Document 1615 Manual installation with Stacker 2.0 currently installed JD 3/12/92 NOTES For these examples of a manual installation we have assumed that the original boot partition is lettered C:. If your boot partition is labeled other than C:, please replace "C:" below with the drive letter representing your boot partition. BACKUP YOUR HARD DISK BEFORE TRYING THE FOLLOWING. ALSO, have a copy of your present operating system's CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT handy for reference. A full understanding of the STACKER 2.0 disk compression utility is recommended before attempting the following steps. It is also recommended that you NOT install the security feature of DR DOS until we are sure DR DOS and Stacker are working properly after installation. INSTRUCTIONS The instructions for a manual installation on a hard disk with Stacker 2.0 already installed are as follows: 1. Using DISKCOPY, make a backup of the DR DOS 6.0 STARTUP diskette. 2. Reboot with the DR DOS backup STARTUP diskette. Eventually the drive will stop turning at the first installation screen. 3. Break out of the installation by pressing and choosing "Exit to DR DOS". 4. From the A: prompt type EDITOR CONFIG.SYS to edit the Config.sys on this backup diskette. 5. Add the following lines to the END of the Config.sys file: DEVICE=C:\STACKER\STACKER.COM C:\STACVOL.DSK DEVICE=C:\STACKER\SSWAP.COM C:\STACVOL.DSK /SYNC These additions will make the DR DOS 6.0 INSTALL program "Stacker Aware". Meaning that DR DOS INSTALL will now recognize your Stacker Volumes, as well as your uncompressed volume. 6. Remove the lines: DEVICE=\SSTORDRV.SYS and DEVICE=\DEVSWAP.COM from this same CONFIG.SYS file. This will disable SuperStor, DR DOS's disk compression utility, from being loaded from the backup STARTUP diskette. 7. Save your changes to CONFIG.SYS by performing a CTRL-K and pressing X to Save and Exit. For additional information regarding DR DOS's EDITOR program, please see the DR DOS 6.0 User Guide. NOTE: Remember that the DR DOS backup STARTUP diskette is now Stacker aware. Now if we were to reboot from this DR DOS backup STARTUP diskette, we should notice the Stacker drives loading and swapping the appropriate drive letters. PREPARE to determine which drive letter is mounting as your Stacker uncompressed volume (which drive is swapping with C:). We can do this by watching Stacker as it mounts. Swapped drives C: and __: FILL in the above blank, and all of the below blanks (underscores), in this tip, with the drive letter representing the uncompressed boot partition that swaps with C:. 8. Reboot with the DR DOS backup STARTUP diskette and note the swap drive as explained in the NOTE above. Eventually the drive will stop turning at the first installation screen. 9. Break out of the installation by pressing and choosing "Exit to DR DOS". 10. From the A: prompt type SYS __: This will transfer the proper boot files from the installation diskette in drive A: to your __: uncompressed boot partition. Now drive __: is a DR DOS 6.0 boot drive. 11. Also from the A: prompt type SYS C:. This will transfer the proper boot files from the installation diskette in drive A: to your C: Stacker partition. Most importantly, this will create a new DR DOS Boot Sector if your hard disk was previously formatted under another version of the operating system. 12. Move to drive __: and create a DR DOS subdirectory by typing MD DRDOS. 13. Move to drive C: and create a DR DOS subdirectory by typing MD DRDOS. 14. Move back to A: and copy all of the files from all of your DR DOS 6.0 diskettes into the C: DRDOS subdirectory. The copying is accomplished by typing COPY *.* C:\DRDOS from the A: prompt with each individual DR DOS diskette. You may use either the original STARTUP or the backup STARTUP diskette here. 15. Move to the C:\DRDOS subdirectory by typing C:\ and then CD DRDOS. 16. Delete COMMAND.COM, CONFIG.SYS, and AUTOEXEC.BAT from this DR DOS subdirectory. These files will not be needed here. This is accomplished by typing DEL . 17. Rename INSTALL.EXE to SETUP.EXE by typing REN INSTALL.EXE SETUP.EXE. 18. Run SETUP by typing SETUP, and install each portion of DR DOS. Note: DO NOT INSTALL THE SUPERSTOR PORTION OF DR DOS. SUPERSTOR AND STACKER CANNOT BE USED TOGETHER. 19. Once you are configured and have DR DOS installed, choose EXIT TO DRDOS. DO NOT REBOOT YOUR MACHINE! 20. From the C:\DRDOS subdirectory type EDITOR C:\CONFIG.SYS. 21. Add the following lines to the end of the CONFIG.SYS file: DEVICE=C:\STACKER\STACKER.COM C:\STACKVOL.DSK DEVICE=C:\STACKER\SSWAP.COM C:\STACVOL.DSK /SYNC These additions will make your DR DOS hard disk installation "Stacker Aware". Meaning that DR DOS configuration files will allow you to recognize your Stacker Volumes as well as your uncompressed volume. 22. Also, write down any of the NEW (DR DOS) drivers which are loaded prior to the last two lines added above. (NOTE: This is why it is recommended that you have a copy of your old CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT handy. You may now compare your old CONFIG.SYS with the new CONFIG.SYS DR DOS created and determine which drivers DR DOS has added) Look for lines which begin with a DEVICE, HIDEVICE, INSTALL, or HIINSTALL command. REMEMBER the two lines will be loaded from this __: drive. This is why we have to make sure they are in the DRDOS subdirectory on the __: drive for CONFIG.SYS to find them. 23. Save your changes to CONFIG.SYS by performing a CTRL-K and then press X to Save and Exit. For additional information regarding DR DOS's EDITOR program, please see the DR DOS 6.0 User Guide. 24. Copy all of the files noted in step #22 above to the DRDOS subdirectory on __: (__:\DRDOS). This is accomplished by issuing a COPY __:\DRDOS. 25. Move back to the root directory by typing a CD \. From here, copy your CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT to the _: root directory (__: \). This is accomplished by issuing a COPY __: \. 26. Stacker and DR DOS are now installed. You may now reboot your machine. NOTE: If Stacker detects changes in your AUTOEXEC.BAT or CONFIG.SYS during boot, let Stacker make the changes by pressing a "Y". Disclaimer Stacker is a trademark of Stac Electronics of Carlsbad, CA, and is in no way a product of the Novell Desktop Systems Group. While we make every effort to provide accurate information to assist the user in installing DR DOS 6.O over Stacker 2.0, we cannot guarantee the accuracy of these instructions in every instance. Technical support questions involving Stacker software are best addressed to Stac Electronics.