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Manual Installation of Multiuser DOS
06/05/92

                    Novell Desktop Systems Group

Single Operating System

Prepare the hard disk with FDISK, creating at least a 5MB active bootable
partition. Format the bootable partition with a FORMAT x: /s where x: is
the bootable drive (This will require booting from Multiuser DOS). Make a
directory on the bootable partition of \OSUTILS (MD \OSUTILS) and copy all
the files from the root directories (COPY A:*.* x:\OSUTILS) of the
installation disks into this directory. After copying all the files to
the hard drive, rename INSTALL.EXE in the \OSUTILS directory to SETUP.EXE.
See section on "Creating Necessary Files."

Multiple Operating System

Make sure the bootable partition on the hard disk has at least 5MB of
available space. Make a directory on the bootable partition of \OSUTILS
(MD \OSUTILS) and copy all the files from the root directories (COPY A:*.*
x:\OSUTILS) of the installation disks into this directory. After copying
all the files to the hard drive, rename INSTALL.EXE in the \OSUTILS
directory to SETUP.EXE. Remove the attributes can copy IBMDOS.COM on the
installation diskettes to DRMDOS.SYS (ATTRIB A:\IBMDOS.COM -RSH, COPY
A:\IBMDOS.COM x:\DRMDOS.SYS) Copy LOADER.COM from the \OSUTILS directory on
the hard drive to the ROOT directory (COPY \OSUTILS\LOADER.COM \LOADER.COM). 
Run LOADER.COM to initialize the drive for Multiple O/S booting. See
section on "Creating Necessary Files."

Creating Necessary Files

Add the following lines to the beginning of the AUTOEXEC.BAT:

If "%OS%"=="DRMDOS" goto DRMDOS   ;To determine the operating system.
GOTO SKIP                         ;Placed at the end of your existing O/S
                                  ;commands.
:DRMDOS                           ;A label
SET TEMP=x:\OSUTILS\TMP
PATH x:\OSUTILS;
APPEND x:\OSUTILS
SUSPEND = OFF
PROMPT %CONSOLE% $P$G
EXIT
:SKIP

These lines are necessary for Multiuser and will not be created by running
SETUP. x: being the drive letter where Multiuser is installed. The
original AUTOEXEC.BAT should continue after the label ":SKIP". After
adding the necessary lines to the AUTOEXEC.BAT and rebooting run SETUP to
configure your system parameters. It may be necessary to copy files from
the subdirectories on the installation diskettes for drivers or batch
files for specific applications.