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- NETWORKS.TXT
-
- This file contains information about making your network compatible
- with MS-DOS 6.21. If you are running MS-DOS 5.0, you do not need to
- make any changes to your network to make it compatible with MS-DOS
- 6.21.
-
- If Setup referred you to this file, see Section 1 below. If you are
- looking for additional information about your network software, find
- the appropriate section below.
-
- This file contains the following sections:
-
- 1. Setup referred you to the NETWORKS.TXT file
- 2. 3+Share
- 3. Arcnet systems
- 4. Artisoft LANtastic
- 5. AT&T StarGroup (non-LAN Manager)
- 6. Banyan VINES
- 7. DEC Pathworks and PCSA
- 8. IBM PC LAN
- 9. IBM DOS LAN Requester Version 1.30 or Earlier
- 10. Microsoft LAN Manager and 100-Percent Compatible
- Networks
- 11. Microsoft MS-Net and 100-Percent Compatible
- Networks
- 12. Net/One PC
- 13. Novell Networks
- 14. PC-NFS
- 15. TCS 10Net or DCA 10Net
-
- 1. Setup referred you to the NETWORKS.TXT file
- ===============================================
- If Setup displayed the "You have specified that your computer is
- connected to a network" screen, your computer might be running an
- older version of network software that is incompatible with MS-DOS
- 6.21. For more information, see the section in this file that
- addresses your network software. If you don't find instructions on
- making your network compatible with MS-DOS 6.21, obtain an upgrade of
- your network software from your network vendor, install the upgraded
- network files, and then run MS-DOS 6.21 Setup again.
-
- After you have upgraded your network software, when Setup displays
- the "You have specified that your computer is connected to a network"
- screen, choose the Continue option. Your network should work correctly
- with MS-DOS 6.21.
-
- 2. 3+Share
- ==========
- If your network software is 3+Share 1.6 or earlier, and you
- previously upgaded to MS-DOS 5.0, your current version of the 3+Share
- redirector will work with MS-DOS 6.21. After you install MS-DOS 6.21,
- type the following at the command prompt, and restart your computer:
-
- SETVER MSREDIR.EXE 5.0
-
- If you do not have the redirector included with the MS-DOS 5.0,
- obtain the redirector by ordering the Supplemental disks or by
- downloading the disks from the Microsoft Product Support Download
- Service (MSDL). For more information, see the coupon at the back of
- the MICROSOFT MS-DOS USER'S GUIDE.
-
- After you obtain the redirector, follow the instructions in the
- NET.TXT file on the Supplemental disks.
-
- 3. Arcnet systems
- =================
- If your network uses Arcnet hardware, you might need to run the
- Microsoft Diagnostics (MSD) program by using the MSD /I command.
- If you must use the /I switch, do not choose the Networks option
- in MSD.
-
- 4. Artisoft LANtastic
- =====================
- If you are using any version of Artisoft LANtastic,
- shut down the LANtastic server before you run MS-DOS 6.21
- Setup. There is no need to shut down the redirector.
-
- Artisoft LANtastic versions 3.02 and higher are compatible
- with MS-DOS 6.21.
-
- If you are using a LANtastic version earlier than 2.5,
- contact your network vendor for an update.
-
- If you are using LANtastic versions 2.5 through 3.01,
- carry out the following procedure
-
- To update LANtastic versions 2.5 through 3.01:
-
- 1. Shut down the LANtastic server. You can leave the
- redirector running.
-
- 2. Set up MS-DOS 6.21 on your computer. For more information
- about installing MS-DOS 6.21, see the chapter
- "Getting Started" in the MICROSOFT MS-DOS USER'S GUIDE.
-
- If MS-DOS displays an "Incorrect DOS version" message
- when your network restarts, ignore it.
-
- 3. Type the following command at the command prompt:
-
- SETVER SERVER.EXE 4.00
-
- 4. Restart your computer.
-
- If you are using EMM386, you might need to exclude the memory area
- used by the network adapter card. To do this, use the X switch with
- the DEVICE command for EMM386.EXE in your CONFIG.SYS file. If you are
- using the factory-set defaults for the LANtastic 2Mbps adapter,
- include the X=D800-DFFF switch with the DEVICE command for
- EMM386.EXE. If this memory region is not excluded, you might
- experience problems with programs that use expanded memory.
