, the article mentions PDM
similarities but
I dont see any.  I check the WDSC-L archives on education  (see below),
I cant see how to use the self education.

Can someone help me with the following link as I cant get it to work.

http://www-306.ibm.com/software/awdtools/wds400/education/#self


So far I have found the following,

Get the most powerful PC you can with the most amount of memory.
Copy the DVD to a network drive to install.
Download the Service Packs in advance.
Get Education on how to use WDSC.
LPEX seems to be a generic editor that needs configuration.
The concept of stored filters is strange.  I use the PDM Library and
'position to'
fields continuously, I dont see the need to create lists of these entries
and
then try to remember some made up name to find a previously used entry,
this is cumbersome.  I cant get PV , PDM options , colourisation,
indentation.
But I have managed to edit a source member, even one with > 32000 lines.

I dont know Java, do I need to?
, oh well maybe the education will help.

Frank Kolmann
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I found the following in the archives.

Check out this link. It has links to some tutorials and other stuff.

http://www-3.ibm.com/software/awdtools/wds400/education/

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