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- Custom Install Manager version 1.5
- Release of February 1997
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- NOTICE
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- The information in this document is subject to change without notice
- and should not be construed as a commitment by FTP Software, Inc.
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- While every effort has been made to assure the accuracy of the information
- contained herein, FTP Software, Inc. assumes no responsibility for errors
- or omissions. No liability is assumed for incidental or consequential
- damages resulting from the use of the information contained in this
- document.
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- The software described in this document is furnished under a license and
- may be used or copied only in accordance with the terms of such license.
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- (c) Copyright FTP Software, Inc. 1986 - 1997. All rights reserved.
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- Custom Install Manager lets you prepare customized installation scripts for
- FTP Software products for specific departments, groups, and individuals in
- your network.
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- Table of Contents
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- 1. Before installing Custom Install Manager
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- 2. Installing Custom Install Manager
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- 3. Starting to use Custom Install Manager
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- 4. Known Limitations
- 4.1 The Setup Command
- 4.2 Specifying the Destination Directory
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- 1. Before installing Custom Install Manager:
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- Before you install Custom Install Manager, you should perform the following steps:
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- 1 Map the organization of your network in terms of how you plan to
- distribute the FTP Software, Inc. products.
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- 2 Run the Setup program for each product from a client PC and, when
- prompted to choose a type of installation, click Administrator.
- Complete the installation, which creates a distribution on a server
- (from which clients can install the product).
- -or-
- For 16-bit products, set up a network installation as described in the
- documentation.
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- 3 Install Custom Install Manager on a PC that is using the Windows 95
- or Windows NT 4.0 operating system and that has network connectivity.
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- 4. Read the "To install Custom Install Manager" and "To start using
- Custom Install Manager" instructions that follow this list.
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- 2 Installing Custom Install Manager
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- To install Custom Install Manager, you should perform the following steps:
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- 1. Run the Setup program on a PC that is using the Windows 95 or
- Windows NT operating system and that has network connectivity, from
- the Cim folder of the CD-ROM or from disks that you order separately.
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- 2. In the Choose Folder for Data Files dialog box, choose a folder in
- which Setup will install the database file and a setup_k.reg file that
- is used to install the FTP Software, Inc. TCP/IP protocol stack on
- Windows 95 systems.
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- If you are only customizing OnNet16 installations, choose the folder
- where you have the OnNet16 distribution.
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- 3. When prompted, let the Setup program restart your system.
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- 3. Starting to use Custom Install Manager
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- When you start up Custom Install Manager for the first time, you need to
- configure some information. To ensure proper configuration, you should perform
- the following steps:
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- 1. From the Start menu, click Programs, point to FTP Custom Install Manager,
- and, on the submenu, click FTP Custom Install Manager.
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- 2. In the Select Customization Set File for OnNet32 Install dialog box,
- choose the Setup information file (Setup.inf) in the 32-bit distribution
- you created during the Adminstrator installation of a 32-bit product.
- (If you do not have a 32-bit product, you can use the Setup information
- file for a 16-bit product as a placeholder.)
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- 3. In the Select Customization Set File for OnNet16 Install dialog box, choose
- the Setup information file (Setup.inf) in the a 16-bit product distribution
- you created when you set up a network distribution of a 16-bit product.
- (If you do not have a 16-bit product, you can use the Setup information
- file for a 32-bit product as a placeholder.)
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- 4. Read the online Help for information on how to get started with and
- use Custom Install Manager.
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- 5. Ensure that the Customization Sets Folders in the Options properties
- are set to the folders that contain the FTP Software product distributions.
- You can store the customization sets in any folder, but when you (or your
- users) run the product Setup program, you must ensure that the customization
- sets are in the same folder as the product distribution.
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- If you do not keep your customization sets in the same folder as the product
- distribution, you should copy the Netcard.inf and Timezone.ini files from the
- product distribution to the customization sets folder for any 16-bit product.
- Both the 16-bit Setup program and Custom Install Manager need the Netcard.inf
- file to configure the TCP/IP stack and the Timezone.ini file to set a default
- time zone for the Network Time program.
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- 6 In the organization pane, create groups and clients, based on the
- organization map you have already planned.
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- Note: If you plan to create a customization set for a Windows 3.1 group
- or client, limit the name of the group or client to 8 letters. Custom
- Install Manager creates files based on the name and the 16-bit Setup
- program does not work with Setup information files that exceed the
- DOS 8.3 naming conventions.
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- 7 Create true default customization sets for each product and specify
- the resulting Setup information and, if applicable, TCP/IP stack
- Registry files in each tab of the Options dialog box.
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- 8 Create customization sets for your groups and clients.
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- 9 On the client computer, map the network server to a drive letter and
- run the Setup program for the FTP Software, Inc. program. Ensure that
- the Setup information (*.inf) file for the client is in the same folder
- as the Setup program.
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- Read the online Help to learn the Setup command line options for the
- product you are installing.
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- 4. Known Limitations
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- 4.1 The Setup Command
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- When you use the setup /h filename form of the setup command, you must specify
- the full pathname of the .inf file, even when it is in the current directory.
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- 4.2 Specifying the Destination Directory
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- If you create a customized installation to upgrade a 16-bit product, you
- cannot use Custom Install Manager to specify a destination directory different
- from the directory that contains the earlier version of the 16-bit product.
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- To install the product to a different directory, the user must choose a New
- Installation Type and respond to the dialog boxes in the Setup program.
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