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- LANtastic v4.xx Compatibility Note: OS/2 v2.0 and LANtastic
- Classification: Multi-tasking/Windowing Environments
- Date: 4/28/92
- Engineer: JAG
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- Compatibility Statement:
- OS/2 2.0 provides limited compatiblity for running LANtastic NOS 4.xx within a
- DOS compatibility session. Support for the LANtastic SERVER program is not
- currently provided.
-
-
- Product Overview:
- OS/2 2.0 is the latest release of IBM's graphically-based operating system. It
- is a full 32 bit operating system that provides multi-tasking and multi-
- windowing, as well as compatibility with Windows 3.0 and DOS-based applications.
-
-
- Installing LANtastic with OS/2:
- You can install LANtastic on a machine that runs OS/2 over either the High
- Performance File System (HPFS) or the DOS FAT file system. Open the "OS/2
- System" folder from the desktop and select the "Command Prompts" folder. Choose
- a windowed or full screen DOS session from within this folder. Once the DOS
- session has started, you may install LANtastic in a workstation configuration as
- detailed in Chapter 3 of the LANtastic NOS User's Manual. After installing the
- LANtastic files, complete the following steps:
-
- 1. Make a DOS boot diskette.
-
- A. At a machine running DOS, format a diskette with the command
-
- FORMAT A: /S
-
- Note: MS-DOS 5.0 was used during in-house testing.
-
- B. Create a CONFIG.SYS file on the boot diskette. It must contain the
- following statements:
-
- DEVICE=FSFILTER.SYS
- FILES=50
- BUFFERS=30
- LASTDRIVE=Z
-
- C. Create an AUTOEXEC.BAT file on the boot diskette and include these
- lines:
-
- PATH=C:\LANTASTI; C:\DOS;C:\
- C:
- STARTNET
-
- D. Copy the file FSFILTER.SYS to the boot diskette from the C:\OS2\MDOS
- directory on the OS/2 machine. The complete list of files that must be
- on the boot diskette is:
-
- COMMAND.COM
- AUTOEXEC.BAT
- CONFIG.SYS
- FSFILTER.SYS
-
- 2. Create a boot image of the boot diskette:
-
- A. On the OS/2 PC, place the boot diskette in the appropriate drive,
- open a DOS or OS/2 window and type the command:
-
- VMDISK A: C:\DOS\DOS_BOOT.IMG
-
- See the OS/2 Master Help Index for details on using the VMDISK command.
-
- 3. Create the "Specific Version boot" DOS session icon:
-
- A. In the "Command Prompts" folder position the mouse cursor over the
- "DOS Window" icon and press the right mouse button.
-
- B. Select the Copy option from the menu that appears, then type "DOS
- Boot Image" or another descripton in the "New Name" field.
-
- C. Press the Copy button to create the new icon.
-
- D. Click the right mouse button on the new icon and then click on the
- right-pointing arrow button that appears next to the "Open" selection.
-
- E. Choose the "Settings" selection from that list and ensure that the
- "Path and file name" field contains an asterisk (*).
-
- F. Select the "Session" page and click on the "DOS Settings" button.
- Choose the DOS_STARTUP_DRIVE selection from the "Settings" list and type
- the following in the "Value" field:
-
- C:\DOS\DOS_BOOT.IMG
-
- G. Then click on the "Save" button and this will place you back on the
- Settings page.
-
- H. Double-click on the title bar icon (the button with a graphic on it
- in the upper left corner of the window) to exit back to the system
- folder.
-
- I. Double-clicking on the DOS Boot Image icon will now bring up a DOS
- window and start LANtastic.
-
- 4. Use LANtastic from within the DOS session just as you would at a DOS-based
- workstation. Note that disk redirections made within the LANtastic session will
- only be accessible from within that session and not from anywhere else in OS/2
- or other DOS windows.
-
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- ARTISOFT, Inc. Makes no warranties as to the completeness or accuracy of this
- document. LANtastic is a trademark of ARTISOFT, Inc. Brand names, company
- names, and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their
- respective companies.
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