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- PC SUPPORT/400 UNDER OS/2 2.0 INFORMATION
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-
- Description: This fax describes how to install and use PC Support for DOS
- under OS/2 v2.0. This excerpt is taken from OS/2 Red Book Vol. 2.
-
- B.0 Appendix B. Running DOS PC Support/400 in OS/2 V2.0
-
- This appendix covers the instructions for the installation of DOS PC
- Support/400under OS/2 V2.0, and the restrictions for this environment.
-
- In DOS PC Support/400, the Shared Folders device driver is a block device
- driver. Since the virtual DOS machine of OS/2 V2.0 does not support block
- device drivers, DOS PC Support/400 must be run in a Virtual Machine Boot
- session. We will describe below the setup of DOS PC Support/400 in a DOS
- 5.0 Virtual Machine Boot. The process creates a DOS 5.0 boot diskette,
- which is then copied as a diskette image to the hard disk. This enables
- the DOS PC Support/400 Virtual Machine Boot to be started from the hard
- disk rather than a diskette.
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-
-
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- B.1 Installation Preparation
-
- The following are required before starting the installation:
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- 1. Basic DOS PC Support/400 Installation diskette(s) V2R1 or later
-
- 2. DOS 5.0 bootable diskette, formatted with the system (/S) option
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- 3. If using a LAN, the LAN Support Program diskette 1.22 or later
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- 4. DOS PC Support/400 Installation and Administration Guide (SC41-0006).
-
-
-
- B.2 Installation
-
- If DOS PC Support/400 is to use a LAN, we must first install the LAN
- device drivers on the DOS 5.0 diskette with the LAN Support Program
- diskette. This puts the DXMx0MOD.SYS drivers in the CONFIG.SYS of the
- DOS 5.0 diskette.
-
- 1. Run the DOS PC Support/400 installation program.
-
- a. During the installation, you will be asked which "Drive your
- personal computer starts from?". This must be answered as "A"
- drive.
-
- b. When you are asked to "Insert diskette from which you will start
- the personal computer in drive A.", insert the DOS 5.0 diskette.
-
- Further instructions on how to use the Install program are in the
- guide.
-
- 2. When the DOS PC Support/400 installation program has stopped, add the
- following line to the top of the CONFIG.SYS file on the DOS 5.0
- diskette:
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- DEVICE=C:\OS2\MDOS\FSFILTER.SYS
-
- NOTE: if you have installed OS/2 V2.0 on a drive other than C:, use
- that drive letter instead.
-
- FSFILTER.SYS is a special DOS device driver that allows a Virtual
- Machine Boot session to access (read/write) all OS/2 V2.0 drives (both
- FAT and HPFS). Without this driver, the Virtual Machine Boot session
- can only READ from OS/2 V2.0 FAT drives.
-
- 3. Create a Virtual Machine Boot diskette image file from your DOS 5.0
- diskette with the following steps:
-
- a. Put your DOS 5.0 diskette in drive A:
-
- b. At a OS/2 or DOS command prompt, enter:
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- VMDISK A: C:\PCSDOS50.DSK
-
- This will create a file that contains an image of the DOS 5.0
- diskette.
-
- 4. Create a new VDM object on the Workplace Shell desktop.
-
- a. Locate the Templates folder. It is usually an icon on the
- Workplace Shell.
-
- b. Open the Templates folder.
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- c. Locate the Program icon template.
-
- d. Drag the Program icon template on to the desktop. This will cause
- the Program Settings notebook to appear.
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- e. Enter an asterisk "*" in the Path and file name field.
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- f. Select the Session notebook tab.
-
- g. Select either DOS full screen or DOS window and then select the
- DOS Settings... button.
-
- h. Select the DOS_STARTUP_DRIVE list item and then enter:
-
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- C:\PCSDOS50.DSK
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- in the upper right entry field.
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- i. Select the Save button to save the DOS settings and return.
-
- j. Select the General notebook tab.
-
- k. Change the Title field to DOS PC Support/400 or your own name
- describing the new object.
-
- l. Close the Settings notebook by double clicking on the system menu
- in the upper left corner of the window.
-
- Now there will be a DOS PC Support/400 icon on your desktop. Double click
- on it to bring up DOS PC Support/400.
-
-
-
- B.3 Restrictions
-
- The following general restrictions apply to this environment:
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- 1. Only the Basic DOS (Not Extended DOS) version of DOS PC Support/400 is
- supported.
-
- 2. Only V2R1 or greater versions of DOS PC Support/400 are supported.
-
- 3. Only a single DOS PC Support/400 virtual DOS machine(VDM) is
- supported.
-
- 4. If OS/2 Version 2.0 Extended Services is used, the OS/2 version of PC
- Support must be run instead of the Basic DOS version, as the device
- drivers used by DOS PC Support/400 requires exclusive control of any
- adapter used for DOS communications.
-
- 5. When a Virtual Machine Boot session is started from a diskette image
- file, the "A:" drive within the VDM will refer to the diskette image
- file. If you would like to access the physical drive "A:," OS/2 V2.0
- supplies a program called FSACCESS.EXE to do this. See the online
- command reference for more information.
-
- 6. The default hot-key of Alt-ESC is reserved for OS/2 V2.0 and must be
- changed in order to have hot-key support. This can be done by using
- the Configure WorkStation Function (CFGWSF.EXE) program to
- create/change a keyboard profile.
-
- 7. For LAN connections, only the LAN Support Program Version 1.22 or
- later is supported.
-
- 8. If you decide to close the DOS PC Support/400 Virtual Machine Boot
- session while the LAN router is active, you must wait two minutes
- before starting up the VDM again. This time will allow the card to
- reset itself on the LAN. The DOS PC Support/400 VDM will appear to
- hang if it is restarted too soon.
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- 9. For an SDLC router, if you decide to close the Virtual Machine Boot
- session while the router is active, you must stop the router or power
- off the modem first. Failing to do so could cause a system trap to
- occur.
-
-
- 10. The ASYNC router is NOT supported at this time.
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- Thank you for calling the OS/2 2.0 Support Line. Regarding the problem
- reported to the Support Line, we feel that this information may assist
- you in resoloving your problem. If you still require assistance, please
- call 1-800-237-5511, and reference your customer number and problem (PMR)
- number. Your Problem Record Number (PMR) should appear on the cover
- page of this faxed document.