410PT7.EXE Installation Instructions. =========================================================================== Section 1 Installing Patches on a Native NetWare Server. Section 2 Installing Patches on a NetWare of OS/2 Server. Section 3 Installing Patches on a NetWare SFT III Server. ___________________________________________________________________________ Novell has provided an installation script to be used with INSTALL.NLM "Product Options". However it is still possible to manually copy the patches to the DOS partition.. C:\NWSERVER\PATCHES\410PT7.. This script file can be run in several ways: 1- From local A: Drive at Server. 2- From local Drive at Client using Rconsole (F4). 3- From local SYS: volume (F3), by specifying the path including volume name..ie SYS:\410PT7. 4- From a different server on the network (F3) by specifying full path including server name..ie Server_Name\SYS:\410PT7. NOTE: Fastest installation in order of performance is: option 3, option 4, option 2, option 1. PM410 has the following enhancements: - "PMLOAD". PMLOAD will scan a specified directory and auto load ALL patches in the directory.. EXAMPLE: PMLOAD C:\NWSERVER\PATCHES\NATIVE\START - "PATCHES" console command has been enhanced. - Patches are displayed alphabetically. - Total number of Patches are at the bottom of the list. - "UNLOAD PM410" will unload ALL patches as well. When extracting 410PT7, the \BOOT and \SYS directories are created. These directories are available for use to help automate other updates, such as NLM's. The Script file will unconditionally copy files from the \BOOT directory to the location where SERVER.EXE or MSERVER.EXE reside on the server boot drive. In same manner the Script file will also unconditionally copy files from the \SYS directory to volume SYS:. It is possible to create other directory structure to accommodate need. Example: This example illustrates how this concept works. By default there are two directories structures; \BOOT , \SYS\SYSTEM. If a Disk driver needs to be updated on the DOS drive. Copy the *.DSK driver to the \BOOT directory. If a NLM module needs to updated on SYS:\SYSTEM. Copy the *.NLM to the \SYS\SYSTEM directory. If file needs to be update in any other path perhaps SYS:\PUBLIC, create a directory under \SYS and copy the file to \SYS\PUBLIC. Run the installation script in INSTALL, PRODUCT OPTIONS. This would copy the desired files to the desire locations on the server; C:, SYS:\SYSTEM, SYS:\PUBLIC. ___________________________________________________________________________ Note for NetFRAME customers: Because of NetFRAMEs' unique architecture "Product Options" Install can not copy the patches to the boot drive. Use the following RCONSOLE method to copy the patches to the boot drive. 1) Unzip the patch file to any directory. 2) Run RCONSOLE and connect to the NetFRAME server that you want to update. 3) Use ALT-F1 to bring up the RCONSOLE Menu. 4) Select the "Transfer Files To Server" option. 5) For the Source path, enter the complete DOS path, for example f:\patch\native\start and press enter. 6) For the Destination path, enter C: and press enter. RCONSOLE should then copy all the files located in the source directory. After that completes add the following lines to the STARTUP.NCF: LOAD PM410 PMLOAD C:\ Remove all other load statements for PM410.NLM and patches. ___________________________________________________________________________ Note for AS400 customers: Because of AS400's unique architecture "Product Options" Install can not copy the patches to the boot drive. Use the following RCONSOLE method to copy the patches to the boot drive. 1) Unzip the patch file to any directory. 2) Run RCONSOLE and connect to the AS/400 server that you want to update. 3) Use ALT-F1 to bring up the RCONSOLE Menu. 4) Select the "Transfer Files To Server" option. 5) For the Source path, enter the complete DOS path, for example f:\patch\native\start and press enter. 6) For the Destination path, enter E: and press enter. NOTE: Drive E: is a READ-WRITE DRIVE, Drive F: is a READ-ONLY DRIVE. RCONSOLE should then copy all the files located in the source directory. After that completes add the following lines to the STARTUP.NCF: LOAD PM410 PMLOAD E:\ Remove all other load statements for PM410.NLM and patches. Do not remove the load statements for DIAG410.NLM, HIMOVE.NLM, and QFPLDISK.DSK. ___________________________________________________________________________ Issue: When selecting "PRODUCT OPTIONS" option in install, Screen to copy file appears instead of the "PRODUCT OPTIONS" screen. (Copy Files Option, SCREEN) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | NetWare files will be installed from path: | | | | NW410:\NW410\INSTALL\ENGLISH\ | | | | If you are installing from CD-ROM or a network directory, verify | | that the above path corresponds to the source directory where the | | NetWare server installation files are