NOVELL TECHNICAL INFORMATION DOCUMENT

TITLE:              Contains NETX, EMSNETX, XMSNETX
DOCUMENT ID:        TID014005
DOCUMENT REVISION:  B
DATE:               19NOV93
ALERT STATUS:       Yellow
INFORMATION TYPE:   Symptom Solution
README FOR:         NET33X.EXE

NOVELL PRODUCT and VERSION:
NetWare Client for DOS/Windows

ABSTRACT:

This version of the NetWare shells address the following issues: Supports DOS
versions 6.x, rather than just 6.0.  Fixes INT 21-5C, INT 21-3F file locking
problem.  Supports "Sharing Buffer Overflow" error.  fixes NCOPY /C file
date/time anomaly.  Fixed INT 21 4B01h function that caused a w/s hang.  This
shell now properly displays the correct print job number.  Stack size was
increased to accommodate the "PRINT TAIL" parameter in the NET.CFG.

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SYMPTOM

     1) Support for DOS 6.X.  Added support for versions 6.X of DOS.

     2) Added support for NCP return code 150.  Now when the shell receives a
     150 return code from Int 21 function 50h, it will put a 24h in the AX
     register, indicating a "sharing buffer overflow" error.
    
     3) DOS 5.0 BACKUP fails specifying NetWare drive.  Int 21 function 60 was
     failing (file not found) when parsing root directory names, such as
     "f:\".  This has been fixed in this release.

     4) Unable to set PRINT TAIL value in NET.CFG to 0. This has been fixed in
     this release.
   
     5) Destination date changes with /C option using NCOPY.  Originally
     reported as an NCOPY bug, but was actually a bug in the cache code.
     Specifically, using NCOPY /C to copy  a 30911 byte file would cause the
     bug.  Some other sizes would not.  This resulted in the destination file
     receiving the current date and time.  This has been fixed in this
     release.

     6) Interrupt 21h function 40h errors were not being passed on to
     application.  The shell was clearing the carry flag on write errors,
     causing an application to believe that no write error occurred. 
 
     7) Interrupt 21h function 4B01h (Load but do not execute) was causing
     workstation to hang.  This has been fixed in this release.

     8) The stack size was increased in order to accommodate the "PRINT TAIL"
     parameter in NET.CFG

     9) Interrupt 21h function 4409h was returning incorrect values when run
     on a network drive.  This version of the shell corrects the problem.

     10) The shell was returning an incorrect print job number.  The problem
     was fixed in this version of the shell.

     11) If a section of a file is locked with int 21h - 5Ch, and then another
     workstation accesses the same file and tries to read the locked area with
     int 21h - 3Fh, it will return successful.  This version of the shell
     fixes the problem.


SOLUTION

     Apply NET33X.EXES

     Self-Extracting File Name:  NET33X.EXE     Revision:  B

     Files Included    Size      Date      Time     Version

     \
       NET33X.TXT             (This File)
      EMSNETX.EXE     90,510   11-17-93    2:16  v3.32 (931117) PTF
         NETX.EXE     78,654   11-17-93    2:14  v3.32 (931117) PTF
      XMSNETX.EXE     87,172   11-17-93    2:18  v3.32 (931117) PTF

     Installation Instructions:

     1)   Make a backup copy of the existing shell (NETX.EXE, XMSNETX.EXE or
     EMSNETX.EXE)

     2)   Copy this new version over the existing shell.

     3)   Reboot the workstation.

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