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Layne Software Layne Software
PO Box 2044 PO Box 30543
Lee's Summit, MO 64063-7044 Columbia, MO 65205-3543
Thank you for ordering Personal Database Administrator 2.1. BEFORE you install
PDA 2.1, you MUST update your CONFIG.SYS file, usually found in the root
directory (ex. C:\) of your hard drive.
Modify CONFIG.SYS to read: FILES=35
Consult your DOS manual on how to accomplish this update. You may be able to
use FILES=30 or less or you may need FILES=40. This varies depending upon
which version of DOS you are running under. Layne Software does not recommend
that you have any TSR's (Terminate and Stay Resident) applications running
concurrently with PDA 2.1. However, you can experiment with them at your own
risk. DAC's Lightning 5.5 disk caching utility seems to work fine with PDA
2.1 but this can vary from computer to computer.
Layne Software does not recommend that you modify the datafiles of PDA 2.1
with any utility, such as Norton or other ASCII file viewers. You could alter
the indexing structure of the database and produce a corrupted file. Of
course, you can use Norton or PC-Tools (for example) to copy the datafiles to
backup diskettes.
Automatic installation procedures have been provided with PDA 2.1. Each of
these will create a directory on your hard drive under the name 'PDA21' for
which the path will be C:\PDA21 or D:\PDA21. Layne Software recommends that
you update the PATH statement of your AUTOEXEC.BAT file to include either
C:\PDA21 or D:\PDA21 as may be appropriate. Consult your DOS manual as
before. Be sure that DOS is in your PATH statement. This is always true if
you used the automatic installation of DOS, but it is a good idea to confirm
the PATH statement of your computer.
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=====> 1.2meg 5-1/4 and 720K 3-1/2 DISKETTE INSTALLATION <=====
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To install from floppy drive A to hard disk C type:
A: <enter>
AINSTALC <enter>
To install from floppy drive B to hard disk C type:
B: <enter>
BINSTALC <enter>
To install from floppy drive A to hard disk D type:
A: <enter>
AINSTALD <enter>
To install from floppy drive B to hard disk D type:
B: <enter>
BINSTALD <enter>
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============> 360K 5-1/4 DISKETTES INSTALLATION <==============
===============================================================
A: <enter> (or B: if B is your 5-1/4 floppy drive)
MD C:PDA21 <enter> (or MD D:PDA21 if you want PDA 2.1 on drive D)
COPY *.* C:\PDA21 <enter> (or COPY *.* D:\PDA21 for drive D)
(after it is finished, insert disk #2 and repeat the COPY stmt)
PDA21 <enter>