located. On CD-ROM, this | | will be path :\NW410\INSTALL\. | | | | Press to specify a different path; | | Press to continue. | | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Solution: Copy the following files from the NetWare CD: NETMAIN.ILS, NETMAIN.ICS, LANGFS.ILS to C:\NWSERVER. D:\NW410\BOOT\NATIVE\NETMAIN.ICS 6,560 11-17-94 2:16p D:\NW410\INSTALL\ENGLISH\NETMAIN.ILS 33,024 11-15-94 1:41p D:\NW410\INSTALL\ENGLISH\SCRIPTS\LANGFS.ILS 2,130 10-31-94 4:57p Generally this is a result of manually installing the server rather than installing though INSTALL.BAT. ___________________________________________________________________________ Issue: When the Patch kit is installed, SERVER.EXE will be updated with the current version of LOADER. Some customers have indicated that the modified version of SERVER.EXE becomes corrupt with the following message: LOADER-4.10-19: Error reading load file C:\NWSERVER\SERVER.EXE. This corruption has been linked to the DIE_HARD VIRUS. Solution: 1-Scan the DOS Boot drive of the file server, as well as any locations where the patch kit may have been copied to. Novell has ensured that the virus has not been encapsulated in the compressed downloadable patch kit. 2-Rename SERVER.OLD or MSERVER.OLD to SERVER.EXE or MSERVER.EXE. 3-RUN LSWAP.EXE USAGE: LSWAP [LoaderFilePath [ServerFilePath]] Default LoaderFilePath = C:\NWSERVER\LOADER.EXE Default ServerFilePath = C:\NWSERVER\SERVER.EXE 4-Run the newly modified SERVER.EXE or MSERVER.EXE if running SFTIII. =========================================================================== Section 1 Installing Patches on a Native NetWare Server. ___________________________________________________________________________ IF INSTALLING ON A NATIVE NETWARE SERVER: To Copy files : Explode the patch kit to a diskette (or see other install options at the top of this file). Place diskette in "A:" drive at the Server. Load "INSTALL.NLM", Select "PRODUCT OPTIONS" Select "INSTALL A PRODUCT NOT LISTED" Select "ENTER" (Copy from A:\) NOTE: PI_ICMD.NLM will load and copy files from the A: drive using the *.IPS script. The following event will occur: Patches will be copied PM410 will be loaded PMLOAD will scan the directory where the patch are & load them LSWAP will update SERVER.EXE if installing the 410PTx.EXE. A backup of The STARTUP.NCF file will made and then the STARTUP.NCF will be updated.. A Record will be added to the btrieve Products.dat file. Some modules may NOT have loaded during this installation. These modules may be dependent on the version of PM410.NLM and also the version of LOADER.EXE. To Complete the installation of this update, the server must be re-booted. =========================================================================== Section 2 Installing Patches on a NetWare for OS/2 Server. ___________________________________________________________________________ IF INSTALLING ON A NATIVE NETWARE FOR OS/2 SERVER: To Copy files : Explode the patch kit to a diskette. Place diskette in "A:" drive at the Server. Load "INSTALL.NLM", Select "PRODUCT OPTIONS" Select "INSTALL A PRODUCT NOT LISTED" Select "ENTER" (Copy from A:\) NOTE: PI_ICMD.NLM will load and copy files from the A: drive using the *.IPS script. The following event will occur: Patches will be copied PM410 will be loaded PMLOAD will scan the directory where the patch are & load them A backup of The STARTUP.NCF file will made and then the STARTUP.NCF will be updated.. NOTE: A Record will be NOT added to the btrieve Products.dat file. Some modules may NOT have loaded during this installation. These modules may be dependent on the version of PM410.NLM and also the version of LOADER.EXE. To Complete the installation of this update, the server must be re-booted. =========================================================================== Section 3 Installing Patches on a NetWare SFT III Server. ___________________________________________________________________________ IF INSTALLING ON A NETWARE SFTIII SERVER: To Copy files : Explode the patch kit to SYS:\410PT7 Load "INSTALL.NLM", Select "PRODUCT OPTIONS" Select "INSTALL A PRODUCT NOT LISTED" Select "F3" (TO specify a different path) ENTER: "SYS:\410PT7" PRESS "ENTER" NOTE: PI_ICMD.NLM will load and copy files from the SYS:\410PT7 drive using the *.IPS script. The following event will occur: Patches will be copied PM410 will be loaded PMLOAD will scan the directory where the patch are & load them A backup of The IOSTART.NCF and MSSTART.NCF files will be made and then the IOSTART.NCF and MSSTART.NCF will be updated.. A Record will be added to the btrieve Products.dat file. Some modules may NOT have loaded during this installation. These modules may be dependent on the version of PM410.NLM and also the version of LOADER.EXE. To Complete the installation of this update, the server must be re-booted. ___________________________________________________________________________