Installing HPFS386 (from Warp Server Advanced) on Warp4

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By Al Savage

IBM has said that, if you own Warp Server Advanced (WSA) or another product which uses the HPFS386 file system, it's OK with them for you to also install HPFS386 on any other Warp system you have.

First Steps

To install HPFS386 on a Warp4 (non-LanServer) box, you must have access to a WSA box that has the optional HPFS386 file system installed, for these files.

On the W4 box, create:

   x:\IBM386FS

Copy the contents of the WSA box's x:\IBM386FS dir to the W4 box. On the W4 box, if you do not have File & Print Services ("Peer Networking") installed, create:

   x:\IBMLAN

On the W4 box, create:

   x:\IBMLAN\NETPROG

Copy these files from WSA box's x:\IBMLAN\NETPROG dir to the W4 box:

   CACHE386.exe
   CACH.msg
   CAC.msg

Edit CONFIG.sys

Place a 'REM' in front of IFS=E:\OS2\HPFS.IFS

   Add IFS=x:\IBM386FS\HPFS386.IFS /A:* /AU
   Add x:\IBMLAN\NETPROG; to LIBPATH
   Add x:\IBMLAN\NETPROG; to DPATH
   Add x:\IBMLAN\NETPROG; to HELP
   Add RUN=x:\ibmlan\netprog\cache386.exe

This last is absolutely required if you have Peer Networking installed. (Reference: http://duanec.indelible-blue.com/wsonw4/0000c416.htm)

If you do not add this line to your CONFIG.SYS, you will get the following error whenever you start the File and Print server:


                  Net 3091: the CACHE386.exe is not running,


                  The server cannot be started.


You can start CACHE386.EXE manually from a command prompt. However, it is recommended that you edit the CONFIG.SYS and add the above statement.

Edit x:\IBM386FS\HPFS386.ini:

Edit "lanroot = x:\IBMLAN" to match your install drive.

Edit "cachesize = 32000" (or whatever the number is) to match your desires.

There are a bunch of other parameters you can reset as well. Don't, unless you think you know what you're doing.

Update HPFS386 files

Update HPFS386 files with WSA update IP08532 (from IBM)

Running the CSF on this update won't work, because it will only update half the files. Something about it not being a "real" LS box, though CSF won't complain. It'll pretend to update HPFS386, but fails to update CACHE386.exe, so it's better to apply the update file-by-file.

Use the Fastkick/DSKXTRCT method to unpack disks 4, 5, and 6 from:

IP08532.4dk
IP08532.5dk
IP08532.6dk

This will create a directory structure like this: directory structure of IP08532

Unpack these files, from directories marked in red (using UNPACK.exe, in Fastkick package, or UNPACK2.exe from OS/2):

   FIX\HFS.3\BOOTSH.EX_
   FIX\HFS.3\HPFS386.IF_
   FIX\SRV.10\HPFS386.DL_
   FIX\SRV.10\CACHE386.EX_

Move BOOTSH.exe & HPFS386.ifs to x:\ibm386fs Move HPFS386.dll to x:\os2\dll

   (this file may not be needed, but this has not been tested)

Move CACHE386.exe to x:\ibmlan\netprog

   If you are running HPFS386 at this time, you may have to boot without loading CACHE386.exe to replace the old copy.  If you are using a process killer (or have "SET SCKILLFEATUREENABLED=ON" in your CONFIG.SYS) you can kill the running CACHE386.exe and then copy over it.

If you will be using Peer and ACLs to control access to resources available to other clients accessing your box running HPFS386, and you think that you may ever want to convert back to HPFS (say, to use disk partioning software to move or change a partition -- Partition Magic v5.0 utterly fails to resize an HPFS386 partition, giving an Error 1027), the you will also need the ACL utilities.

Unpack these files, from directories marked in blue (using UNPACK.exe, in Fastkick package, or UNPACK2.exe from OS/2):

   FIX\REQ.1\BACKACC.EX_
   FIX\REQ.1\RESTACC.EX_
   FIX\SRV.10\PREPACL.EX_

Reboot!

Create HPFS386 Boot Diskettes

Create Warp4 Boot diskettes normally, or copy the installation diskettes and update them as necessary for modern, large HDDs. Note that in order to get updated kernel files on the diskette, you'll have to first copy these kernel files to diskette 0:

   OS2BOOT
   OS2KRNL
   OS2LDR

and then rename OS2KRNL to OS2KRNLI .

On Disk1 (ie the second diskette), edit CONFIG.sys :

   Add "A:\;" to the beginning of the "PATH=", "LIBPATH=", and "DPATH=" lines.
   Modify the line
     ifs=hpfs.ifs /c:64
   to read
     IFS=HPFS386.IFS /AUTOCHECK:*
   Modify the line
     protshell=sysinst1.exe
   to read
     PROTSHELL=BOOTSH.EXE CMD.EXE

On Disk2 (ie the third diskette):

   Delete these files:
     HPFS.IFS
     MARKETNG.MSG
     FDISK.COM
     TEDIT.HLP
     TEDIT.EXE
     RMVIEW.EXE

This frees up space to add the following files.

   Copy these files from x:\IBM386FS to A:\ :
   Copy these files from x:\IBM386FS to A:\ :
     BOOTSH.EXE
     BSH.MSG
     BSHH.MSG
     HFS.MSG
     HFSH.MSG
     HPFS386.IFS
     IBMLN386.DAT
   Create directory A:\IBM386FS
   Copy x:\IBM386FS\HPFS386.ini (on HDD) to A:\IBM386FS
   Copy x:\IBM386FS\HPFS386.ini to A:\IBM386FS
     Edit A:\IBM386FS\HPFS386.ini and make the cache size reasonable for your system.

Create a Disk3 (ie a fourth diskette) for utilities, and copy these files to it (ideally, from a FP15+ HDD installation):

   TEDIT.HLP
   TEDIT.EXE
   FDISK.COM
   CHKDSK.COM
   CHKDSK32.DLL
   NLS.DLL
   UHPFS.DLL
   VIOCALLS.DLL
   ZIP.EXE
   UNZIP.EXE
   UNZIP32.DLL
   SHPIINST.DLL

Done! Use Disk3 if you need to run CHKDSK or FORMAT.

Revision History:

02-Sep-01

  • Added "PREPACL" notes.
  • Added notes about updating the diskette kernel files.