-
- NOTE Microsoft Defragmenter is incompatible with LANtastic network
- software if the server service is loaded. If only the redirector is
- loaded, Microsoft Defragmenter is compatible with LANtastic network
- software.
-
- 5. AT&T StarGroup (non-LAN Manager)
- ===================================
- If your network software is AT&T StarGroup, run MS-DOS 6.21 Setup.
- When Setup displays the "You have specified that your computer
- is connected to a network" screen, choose Continue, and follow
- the instructions on your screen. If you cannot run your network
- software after running Setup, carry out the following procedure:
-
- 1. Type the following commands at the command prompt:
-
- SETVER SETUP.EXE 4.00
- SETVER ATTSTART.EXE 4.00
-
- 2. Restart your computer.
-
- 3. Use your StarGroup installation disks to remove the
- existing network software from your computer.
-
- 4. Reinstall StarGroup. When the StarGroup installation
- prompts you to indicate which version of MS-DOS you are
- using, choose MS-DOS version 4.0.
-
- 6. Banyan VINES
- ===============
- Banyan VINES versions 4.1 and higher are compatible with MS-DOS
- 6.21. You can use Banyan VINES version 4.0x with MS-DOS 6.21 if you
- have the REDIRALL.EXE or REDIR4.EXE file in the BANYAN
- directory on your hard disk.
-
- If neither file is on your hard disk, but you have the VINES
- installation disks that include one of these files, copy
- the file to the directory on your hard disk that contains
- your network files.
-
- If the files are not on your hard disk or on the VINES
- installation disks, contact your network vendor.
-
- If you have a VINES version earlier than 4.0, contact your
- network vendor for an update.
-
- NOTE
- In some cases, Banyan VINES is incompatible with MemMaker. For
- example, if your network software loads multiple components
- into different UMB regions, MemMaker may not work correctly on
- your computer.
-
- 7. DEC Pathworks and PCSA
- =========================
- If you have DEC PATHWORKS for DOS version 4.1,
- carry out the following procedure:
-
- 1. If you are upgrading from MS-DOS version 3.3 or earlier,
- update your redirector file, REDIR.EXE. Obtain
- REDIR.400 from the PATHWORKS disks or system service,
- rename it to REDIR.EXE, and place it in your DECNET
- directory.
-
- 2. Install MS-DOS 6.21 on your computer. For more information about
- installing MS-DOS 6.21, see the chapter "Getting Started" in
- the MS-DOS USER'S GUIDE.
-
- Version 4.0 of PATHWORKS for DOS is compatible with MS-DOS
- 6.21. However, you must carry out the following procedure to
- achieve this compatibility.
-
- To update PATHWORKS version 4.0:
-
- 1. If you are upgrading from MS-DOS version 3.3 or earlier,
- update your redirector file, REDIR.EXE. Obtain REDIR.400
- from the PATHWORKS disks or system service, rename it to
- REDIR.EXE, and place it in your DECNET directory.
-
- 2. Install MS-DOS 6.21 on your computer. For more information about
- installing MS-DOS 6.21, see the chapter "Getting Started"
- in the MS-DOS USER'S GUIDE.
-
- 3. Restart your computer, but do not yet run STARTNET.BAT,
- which starts the network.
-
- 4. Type each of the following lines at the command prompt:
-
- SETVER USE.EXE 4.00
-
- SETVER MEMMAN.EXE 4.00
-
- SETVER LAD.EXE 4.00
-
- SETVER SHOW.EXE 4.00
-
- SETVER NETSETUP.EXE 4.00
-
- 5. Restart your computer, and run STARTNET.BAT.
-
- NOTE If you upgrade to PATHWORKS 4.1 from PATHWORKS 4.0, you must
- disable the SETVER commands you typed in this procedure. To do this
- after you install PATHWORKS 4.1, type the same commands, but replace
- the 4.00 with /D in each command.
-
- If you are using a version of PATHWORKS or PCSA earlier than 4.0,
- contact your network vendor for an update. Meanwhile, if you are
- using PATHWORKS or PCSA version 3.x, you can start using MS-DOS 6.21
- by carrying out the following procedure.
