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Creating DOS 5.0 VMB for OS/2 2.1 and Ne 6/06/94
FILE: NOVELVMB.FAX - 06/03/94
TITLE: 940603 CREATING A DOS IMAGE FILE FOR OS/2 2.x TO BE
USED WITH THE NETWARE V2.1 LAN REQUESTER FOR OS/2
VMB - (Virtual Machine Boot)
DESCRIPTION OF SYMPTOMS:
Applications that run off the Netware Lan Requester
for OS/2 will not run in a VDM session.
RESOLUTION: Create a VMB for the Netware Lan Requester
SECTION I - CREATE A VMB DISKETTE
1. Instructions for creating a bootable 360k, or a 720k,
or a 1.44mb high density diskette. Each Image File
you create will equal the size of the diskette you
use. There are two different ways to do this:
a. Boot with a DOS bootable diskette that includes
the FORMAT.COM file from DOS (native DOS). Type
"FORMAT A: /S" --do not hit ENTER, yet. Insert
the blank diskette you want to use for the VMB in
Drive A, and hit ENTER. COMMAND.COM should be on
your diskette when you have completed this
process.
b. If you have pure DOS installed on your computer,
boot up from there. Insert the blank formatted
diskette you want to use for the VMB in Drive A,
and from the DOS root directory type "SYS A:".
COMMAND.COM should be on your diskette when you
have completed this process.
c. After you have completed the above steps,
place your new bootable diskette in Drive A:
and boot your system. If it boots properly, continue
on with the instructions. If not, try again.
NOTE: When you have finished creating the VMB bootable
diskette, you will be able to:
- Boot from OS/2's Command Prompts Icon View
(DOS from Drive A)
- Boot from the VMB Image Icon on your Desktop
**** PLEASE CREATE THE VMB FOLLOWING THE INSTRUCTIONS
IN THIS DOCUMENT AND GET IT UP AND RUNNING BEFORE
YOU CUSTOMIZE THE VMB IMAGE. THEN ADD OTHER DEVICE
DRIVERS, NATIVE DOS FILES, AND STATEMENTS WITHIN THE
CONFIG.SYS AND AUTOEXEC.BAT SPECIFIC TO YOUR
APPLICATIONS, ETC. YOU WILL HAVE TO CREATE SEVERAL
VMBS FOR EACH PROGRAM THAT HAS SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS.
2. Boot up in OS/2 and copy the following files from the
OS2\MDOS directory to the VMB diskette:
ANSI.SYS
FSFILTER.SYS
FSACCESS.EXE
EMM386.SYS
HIMEM.SYS
LPTDD.SYS
MOUSE.COM
You may add to this diskette any number of NATIVE DOS
files you want to use, but do not do this until the
VMB is up and running.
3. The VMB will allow you to read/write to Drive A: using
an alternate drive letter. You will be able to change
the Autoexec.bat, Config.sys, and add files after the
Image file has been created on the hard drive (this
will be Drive A). (Instructions below)
4. Each time you install a new version of OS/2 or a CSD,
you will need to update the IMAGE with the current
version of the files from the OS2\MDOS directory
listed in the above Section I-2.
****** INSTRUCTIONS ******
1. On the VMB diskette create the following AUTOEXEC.BAT
file with a text editor:
PRIVATE OR GLOBAL
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ECHO OFF
PROMPT $P$G