CydandClaude Fable 5
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Novell DOS 7 Release Notes
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These release notes contain information about the following topics. This
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information is NOT included in the Novell DOS 7 User Guide or in DOSBook.
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- Using DOUBLESPACE and SUPERSTOR drives
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- Compressing Bernoulli drives with Stacker
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- Using the NWCACHE delayed write mode
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- Enabling CD-ROM drives
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- Full-screen programs on non-standard VGAs
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- Undeleting files across the network
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- Configuring the EMM386 memory manager to increase EMS handles
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- DOS Protected Mode Services (DPMS) loading order
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- Task Manager - loading LOCK as a permanent task
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- network drive mappings
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- LAN Workplace for DOS support
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- running 4DOS
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- using the task switcher and server
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- DOSBook corrections (DOSKEY and NET SAVE)
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- Setting up "one-time login"
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- Connecting to NetWare 2 and 3 servers
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- Using a network copy of MS Windows on the local server
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- Increasing the number of file handles when required
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- Using OEM-supplied network board drivers
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- Running Personal NetWare with other networking products
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- The Personal NetWare tutorial
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- Modifications made to MS Windows .INI files by Personal NetWare
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- Using remote computers on the network
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- Information on Remote Program Load
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- Getting updates to Search and Destroy anti-virus
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DOUBLESPACE and SUPERSTOR Drives
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Drives which have been compressed using Doublespace or SuperStor are
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supported by Novell DOS 7. However, to gain the full benefit of reduced
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memory consumption and more robust disk compression, it is recommended
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that you convert your Doublespace or SuperStor drives to Stacker. You can
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use the conversion option in the Novell DOS 7 SETUP program. Run SETUP
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after you install Novell DOS 7. Note that the conversion does not support
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Superstor Pro drives.
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For performance reasons, this conversion operates initially on the
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container file format only. Conversion of actual data to Stacker format
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is performed subsequently whenever any existing SuperStor or Doublespace
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compressed data is written back to the disk.
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If you run the DISKOPT program on a drive that is partially converted,
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the disk optimizer automatically performs a complete Stacker conversion
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by compressing all remaining data. If you run Setup to change the size
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of the stacker drive, or try to unstack the drive, it must have been
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previously converted entirely to Stacker or you may encounter error
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messages. Refer to the Novell DOS 7 User Guide or DOSBook for information
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about DISKOPT and its options.
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Note: Early versions of Norton Utilities 7.0 will incorrectly diagnose a
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converted Superstor or Doublespace drive as faulty. THIS IS NOT A FAULT
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ON THE DRIVE. Please contact your supplier for an updated version of the
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Norton Utilities.
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Stacker
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Do not attempt to compress Bernoulli bootable drives. You can compress
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Bernoulli drives that are not bootable, however.
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NWCACHE
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Delayed write mode is disabled as part of the default configuration
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for NWCACHE. This is a safety feature to prevent loss of data if the
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computer is switched off before disk writes have been completed. Enabling
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delayed write mode will improve performance but you must make sure you do
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NOT switch off your computer before all data is written to the disk. Do
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this in one of the following ways:
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1. Perform a "soft boot" (press Ctrl+Alt+Del) before switching the
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computer off. A soft boot automatically flushes all pending data to
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disk.
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2. Wait beyond the delayed write time you specified, after the disk access
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light goes out.
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3. Wait for the system prompt to return (see below).
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When delayed write mode is enabled, the cache is 'flushed' (all data is
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written to the disk) BEFORE the system prompt returns, by default. This is
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a safety feature. You can disable (or re-enable) this feature by specifying
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the following option in the NWCACHE start-up or control command at the
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system prompt:
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/FLUSH=ON|OFF
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If delayed write is enabled (on a computer that is running the Personal
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NetWare server software), you can also save memory by setting the number
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of I/O buffers to zero via the NET ADMIN program.
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Using CD-ROM Drives
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To use a CD-ROM drive with Novell DOS 7, the device driver for your
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CD-ROM drive must be loaded. CONFIG.SYS must include a DEVICE (or
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DEVICEHIGH) statement that loads the appropriate driver (the one that
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came with your CD-ROM drive). The DEVICE statement must include a
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/D:drivername parameter, where drivername is the 'signature' assigned
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to the driver.
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Novell DOS 7 includes the NWCDEX program to provide access to CD-ROM
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drives. You can load NWCDEX at the system prompt or in the AUTOEXEC.BAT
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file. Note that the device driver that came with your CD-ROM drive must
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be loaded BEFORE you load NWCDEX (see previous paragraph).
