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GENERAL DISCLAIMER:
I MAKE NO GUARENTEE THAT THIS WILL WORK, OR NOT BREAK ANY COMPUTER.
THIS IS WHAT I DID ON MY OS/2 WARP 4 (NO FIXPAK) COMPUTER, AND I HAVE
BEEN ABLE TO USE THE PEER SERVICES ON IT WITHOUT PROBLEM. THIS
PROCESS IS NOT FOR THE SQUEEMISH AND SHOULD ONLY BE PERFORMED BY
SOME ONE WHO KNOWS WHAT HE/SHE IS DOING AND HIS/HER WAY AROUND AN
OS/2 SYSTEM, AND ITS NETWORKING COMPONENTS. PLEASE BE CAREFUL. I
MAKE NO GUARENTEES, BUT IF ANY ONE HAS ANY PROBLEMS OR QUESTIONS,
FEEL FREE TO ASK. IF I KNOW THE ANSWER, I SHALL DO MY BEST TO GET IT TO
YOU. ELSE, I SUGGEST YOU CONSULT ANOTHER SOURCE. ONES WHICH I HAVE
FOUND USEFUL ARE THE #OS/2 AND OS/2WARP CHANNELS ON EFNET IRC, AND
THE COMP.OS.OS2.NETWORKING.MISC NEWSGROUP ON USENET.
Daniel M. Pomerantz
hole@nfocomm.com
1) The first step is to unzip the files. On the WARP4 installation CD, go to the
directory \CID\IMG\IBMPEER. You will find sub-directories named IBM100R? where ? is 1
through 5. Copy each of those onto a hard drive directory. I used C:\NETTEMP. Then go
into each of those five directories on the hard drive and unzip EVERY zip file. There
may be one coflict. error.txt, just overwrite that. After they are all unzipped, delete
all of the zip files. This is not NEEDED, but will help save space. Also, in the
IBM100R1 directory, delete the other files which are in the root of that directory.
Again, they are not needed. When you are finished, each of the five directories
will have one or more of the following sub-directories in it:
IBMLAN
MUGLIB
OS2
Consolidate all of those into one tree. There are likely to be conflicts, but from what
I can tell, all of the conflicts are the exact same files and can be over written. I
used a Norton Commander clone to make it easier, but you can do what you choose. I also
moved instead of copiing to save time and space.
2) This step is not required, but I do suggest it. Install the latest FixPak to the
new tree of files. It will pick it up as a complete installation and do what it needs.
3) If you have not already done so, install any other components of your networking,
especially MPTN and the IBMCOM components which are required. With these you will
install and bind the neccessary NIC drivers and bind the neccessary protocols (NetBEUI
or TCPBEUI) to them. None of the files installed by these utils will need to be edited
except for your config.sys.
4) Create the following directories on your Boot Partion: \IBMLAN and \MUGLIB. Copy
(or move) the complete directory trees that you just made of the same name and updated
to those directories (xcopy /s/e). The OS2 directory from the tree you just made will
also have to be copied. It should have three subdirectories in it (DLL, HELP, and
INSTALL). Simply copy the contents of those directories to the directories of the same
name under \OS2 on your boot partition.
5) Make the following changes to your config.sys
Add the following paths to the beginning of your LIBPATH statement:
C:\MUGLIB\DLL;C:\IBMLAN\NETLIB
Add the following paths to your PATH statement right before any references to C:\OS2:
C:\IBMLAN\NETPROG;C:\MUGLIB
Add the following paths to your DPATH statement right before any references to C:\OS2:
C:\IBMLAN\NETPROG;C:\IBMLAN;C:\MUGLIB
Find one or more of the following statemements in your config.sys:
DEVICE=C:\IBMCOM\PROTOCOL\TCPBEUI.OS2
DEVICE=C:\IBMCOM\PROTOCOL\NETBEUI.OS2
DEVICE=C:\IBMCOM\PROTOCOL\NETBIOS.OS2
Ensure that the NETBIOS.OS2 line comes AFTER either of the other two. Add the following
lines after it:
REM ********************START IBMLAN *******************************
DEVICE=C:\IBMLAN\NETPROG\RDRHELP.200
IFS=C:\IBMLAN\NETPROG\NETWKSTA.200 /I:C:\IBMLAN /N
RUN=C:\IBMLAN\NETPROG\LSDAEMON.EXE
DEVICE=C:\IBMLAN\NETPROG\VNETAPI.OS2
RUN=C:\IBMLAN\NETPROG\VNRMINIT.EXE
SET NWDBPATH=C:\IBMLAN\NETPROG
SET DLSINI=C:\IBMLAN\NETPROG\NETGUI.INI
SET INIT_FILE_NAMES=netgui
SET INIT_FILE_RANGES=200
SET WPS_COMMUNICATION=YES
REM *********************END IBMLAN**********************************
6) Create the following directories on your boot partition:
\IBMLAN\ACOUNTS
\IBMLAN\USERS
7) Copy the file \IBMLAN\INSTALL\NET.ACC to C:\IBMLAN\ACCOUNTS\NET.ACC
8) Create the file C:\IBMLAN\IBMLAN.INI or copy a previously created one. For a
sample file and advice on what all the settings mean, consult the INF files.
9) Reboot the computer and it should work.
Typing LOGON will start the requester service and prompt you for a logon. The default
is "USERID" and "PASSWORD" Once logged on, MUGACCTS will allow you to create and change
accounts (as will NET USER), and UPMCSET will need to be used in order to use long group
and uid names if you have an HPFS drive. The WPS icons and other extensions will not be
created, but I have not found them required. If any one is interested in creating a
REXX script to create these icons/extensions, please let me know. Also, if any one is
interested in a REXX script which will do this automatically, please let me know.