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- SEE THE FILE 'README' IN THIS DISTRIBUTION FOR IMPORTANT COPYRIGHT
- INFORMATION. CONTACT THE AUTHORS IF YOU DO NOT HAVE THIS FILE.
-
- ============================================================================
-
- INSTALLING THE NETWORK FILESYSTEM:
-
- 1. Obtain and install a copy of Matt Dillon's freely redistributable
- serial port networking software, DNET.
-
- 2. Copy netdnet-server whereever you copy your DNET servers on your
- machines. Add an entry to your S:DNET.SERVERS file for NET: with
- a server number of 9492. A sample DNET.SERVERS file is included.
-
- 3. Put a mountlist entry for the network handler in the DEVS:MOUNTLIST
- file on both Amigas. You can do this by appending the enclosed
- 'mountlist' file to your DEVS:MOUNTLIST file. Simply attach the
- enclosed file to the end of DEVS:MOUNTLIST with a text editor.
- Mountlist entries are included for two devicenames, NET: and DNET:.
- If you also use the parallel port version of NET:, mount this version
- as DNET:.
-
- 4. Copy netdnet-handler to the l: directory on both machines.
-
- ============================================================================
-
- RUNNING THE NETWORK FILESYSTEM:
-
- 1. Issue the MOUNT command on both Amigas:
-
- MOUNT NET:
-
- 2. NET: is now ready for access. NET: will at first appear to be empty if
- you do a DIR of it from the CLI. You can refer to devices on the remote
- side by NET:devicename/path (for example, NET:DH0/C/LIST) This will force
- NET: to mount the remote device. The device (DH0 in this case) will
- appear in a DIR of NET: after this. No drawer icons will appear in the
- workbench window for NET: until you have forced NET: to load them. Simply
- issuing the command
-
- CD NET:devicename
-
- will be sufficient to load the device 'devicename'.
-
- The 'devicename' you use can be any mounted device or volume on the
- remote machine.
-
- 4. If you want to use NET: with the workbench, you must provide an icon file
- for each device you mount on the remote machine. You can do this by
- copying any drawer-type icon file to NET:devicename.info after the
- specified devicename has been mounted.
-
- CD NET:DH0 ; make sure DH0 is mounted
- COPY SYS:C.INFO NET:DH0.INFO ; make sure DH0 has an icon file
-
- You only need to do this once for hard disks and other permanent devices,
- but RAM: will 'forget' this icon every time you reboot, so you will need
- to recopy the icon each time. (NOTE: A file will appear in the root of
- the remote device called 'node.rinfo'. This is where NET: stores the
- icon file you give it. Deleting the node.rinfo file will remove your
- device's icon.)
-
- Note that if you do a DIR of NET:, you will always see the .info files
- for your mounted remote devices EVEN IF THEY DO NOT EXIST. NET: assumes
- the icon files are there, and doesn't go check unless it needs to. If
- your .info files are appearing with the DIR command, but not under
- workbench, you need to copy a drawer-type icon into NET: as described
- above.
-
- ============================================================================
-
-
- The provided NETSTAT command gives you a visual idea of how much work your
- network is doing. Run it with the command
-
- RUN NETSTAT NET:
-
- Click on the close gadget in the upper left corner to exit.
-
- ============================================================================
-
- Differences and enhancements:
-
- VERSION 08/90
-
- - Fixes for AmigaDOS 2.0
-
- - Reboot support cleaned up
-
- - Two-way connections supported
-
- - One level of data copying removed to improve performance
-
- - DNET version updated as well as new parallel port version
-
- VERSION 04/90:
- Second parallel port version released
-
- - Various minor bug fixes
-
- - ACTION_SET_DATE packet implemented
-
- - Support added to allow rebooting of one node independant of the other
-
- - Automatic mounting of remote nodes at first reference added
-
- - Using Matt Dillon's new parnet.device
-
- VERSION 08/89:
- First Parallel port version released
-
- VERSION 07/18/89:
-
- - Speed improved due to decreasing minimum packet size
- Should help when loading executables over the network and when doing
- directory operations.
-
- - Debugging code removed
- This makes the code smaller and faster
-
- - Bug fixed in the ACTION_CREATE_DIR packet
-
-
- VERSION 05/09/89:
- First version released using DNET
-
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-
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