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Note: You can use MSCDEX to access CD-ROM drives, but using NWCDEX allows
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you to use DPMS and saves memory.
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The syntax of NWCDEX is as follows:
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NWCDEX [/?|/H] /D:drivername [/E] [/L:letter] [/M:number] [/N] [/V]
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/?|/H Displays help text.
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/D:drivername Specifies the name of the CD-ROM driver. This name matches
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the drivername specified in the DEVICE statement that loads
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the driver.
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/E Specifies the use of expanded memory (if available) when
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DPMS is not available.
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/L:letter Specifies the drive letter to assign to the CD-ROM drive.
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The default is to use the first available (unused) drive.
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/M:number Specifies the number of sector buffers to allocate. The
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default is 14.
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/N Disables the use of DPMS. By default, NWCDEX will use
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extended memory if DPMS is not available.
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/V Prints debug information during initialization.
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Example
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The following examples show the appropriate statements in CONFIG.SYS and
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AUTOEXEC.BAT to load and access a CD-ROM drive. In this example, the CD-ROM
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driver supplied with the drive is CDROMDRV.SYS and it is to be accessed as
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drive G:
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in CONFIG.SYS:
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DEVICE=C:\NWDOS\CDROMDRV.SYS /D:NWCD000
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in AUTOEXEC.BAT:
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NWCDEX /D:NWCD000 /L:G
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Full-Screen Programs and Non-Standard VGAs
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Some portable, laptop, and notebook computers with LCD or TFT displays
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support a non-standard VGA text mode known as 'Expanded' or 'Stretched'
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text. This mode 'stretches' the standard 80x25 (400 pixels high) text
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mode so that it fills the entire physical screen which is 480 pixels
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high. This mode, if used, may interfere with the enhanced text mode of
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the full screen programs, such as NET ADMIN.
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If you encounter problems, it is recommended that you disable the
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'Stretched' text on your computer. Refer to the documentation for your
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computer for information about CMOS setup configuration.
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If you cannot disable this mode or prefer to keep 'Stretched'
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mode enabled, you can disable the enhanced text mode of the full
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screen programs in one of three ways:
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1. By entering the name of the program followed by the /N switch
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at the system prompt
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2. By selecting to disable the enhanced text mode globally from within
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the SETUP program
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3. By editing the NWDOS.INI file to change NewUI = ON to NewUI = OFF
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Undeleting Files Across the Network
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You can use UNDELETE to recover deleted files across the network on both
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Personal NetWare and NetWare 2, 3, and 4 servers. To undelete a file from
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a Personal NetWare server, the file must have been saved as a pending
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delete file by DELWATCH and DELWATCH must have been run on the Personal
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NetWare server prior to the file being deleted. Note that it is NOT
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necessary to run DELWATCH on the client computer from which UNDELETE is
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being run.
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EMM386 Memory Manager
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For applications that require more EMS/XMS handles, add the following
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option to the EMM386 DEVICE statement in CONFIG.SYS to increase the
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number of handles available:
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HANDLES=n (where n is a number from 0 to 255)
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DOS Protected Mode Services (DPMS)
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==================================
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Be aware that the DPMS driver must always be loaded before the software
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that uses it (NWCACHE, SERVER.EXE, etc.).
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Loading LOCK Permanently Under the Task Manager
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You can load LOCK as a permanent task under the Task Manager by
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using the LOCK /P option with the TASKMGR /C command as follows:
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TASKMGR /C LOCK password /P
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where password is the password you use to unlock the system.
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Network Drive Mappings under the Task Manager
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The Task Manager defaults to global NetWare drive mappings. Changes
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made to drive mappings in one DOS session are duplicated to ALL DOS
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sessions.
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LAN Workplace for DOS Support under the Task Manager
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The Task Manager supports LAN Workplace for DOS. To enable it, you
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must edit the TASKMGR.INI file. Uncomment the following two lines:
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vxd=c:\lwfd\vtcpip.386
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and
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GlobalPages=2
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Refer to the instructions contained in the TASKMGR.INI file for more
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information.
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Load the network drivers (including TCPIP.EXE) before loading the Task
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Manager.
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Running 4DOS under the Task Manager
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To run 4DOS under the Task Manager (multitasker), you must edit the
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TASKMGR.INI file to make the following change in the [Shell] section:
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Exec=FALSE
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to
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Exec=TRUE
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Using the Task Switcher and Personal NetWare Server
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If you are using the task switcher with the Personal NetWare server,
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it is recommended that you add the following line to your NET.CFG file:
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ALTERNATE CALLDOS = ON
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Note: This line is required for Task Switching ONLY and will not be used
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in Multi-Tasking mode.