-
- NOTE To get support for MS-DOS Task Swapper, use PATHWORKS for DOS
- version 4.1 or later.
-
- To temporarily update PATHWORKS or PCSA version 3.x:
-
- 1. If you are upgrading from MS-DOS version 3.3 or earlier,
- update your redirector file, REDIR.EXE. Obtain REDIR.400
- from the PATHWORKS disks or system service, rename it to
- REDIR.EXE, and place it in your DECNET directory.
-
- 2. Install MS-DOS 6.21 on your computer. For more information about
- installing MS-DOS 6.21, see the chapter "Getting Started" in the
- MICROSOFT MS-DOS USER'S GUIDE. If MS-DOS displays a series of
- "Incorrect DOS version" messages when your network restarts,
- ignore these.
-
- 3. Type all of the following commands at the command
- prompt:
-
- SETVER USE.EXE 4.00
- SETVER EMSLOAD.EXE 4.00
- SETVER SCH.EXE 4.00
- SETVER NETSETUP.EXE 4.00
- SETVER NCP.EXE 4.00
- SETVER DNNETHAT.EXE 4.00
- SETVER LAD.EXE 4.00
- SETVER DLL.EXE 4.00
- SETVER MEMMAN.EXE 4.00
- SETVER DNNETHLD.EXE 4.00
- SETVER SHOW.EXE 4.00
-
- 4. Restart your computer.
-
- 8. IBM PC LAN
- ==============
- If you use IBM PC LAN 1.34 and have problems with
- applications that use record locking or file locking, you
- may need an updated REDIR50.EXE file included in ICO 3039.
- Contact IBM Support Channel.
-
- IBM PC LAN Program Version 1.33 or Earlier
- ------------------------------------------
- To use MS-DOS 6.21 with IBM PC LAN Program (PCLP), you need
- one of the following:
-
- o IBM PCLP version 1.34 installed.
-
- o IBM PCLP version 1.3x that has been updated to version
- 1.34 by applying the appropriate IBM Corrective Service
- Disks. Contact IBM Product Support to obtain the software
- you need.
-
- If you are running a PCLP version earlier than 1.30, contact
- IBM for the necessary software and instructions.
-
- To update IBM PCLP versions 1.30 through 1.34:
-
- 1. Skip to step 3 if you are upgrading from version 1.34.
- Otherwise, install the necessary IBM PCLP software by
- following the instructions included with the Corrective
- Service Disk(s) you received from IBM.
-
- 2. Restart your computer, and make sure the network starts.
-
- If the network doesn't start, quit this procedure and
- contact IBM for help.
-
- 3. Set up MS-DOS 6.21 on your computer. For more information
- about installing MS-DOS 6.21, see the chapter "Getting
- Started" in the MICROSOFT MS-DOS USER'S GUIDE.
-
- When Setup restarts your computer, the following message
- appears on your screen:
-
- Start PC LAN Program 1.3 (Y/N)?
-
- 4. Type N, and press ENTER.
-
- 5. Type the following at the command prompt:
-
- SETVER NET.COM /D
-
- 6. Restart your computer.
-
- The following message appears on your screen:
-
- Start PC LAN Program 1.3 (Y/N)?
-
- 7. Type Y, and press ENTER.
-
- NOTE If, after setting up MS-DOS, your CONFIG.SYS file
- contains a command for loading the IFSFUNC.EXE file, disable it
- by typing REM and a space in front of the command. Then save
- the file and restart your computer.
-
- NOTE Microsoft Defragmenter program will not run on a PCLP
- server.
-
- 9. IBM DOS LAN Requester Version 1.30 or Earlier
- =================================================
- To use MS-DOS 6.21 with IBM DOS LAN Requester, you need one
- of the following:
-
- o DOS LAN Requester files that are included with OS/2 LAN
- Server version 1.30.1.
-
- o DOS LAN Requester files that come with OS/2 LAN Server
- version 1.30, which has had IBM Corrective Service
- Diskette (CSD) 5015 applied to it. Contact IBM Product
- Support to obtain the software you need.
