NOVELL TECHNICAL INFORMATION DOCUMENT TITLE: v2.11 NetWare Client for OS/2 Patches DOCUMENT ID: TID021975 DOCUMENT REVISION: A DATE: 09JAN95 ALERT STATUS: Yellow INFORMATION TYPE: Symptom Solution README FOR: R211FT.EXE NOVELL PRODUCT and VERSION: NetWare Client for OS/2 2.11 ABSTRACT: This file contains the latest field test patches for the NetWare OS/2 Requester. These patches have not been submitted to Novell system test. Patched NetWare OS/2 utilities are no longer contained in this file. NetWare v3.x & v4.x users can get OS2UTP.EXE which contains the latest patched OS/2 utilities. A hybrid set of OS/2 utilities from v3.12 NetWare can be found in OS2UTA.EXE & OS2UTB.EXE. NetWare v3.11 users should consider these utilites. These files are found in NOVLIB/06. ----------------------------------------------------------------- DISCLAIMER 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. ----------------------------------------------------------------- SYMPTOM Saving a file while using IBM Works generates a Trap 00D. SYMPTOM The commit NCP 59 was not being properly handled by the Requester. When a DosBufReset() call was made from the application the info was not being fully committed to disk at the file server. SOLUTION Apply NWIFS.IFS, 41220 bytes, 1-5-95. SYMPTOM Cannot disable all (error) messages from appearing on workstation. SOLUTION Apply NWDAEMON.EXE, 36267 bytes, 12-19-94. Once installed edit the NetWare section of your config.sys as follows: C:\NETWARE\NWDAEMON.EXE NOMESSAGES The NOMESSAGES parameter must be upper case and one continous string. Using this option eliminates the need to use the Display Hard Errors Off parameter in the NetWare Requester section of the NET.CFG. SYMPTOM SPX applications in VDMs would lose connections. SYMPTOM When running with Pentium or other SL-Enhanced processors IPX activity would occur even when interrupts had been disabled for the VDM. SOLUTION Apply VIPX.SYS, 53248 bytes, 11-08-94. Apply DOSVIPX.SYS, 10560 bytes, 11-08-94. SYMPTOM Under certain circumstances, if VSHELL.SYS failed when creating a connection it would terminate the primary connection. SOLUTION Apply VSHELL.SYS, 36864 bytes, 12-20-94. SYMPTOM Named Pipes communication in a VDM would fail shortly after a DOS open was communicated to the Named Pipe server. SOLUTION Apply NMPIPE.SYS, 17792 bytes, 11-11-94. SYMPTOM Install.exe could not correctly identify different versions of OS/2, 3.x vs 2.x, full pack vs OS/2 for Windows etc. This will specifically resolve issues involving a RIPL'd environment including the Launch Pad in v3.x and whether Windows software in found in C:\WINDOWS or C:\OS2\MDOS\WINOS2. SOLLUTION Apply INSTALL.EXE, 186032 bytes, 12-23-94. SYMPTOM Excess NetBIOS system traffic on network. The parameters VERIFY TIMEOUT and LISTEN TIMEOUT now allow full 32-bit values to be specified. Previously, they were stored as 16-bit values. ABORT TIMEOUT has always been a 32-bit value. This increases the upper limit for these parameters considerably. It is not advised to use the possible maximum of 4000000000 as this roughly equates to 46 days. SOLUTION Apply NETBIOS.SYS, 20100 bytes, 12-5-94. SYMPTOM Using login.exe to login from config.sys causes OS/2 v3.x machines to hang. SOLUTION Apply NWSTART.EXE, 8227 bytes, 12-6-94 in the following fashion: CALL=C:\NETWARE\NWSTART.EXE CALL=C:\NETWARE\LOGIN.EXE SYMPTOM Corrections were made so that large (greater than 64k in size) LAN drivers could be remote loaded during RIPL process. SOLUTION Apply MINI.IFS, 8753 bytes, 12-21-94. Self-Extracting File Name: R211FT.EXE Revision: A Files Included Size Date Time \ R211FT.TXT (This File) MINI.IFS 8753 12-21-94 10:15a VIPX.SYS 53248 11-08-94 4:46p NWIFS.IFS 41220 01-05-95 2:15p NMPIPE.SYS 17792 11-11-94 11:45a VSHELL.SYS 36864 12-20-94 9:40a DOSVIPX.SYS 10560 11-08-94 4:46p INSTALL.EXE 186032 12-23-94 8:45a NETBIOS.SYS 20100 12-05-94 10:04a NWSTART.EXE 8227 12-06-94 2:02p NWDAEMON.EXE 36267 12-19-94 3:24p Installation Instructions: * Create a directory called INSTALL$.NEW under \NETWARE. Copy all files into \NETWARE\INSTALL$.NEW and reboot. * NWIPXSPX.DLL will need to be manually copied to C:\OS2\MDOS\WINOS2\SYSTEM. * MINI.IFS should be manually copied to the SYS:RPL2 subdir on your NetWare server if you are using Remote Program Load. ** It is a good idea to make sure you have backups of all files being replaced. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Any trademarks referenced in this document are the property of their respective owners. Consult your product manuals for complete trademark information. ----------------------------------------------------------------- ÿ