FYI (Note: The origin of this information may be internal or external to Novell. Novell makes every effort within its means to verify this information. However, the information provided in this document is FOR YOUR INFORMATION only. Novell makes no explicit or implied claims to the validity of this information.) TITLE: DR NET Installation DOCUMENT ID#: FYI-M-1911 DATE: 08-04-92 PRODUCT: DR NET PRODUCT VERSION: 2.x SUPERSEDES: ISSUE/PROBLEM DR NET Installation DR NET is a peer-to-peer network operating system designed for use on 386 systems running DR Multiuser DOS or Concurrent DOS. Here is the step-by-step installation procedure. These instructions are the result of installation on two 386 machines running MDOS 5.1, with Arcnet SMC cards; different hardware may require alterations to these instructions. To install DR NET on a Concurrent DOS system, substitute C:\CDOS for the C:\OSUTILS subdirectory in each step. If you are using a DSP card rather than an SMC card, substitute DSP everywhere that SMC appears in these instructions. These instructions are intended to allow for only the most basic of installations. Once the network connection has been verified with these, the network administrator might generate the network files, name the servers, and so forth. 1. Install network cards, and cable the nodes together. 2. Create a DRNET subdirectory off of the Multiuser operating system directory. Typically, this would be C:\OSUTILS\DRNET. 3. On the DR NET diskette, there is a subdirectory called ARCNET.SMC and one called ARCNET.DSP. If the network card you are using is an SMC card, you need to use the files in A:\ARCNET.SMC; if it is a DSP card, use the files in A:\ARCNET.DSP. Copy these files into C:\OSUTILS\DRNET. COPY A:\ARCNET.SMC\*.* C:\OSUTILS\DRNET 4. From the DR NET diskette, copy the files in A:\ARCSTAT into C:\OSUTILS. COPY A:\ARCSTAT\*.* C:\OSUTILS 5. Copy NETSYS.SMC (or .DSP) from C:\OSUTILS\DRNET into the root directory of drive C. COPY C:\OSUTILS\DRNET\NETSYS.* C:\ 6. Edit the CCONFIG.SYS file in C:\ to have as its first line NETWORK=NETSYS.SMC. 7. Boot the computer. When NETSYS.SMC is loaded, you will see a message showing the Node, IRQ, Port, and Memory address detected for your network card. (An example would be Node 3F::, IRQ 9, Port 2E0h, and Memory address D000. This address will generally be detected by MDOS's Autoscan.) 8. By default, DR NET will try to use IRQ2 or IRQ9 on an AT-compatible computer. 9. If these IRQs do not work use IRQ5 instead. To do this, you need to create a file called NIOSCONF.SYS in the root directory of drive C. This file should contain the following four lines. Case is important; type the file in capital letters. NODE = __ (the node detected in step 7) IRQ = 5 PORT = __ (the port detected in step 7) MEMORY = ____ (the address detected in step 7) 10. Add the path C:\OSUTILS\DRNET to the PATH statement in AUTOEXEC.BAT. 11. Boot the computer again. When NETSYS is loaded, you should see that it is using the same node, port, and memory address as before, and the IRQ used is 5. 12. At the prompt type NETON. The response should be "This Console is now attached to the Network." 13. At the prompt, type LOGON followed by the name of the remote node (e.g., LOGON C0:: or LOGON 3F::). The response should be "Logging on node xx:: ...Successful." 14. To map a drive to the remote node, use the NET command. For example, NET E:=C: C0:: would map drive "E" on the local system to drive C on the remote node. Type DIR E: to test that you can see the contents of the remote drive C. Once this is accomplished, the hardware connections and network software have been tested and are working correctly.