-
- If you are running a DOS LAN Requester version earlier than
- 1.30, contact IBM for the necessary software and
- instructions.
-
- To update IBM DOS LAN Requester version 1.30:
-
- 1. Upgrade your DOS LAN Requester software to version
- 1.30.1 by following the instructions included with IBM
- Corrective Service Disk 5015.
-
- 2. Restart your computer, and make sure the network starts.
-
- If the network doesn't start, quit this procedure and
- contact IBM for help.
-
- 3. Set up MS-DOS 6.21 on your computer. For more information
- about installing MS-DOS 6.21, see the chapter "Getting
- Started" in the MICROSOFT MS-DOS USER'S GUIDE.
-
- When Setup restarts your computer, the following
- message appears on your screen:
-
- Start DOS LAN Requester (Y/N)?
-
- 4. Type N, and press ENTER.
-
- 5. Type the following at the command prompt:
-
- SETVER NET.COM /D
-
- 6. Restart your computer.
-
- The following message appears on your screen:
-
- Start DOS LAN Requester (Y/N)?
-
- 7. Type Y, and press ENTER.
-
- NOTE If, after setting up MS-DOS, your CONFIG.SYS file
- has a command for loading the IFSFUNC.EXE file,
- disable it by typing REM and a space in front
- of the command. Then save the file and restart
- your computer.
-
- 10. Microsoft LAN Manager and 100-Percent Compatible Networks
- =============================================================
- If you are running any version of Microsoft LAN Manager or a
- 100-Percent Compatible network, and Setup referred you to this file,
- obtain updated network files by ordering the Supplemental disks or by
- downloading the disks from the Microsoft Product Support Download
- Service (MSDL). For more information, see the coupon at the back of
- the MICROSOFT MS-DOS USER'S GUIDE.
-
- After you obtain the Supplemental disks, follow the instructions
- in the NET.TXT file on the Supplemental disks.
-
- 11. Microsoft MS-Net and 100-Percent Compatible Networks
- ========================================================
- If you are running any version of Microsoft MS-Net or a 100-Percent
- Compatible network, and Setup referred you to this file, obtain
- updated network files by ordering the Supplemental disks or by
- downloading the disks from the Microsoft Product Support Download
- Service (MSDL). For more information, see the coupon at the back of
- the MICROSOFT MS-DOS USER'S GUIDE.
-
- After you obtain the Supplemental disks, follow the instructions
- in the NET.TXT file on the Supplemental disks.
-
- 12. Net/One PC
- ==============
- If Ungermann-Bass Net/One PC does not load with MS-DOS 6.21,
- do one of the following:
-
- o Contact your network vendor to get an updated LOADNIU.EXE file.
-
- o Put a UBPAUSE command between the LOADNIU and XNSBIOS
- lines in your MSNET.INI file.
-
- o Run network commands from a batch file that includes a
- PAUSE command between the LOADNIU and XNSBIOS lines.
-
- 13. Novell Networks
- ===================
- When this NETWORKS.TXT file was published, the current version of the
- workstation shell was 3.31. Obtain version 3.31 or later for use with
- MS-DOS 6.21.
-
- If you have a NetWare version earlier than 2.1, or your network
- software uses any of the following files, contact your network
- vendor:
-
- NET3.COM
- NET4.COM
- XMSNET3.EXE
- XMSNET4.EXE
- EMSNET3.EXE
- EMSNET4.EXE
-
- If you can't load MS-DOS 6.21 on your remote-boot workstation,
- contact Novell for the RPLFIX.COM file.
-
- If you run LOGIN.EXE, MAP.EXE, and SESSION.EXE from MS-DOS
- Shell or while MS-DOS Shell is running, a search path is not
- added to the existing path. Use these programs before starting
- MS-DOS Shell.
-
- If you use the Novell login program to set the COMSPEC variable after
- starting MS-DOS 6.21, and you can't reload the COMMAND.COM file, edit
- the SHELL command line in your CONFIG.SYS file. Make sure the path to
- COMMAND.COM points to the root directory and remove the C:\DOS\
- parameter that follows the path, if one exists.
