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- This README of REMDEV.ZIP accomapanies REMDEVFX.NLM for Netware v3.11
- This fix REMDEVFX.NLM of REMDEV.ZIP includes the following files:
-
- REMDEVFX.NLM 1107 8-2-91 1:36p
- PATCHMAN.NLM 7841 8-2-91 1:41p
- PATCHMAN.DOC 4187 8-7-91 8:01a
-
- This patch is intended for any number-of-user version of NetWare 386
- v3.11a. This patch fixes a problem when attempting to format removable
- devices. If INSTALL.NLM is loaded and FORMAT is run, the 3.11
- Operating System causes an abend with the message "ABEND: Kernel
- detected a process switch during interrupt time."
-
- REMDEVFX.NLM is intended for 386 v.3.11a and is a dynamic patch
- which is loaded at the file server console as a NetWare Loadable Module.
- REMDEVFX.NLM requires PATCHMAN.NLM v2.10a (910802) or later in order to load.
-
- Unlike previous patches, the SERVER.EXE file is never modified by this
- patch. REMDEVFX.NLM patches the Operating System in memory, not on
- the disk. This means that REMDEVFX.NLM must be loaded each time
- before any "fixes" take effect. It is recommended that the command "LOAD
- REMDEVFX" be placed in the server's AUTOEXEC.NCF file to ensure that
- the patch is always in effect when the server is initially brought up.
-
- Since it is an NLM, REMDEVFX.NLM can be loaded and unloaded without
- ever having to bring the server down. Once loaded, the Operating System
- is patched and ready to go.
-
- Unloading REMDEVFX.NLM will restore the Operating System to its
- original "un-patched" state.
-
- Like all NLM-type patches, REMDEVFX.NLM requires the Patch Manager
- (PATCHMAN.NLM) to be loaded before it can be loaded. If PATCHMAN
- is not already loaded, REMDEVFX.NLM will attempt to locate
- PATCHMAN and load it automatically if found. PATCHMAN only needs
- to be loaded once. All other patches can load once PATCHMAN is loaded.
- PATCHMAN cannot be unloaded until all patches that rely on it are first
- unloaded. Typing "Patches" at the system command line once
- PATCHMAN is loaded will display all patches currently loaded on the file
- server.
-
- INSTALLATION:
- To install REMDEVFX.NLM, simply place the REMDEVFX.NLM file in the
- same directory as the other NLM files (SYS:SYSTEM or DOS partition), and
- type "LOAD REMDEVFX." Once the patch has loaded, all changes are in
- effect until REMDEVFX is unloaded.
-
- The changes made by this patch will be implemented in all future versions
- NetWare 386. This patch and PATCHMAN.NLM (v2.10a) will only operate
- on NetWare 386 v3.11. Other versions of NetWare 386 will require a
- version of PATCHMAN specific to that release.
-
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-
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-
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-
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