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- Notes on RPLFIX.COM
-
-
- RPLFIX is used to allow workstations to remote program load (RPL) properly
- with MS DOS 5.x and above. This utility must be run after the boot image file
- (usually NET$DOS.SYS) has been created using the DOSGEN utility. RPLFIX will
- directly modify the boot image file; the boot image file's size and last
- modified date will be different after RPLFIX has been run. RPLFIX only needs
- to be run against the boot image file once. Attempts to run RPLFIX against an
- already modified boot image file are detected by the utility, and no further
- modifications will be made to the boot image file.
-
- Follow the instructions for DOSGEN (setting up remote reset workstations)
- in the Novell reference manuals. For NetWare v2.x, this information can be
- found in Chapter 9 of the "Supervisor Guide", or Chapter 2 of the "Using the
- Network" manual. For NetWare v3.x, this information is found in Appendix D
- of the Installation manual. After performing all steps as outlined in the
- appropriate manual to create the boot image file, run RPLFIX.COM.
-
- The remote workstation will likely hang during the reset process if you are
- resetting using DOS 5.x or above and the boot image file has not been modified
- by RPLFIX.
-
- RPLFIX can be found on the WSGEN diskette, or in the WSGEN subdirectory if you
- are installing using a network drive. After you have located RPLFIX.COM, map
- a drive to the LOGIN subdirectory on the file server you wish to remote reset
- from. The DOSGEN procedure instructed you to create a boot image file in that
- subdirectory (usually named NET$DOS.SYS). If the drive you mapped to SYS:LOGIN
- was drive F, then you would enter the following:
-
- RPLFIX F:NET$DOS.SYS <ENTER>
-
- RPLFIX only needs to be run if the version of DOS loaded on the floppy disk
- used with DOSGEN is 5.x or greater. Earlier versions of DOS do not require
- that this utility be run.
-
- NOTE: If you renamed your boot image file, then you must use the new filename
- with RPLFIX:
-
- RPLFIX [d:]<boot image file> <ENTER>
-
- where [d:] is the drive letter where the image file is located, and <boot
- image file> is the name of the file created with the DOSGEN utility.
-