-
- For example, suppose your SHELL command line looks like
- this:
-
- SHELL=C:\DOS\COMMAND.COM C:\DOS\ /P /E:512
-
- Change it to look like this:
-
- SHELL=C:\COMMAND.COM /P /E:512
-
- Or contact your Novell vendor to get a new login program.
-
- If you are having problems using Microsoft Undelete on a Novell
- network, use the MAP ROOT command in conjunction with the Delete
- Sentry level of delete protection. (If you have Novell Netware
- version 2.15c or older, obtain the most recent MAP.EXE file from your
- network vendor.) For example, you would use MAP ROOT syntax similar
- to the following (normally specified in the server's login script):
-
- MAP ROOT F:=COUNT/SYS:USERS/JOEB
-
- In this example, F is the network drive letter, COUNT is a file
- server name, SYS is the volume name, USERS is a subdirectory of
- volume SYS, and JOEB is the root for a network user. On JOEB's
- computer, the AUTOEXEC.BAT file would contain the following syntax:
-
- UNDELETE /SF
-
- The /S switch specifies the Delete Sentry level of delete protection and
- F specifies a network drive to be protected. The AUTOEXEC.BAT file should
- specify /S[drive] for each drive to be protected.
-
- NOTE
- If you use Microsoft Backup for MS-DOS or Windows to back up files
- to a network, and your network software is NetWare 286, the gas gauge
- will move very slowly at first. This is due to the way NetWare 286
- handles writing files to the network.
-
- NOTE
- The %OS_VERSION parameter used in login scripts will return v5.00 if
- you are using any shell up to, and including, version 3.31. Until
- Novell releases an updated shell, refrain from using the %OS_VERSION
- parameter or map a v6.21 drive over the existing v5.00 drive in a user's
- login script.
-
- MS-DOS Setup and Shared Windows Configuration
- ---------------------------------------------
- If you use a search drive to access your Windows initialization files
- (PROGMAN.INI, SYSTEM.INI, and WINFILE.INI) on a network directory, and
- you want to install the Windows programs included with MS-DOS 6.21,
- carry out the following procedure before you run Setup.
-
- NOTE The information in this section applies both to the normal
- Setup installation program and Setup run with the /E switch.
-
- * Temporarily override the search drive by using the MAP command
- at the command prompt. For example, if the network drive assignment
- for your Windows directory is W, and the path is \USER\JOEB,
- type MAP DEL W: at the command prompt to temporarily delete the
- search drive. Then type MAP W:=SYS:USER\JOEB at the command prompt.
- Then run Setup. After Setup is finished and restarts your computer,
- your system will return to its normal configuration.
-
- 14. PC-NFS
- ==========
- If you use SETVER to report a different version of MS-DOS to a
- program, PC-NFS 3.x may report the version incorrectly. If you are
- having this problem, contact your network vendor for updated network
- software.
-
- If you use PC-NFS 3.0 with MS-DOS Shell, MS-DOS Shell might display
- more drives than you have currently enabled. To prevent this, use the
- PC-NFS /D switch to specify the number of drives you are using. For
- more information, see your PC- NFS documentation.
-
- If you can't use the COPY or XCOPY command on PC-NFS 3.01, contact
- your vendor to get an updated version of the PCNFS.SYS device driver.
-
- If you use PC-NFS network software, carry out the following procedure
- before you run MemMaker:
-
- 1. Open your MEMMAKER.INF file using any text editor. This file is
- in the directory that contains your MS-DOS files.
-
- 2. Add the following line to the file:
-
- *NET
-
- 3. Save the file, and then run MemMaker.
-
- 15. TCS 10Net or DCA 10Net
- ==========================
- DCA 10Net Plus Versions 4.20 (20) and later, and DCA 10Net versions
- 3.3 (41) and later are compatible with MS-DOS 6.21. If you have an
- earlier version, contact your network vendor for an update.
-
- If you are running a compatible version of 10Net Network Software,
- disable the network software, and then run MS-DOS 6.21 Setup. After
- you install MS-DOS 6.21, reenable your network software.
-
- NOTE
- Microsoft Defragmenter program is incompatible with 10Net network
- software if the server service is loaded. If only the redirector is
- loaded, the program is compatible with 10Net network software.