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DOSBook Corrections
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DOSKEY
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The parameters for the DOSKEY command have changed and are incorrectly
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documented in the "Command Reference" chapter of DOSBook. Use DOSKEY as
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follows:
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DOSKEY [/?] [/M] [/R] [/B=nnnn] [/H] [/I] [/O] [macro=[text]]
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where
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/? Displays help text about DOSKEY.
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/M Lists all the DOSKEY macros currently stored in the
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buffer.
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/R Clears all macros from the command line buffer and
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installs a new version of DOSKEY.
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/B=nnnn Changes the size of the macro and command line history
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buffer, where nnnn is the size in number of bytes. The
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default size is 512 bytes.
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/H Lists the contents of the command line history buffer.
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/I Sets the default editing mode to insert.
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/O Sets the default editing mode to overstrike.
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macro=text Creates a new macro, when you specify the commands you
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want the macro to execute (text).
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macro= Deletes the macro.
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NET SAVE
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The description of NET SAVE in the "NET Commands" chapter of DOSBook
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incorrectly states that network connections are saved to a batch file
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called NWLOGIN.BAT. The name of this file should be PNWLOGIN.BAT.
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One-time Login
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"One-time login" is a facility that allows a user to log in to both the
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local computer and multiple network servers (and a workgroup) by entering
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a username and password ONCE only.
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One-time login works by remaking the network connections previously saved
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in a local login script. When the login script is rerun, the one-time
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login username and password are substituted each time they are requested
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by a LOGIN command in the login script. One-time login requires that the
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same username and password are used on all servers and the workgroup. By
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default, the LOCK program also uses the one-time login password.
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To use the one-time login facility, your computer must be configured so
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that Novell DOS 7 security is enabled and the Personal NetWare server
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is loaded. A local user must be defined, as documented in the "Creating
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and Modifying User Accounts" section of the "Setting Up the Network"
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chapter in the Novell DOS 7 User Guide and DOSBook.
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To set up one-time login, do the following:
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1. Reboot the computer.
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2. You will be prompted for a username and password; enter the correct
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username and password for the defined local user.
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3. When you are logged in to the computer, you will be prompted to load
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the network software; answer Y to this prompt.
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You will be logged in to your workgroup automatically.
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4. Make any required connections to other NetWare servers and map drives.
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This is documented in the "Logging In" section of the "Using the
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Network" chapter of the Novell DOS 7 User Guide and DOSBook.
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5. Save your current network settings to your local login script. This is
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documented in the "Saving Connections" section of the "Using the
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Network" chapter in the Novell DOS 7 User Guide and DOSBook.
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The next time you reboot your computer and log in, you will be logged
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back in to the workgroup and servers automatically and drives will be
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remapped automatically.
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Connecting to NetWare 2 and 3 Servers
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If you experience difficulty connecting to NetWare 2 or 3 servers, ask
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your system administrator to check that you have the correct Frame settings
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for your network in NET.CFG.
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Notes for Existing NetWare 2 and 3 Users
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1. Do not use NETX.COM or related shells with Personal NetWare. The
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Personal NetWare client gives you simultaneous access to NetWare 2, 3,
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and 4 servers as well as Personal NetWare servers.
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2. Path names must be less than 64 characters long. VLMs cannot support
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a path name of more than 64 characters. To use longer paths, map a root
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drive and continue from there.
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Using a Network Copy of MS Windows on the Local Server
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If you run a network installation of MS Windows on your the local server
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and you want to use that version of MS Windows at the server, you must map
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a drive to the server and make sure that your path statement references
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both the network copy of MS Windows and your own MS Windows directory.
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Increasing the Number of File Handles
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If, as you run more applications and add more users, you encounter
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problems running applications across the network, be aware that the
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number of file handles allocated in the CONFIG.SYS file at the server
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may not be sufficient. This may also be true when you are running the
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server under MS Windows. An indication that this situation has occurred
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would be getting unexpected "File not found" or "Directory not found"
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error messages when doing a DIR command to a drive on that server.
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The documentation for your applications should indicate the number of
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file handles required per user; make sure that you allow the correct number
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in the server's CONFIG.SYS, given the number of users running the
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application and the number of times the application is run. If necessary,
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change the FILES value. If a value greater than 255 is required, use
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NET ADMIN to reconfigure the server so that it does not use the CONFIG.SYS
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FILES value and set the required value.
