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- STACKER NOTE Stac Electronics Technical Note
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- Subject: Installing Stacker on an IBM PS/1
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- Tech020- 2/20/92
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- STACKER works great on an IBM PS/1. However, There are a few things
- you must do before and after installing STACKER on an IBM PS/1. The
- following step-by-step procedure will prepare your PS/1 for STACKER:
-
- Procedure:
- Note: Step 1 is recommended, but not required.
-
- 1. Start IBM DOS from the 4th quadrant screen. Click on "Backup and
- Restore Your Fixed Disk" and press <Enter>. Follow the prompts that
- you are given to backup all of the files on your fixed disk.
- NOTE: The number of diskettes will vary depending on the amount of
- data on your hard disk.
-
- 2. Press <Shift>+<F9> to get to the DOS prompt after completing the
- backup.
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- 3. Type c:\dos\CUSTOMIZ and press the <Enter> key to setup the system.
- (Customiz can also be run from the IBM DOS quadrant.)
-
- 4. The third line from the bottom of the screen says "Read
- Config.sys:". Click on "From Disk".
-
- 5. The next line down says "Read Autoexec.bat:". Click on "From Disk".
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- 6. The last line says "Disk to read from:". Click on "C:".
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- 7. Press <Enter> to save the changes and exit CUSTOMIZ.
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- 8. Restart your system by pressing <Ctrl>+<Alt>+<Del>.
- NOTE: At this point your computer will boot directly to the DOS
- prompt.
-
- 9. You can now install STACKER by inserting the STACKER diskette and
- typing: A:INSTALL /B=C
- At the end of the STACKER install let STACKER reboot
- to access the STACKER drive. This will again take you to the DOS
- prompt.
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- 10. To restore the PS/1 system menu, edit the Config.sys on drive C:
- and insert the line: INSTALL=D:\SHELLSTB.COM (STACKER 2.0 users can use
- SEDIT to modify Config.sys.)
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- 11. Restart the system for changes to take affect.
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