How to Install LANtastic on an OS/2 Machine

LANtastic v4.xx Compatibility Note: OS/2 v2.0 and LANtastic
 * Classification: Multi-tasking/Windowing Environments
 * Date: 8/10/92
 * Engineer: JAG


 * Compatibility Statement:

OS/2 2.0 provides limited compatibility for running LANtastic NOS v4.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:

If you are using an Artisoft AE-2 or AE-3 adapter, it must be in forced 8-bit mode. See you adapter documentation for the appropriate jumper settings. The Artisoft AE-2 Microchannel adapter is not currently supported for use 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, you must complete the following steps before running any of the LANtastic programs:

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

If you installed OS/2 using and HPFS partition, you may have to create the C:\DOS directory if it does not exist and install the desired DOS version in it. 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 description 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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