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OEM-supplied Network Board Drivers
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To use a third-party network board driver that does not include a .INS
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file, do the following:
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1. Copy the driver file to the directory into which you installed
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Personal NetWare. For example:
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COPY A:\MYDRIVER.COM C:\NWCLIENT
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2. Change to the Personal NetWare directory and rename the INS.OEM file
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to xxxxxxxx.INS, where xxxxxxxx is the name of the driver file. For
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example:
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REN INS.OEM MYDRIVER.INS
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3. Edit the new .INS file with an ASCII text editor and replace the two
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references to 3RDPARTY.COM with the file name of your driver. The .INS
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file looks like this:
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InS_StArT
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3RDPARTY.COM
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1.0
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^ Third Party Driver without .INS file,3RDPARTY.COM,IE0
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!RIE0(INT)
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@3
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@300
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InS_EnD
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4. Run SETUP. On the screen that allows you to choose the primary
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network interface board, display the list of drivers and choose
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'Third party driver without .INS file'.
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5. Choose to accept the changes and continue, to confirm your choice.
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Running Personal NetWare with Other Networking Products
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The name (NET.EXE) of the Personal NetWare NET program is likely to
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exist in other networking products. After you install Novell DOS 7 with
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Personal NetWare, the PATH command will cause the operating system to
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search the NWCLIENT directory first. NWCLIENT contains NET.EXE. If you
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want to use a different NET.EXE program, edit the PATH command so that
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the appropriate directory is searched BEFORE the NWCLIENT directory.
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Alternatively, you may find that if you install a different networking
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product (or MS Windows), the PATH command is changed so that the NWCLIENT
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directory is no longer searched first and a different NET.EXE program
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is run instead of Personal NetWare NET.EXE. If you want the Personal
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NetWare NET program to run, edit the PATH command so that NWCLIENT is
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searched first.
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The Personal NetWare Tutorial
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There are two tutorials supplied with Personal NetWare.
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One describes how to use DOS versions of the Personal NetWare programs,
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the other the MS Windows versions.
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To install the tutorial for MS Windows, load MS Windows and run
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WINTUTOR.EXE from "Tutorial disk 1". Follow the instructions given on
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the screen. Once installation is complete, run the tutorial by selecting
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the Tutorial icon from the Personal Netware Tutorial program group.
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To install the tutorial for DOS, insert "Tutorial disk 1" in your
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diskette drive and run DOSTUTOR.EXE from that drive. Follow the
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instructions given on the screen. Once installation is complete,
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run the DOS tutorial by entering PNWTRAIN at the system prompt.
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Note: If you choose to install the DOS Personal NetWare tutorial to a
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directory other than the default one, you must change to this directory
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to run the tutorial.
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Modifications to MS Windows INI Files
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When you install the MS Windows element of Personal NetWare,
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the following files are modified automatically: SYSTEM.INI,
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WIN.INI, and PROGMAN.INI.
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The following modifications are made to SYSTEM.INI:
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in the [boot] section: network.drv= is replaced by
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network.drv=netware.drv
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(This loads the NetWare user tools)
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in the [boot.description]: network.drv= is replaced by
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network.drv=Personal NetWare
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(This defines which Personal NetWare
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device version you are using)
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in the [386Enh] section: network=dosnet is replaced by
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network=*vnetbios;vipx.386;vnetware.386
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(This specifies the type of network
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used with MS Windows 386 Enhanced mode)
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TimerCriticalSection= is replaced by
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TimerCriticalSection=10000
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(Personal NetWare uses this setting to
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ensure that network traffic on your
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computer runs smoothly)
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ReflectDOSInt2A=TRUE is added.
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OverlappedIO=OFF is added.
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PSPIncrement=5 is added.
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UniqueDOSPSP=TRUE is added.
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The following modifications are made to WIN.INI:
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in the [windows] section: load= is replaced by
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load=nwpopup.exe
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(This allows network messages to display
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in MS Windows)
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Netwarn=1 is added.
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(If this is set but the network is not
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loaded, MS Windows will display a pop-up
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indicating that the network is not loaded)
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The following modifications are made to PROGMAN.INI:
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in the [groups] section: Groupx=C:\windows\pnw.grp is added to
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the list of group files.
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(This causes MS Windows to load the
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Personal NetWare program group in
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Program Manager).
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Using Remote Computers on the Network
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=====================================
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For information about how to set up the network so that remote diskless
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computers can boot from the Remote Boot disk image files stored on a
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Personal NetWare server's hard disk, read the file called RPLDOC.TXT.
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Updating the Search & Destroy virus program
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===========================================
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Updates to the Search and Destroy virus library can be downloaded from the
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Sympantec/Fifth Generation BBS at:
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504-295-3344 2400 baud N/8/1
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504-295-3261 9600 baud N/8/1
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or from CompuServe at:
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GOFIFTH
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in the anti-virus forum.
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