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- NETWARE DOS REQUESTER README (04/22/93)
- =======================================
-
- Loading VLMs from a Directory Other Than the Current Directory
-
- The current directory is used for VLMs. To load VLMs
- from another directory, use the "VLM =" command in the
- NET.CFG file.
-
- For example
-
- VLM=C:\NWCLIENT\CONN.VLM
-
- Specifying a NET.CFG File outside the Current Directory
-
- To specify a path for the NET.CFG file, type a command
- similar to the following (or put the command in
- AUTOEXEC.BAT):
-
- VLM /C=C:\NWCLIENT\NET.CFG
-
- Disabling VLMs
-
- There are three ways to disable a VLM:
-
- o Rename the module with a different extension (for
- example, .SAV). This is the easiest way.
-
- o Delete the module (not recommended).
-
- o Configure the modules to be loaded in NET.CFG.
- Below is the syntax that gives the modules required
- for Directory Services:
-
- NETWARE DOS REQUESTER
- USE DEFAULTS = OFF
- VLM = CONN.VLM
- VLM = IPXNCP.VLM
- VLM = TRAN.VLM
- VLM = NDS.VLM
- VLM = BIND.VLM
- VLM = NWP.VLM
- VLM = FIO.VLM
- VLM = GENERAL.VLM
- VLM = REDIR.VLM
-
- Change in NET.CFG Parameter Default for Cache Writes
-
- The default for the following parameter under the
- "NetWare DOS Requester" section heading in Workstation
- for DOS and Windows has been changed to
-
- CACHE WRITES = OFF
-
- Don't Use NETX.COM or Related Shells with VLMs
-
- You can't load NETX.COM and NETX.VLM simultaneously.
-
- Use NETX.VLM rather than NETX.COM and related shells.
-
- NETX.COM (and NET3.COM, NETX.EXE, BNETX.EXE,
- XMSNETX.EXE, etc.) conflicts with REDIR.VLM; REDIR.VLM
- won⌐t load if NETX.COM is loaded and vice versa.
-
- However, NETX.VLM is designed to replace NETX.COM and
- related NETX shells, and is compatible with the NetWare
- DOS Requester.
-
- Use NET.CFG Option "LOAD CONN TABLE LOW = ON" for Initial Release of
- NetWare v4.0
-
- When using the initial release of NetWare v4.0 utilities, you
- must set the "LOAD CONN TABLE LOW" parameter to ON. If you are
- not using the v4.0 utilities, leave this parameter at its
- default setting (OFF) for better memory performance.
-
- NetWare DOS Requester
- LOAD CONN TABLE LOW = ON
-
- OFF = CONN.VLM loads the connection table in a UMB, if
- available.
- ON = CONN.VLM loads the connection table low (increasing
- conventional memory requirements) as is required by the initial
- release of NetWare v4.0 utilities.
-
- Avoid Loading VLMs in Expanded Memory with Windows
-
- Don't use the expanded memory option (/ME). Run Windows
- with the NetWare DOS Requester only if you use the
- extended memory option (/MX, preferred) or the
- conventional memory option (/MC).
-
- Read/Write Calls
-
- If an application makes read/write calls on read only
- files, enter this line under the "NetWare DOS Requester"
- heading in the NET.CFG file:
-
- READ ONLY COMPATIBILITY = ON
-
- Path Names Must Be Under 64 Characters
-
- VLMs can't support a path name of more than 64
- characters. To use longer paths, map a root drive and
- continue from there.
-
-
- First Available Drive Is Different
-
- The conventional NetWare Shell for DOS used drives after
- the LASTDRIVE parameter; NetWare DOS Requester starts
- using the first available drive before the LASTDRIVE
- parameter.
-
- Consequently, users often see drive D: as the first
- NetWare drive rather than drive F:.
-
- To maintain compatibility with existing batch files, you
- may want to add the command like "FIRST NETWORK DRIVE
- =F" under the NetWare DOS Requester portion of the
- NET.CFG file.
-
- Otherwise, batch files assuming drive F: is the first
- drive must be altered, or drives D: and E: must be
- substituted (see DOS SUBST command).
-
- In any case, the LASTDRIVE parameter should be adjusted
- to something above the default value of E:.
-
- Login Drive Prompt Appears To Be a Root Mapped Drive
-
- Because NetWare DOS Requester is a redirector on the
- back-end of DOS, no directory path can be in the drive
- structure maintained by DOS when the parent of the
- directory is unaccessible.
-
- This is the case with an unauthenticated connection and
- the drive mapped to the SYS:LOGIN directory. Users see
- "D:\>" instead of "F:\LOGIN>" when they first load the
- DOS client software.
-
- Addition of NET.CFG Option for NETX Section
-
- TEMP DRIVE DETECTION = ON
-
- Undocumented NET.CFG Options for NetWare DOS Requester Section
-
- BIND RECONNECT = OFF
-
- OFF = AUTO.VLM does not automatically rebuild bindery
- connections nor automatically restore drive/printer
- redirections.
- ON = AUTO.VLM stores bindery connection information necessary
- to auto reconnect a bindery connection.
- NOTE: For this parameter to work, also set AUTO RECONNECT
- = ON.
-
-
- AUTO RETRY = 0
-
- Number of seconds AUTO.VLM waits before attempting a retry
- after receiving a network critical error.
- NOTE: When this parameter is 0, AUTO.VLM makes no retry
- attempts.
-
- AUTO LARGE TABLE = OFF
-
- OFF = AUTO.VLM allocates a small table (34 bytes per
- connection) for bindery reconnects.
- ON = AUTO.VLM allocates a large connection table (178 bytes
- per connection) for bindery reconnects. If usernames and/or
- passwords are larger than 16 characters, set this parameter to
- ON. Otherwise, users with a password and/or username larger
- than 16 bytes cannot auto reconnect.
- NOTE: For this parameter to work, also set BIND
- RECONNECT = ON.
-
-
-
- Dos and Windows Workstations (04-22-93
- ======================================
-
- Ignore Incorrect Paradox Workshop Message
-
- Paradox Workshop gives an incorrect error message
- indicating it can't test or finish applications. Ignore
- this message.
-
-
- Avoid Using DR DOS MOVE Command
-
- MOVE.EXE in DR DOS causes the loss of the fake root
- mapping. This is because MOVE obtains the current path
- and attempts to perform a CD command on that path.
-
- NDIR Error in Compaq DOS 5.0 and DR DOS 6.0
-
- In Compaq DOS 5.0 and DR DOS 6.0, the following commands
- give an error:
-
- NDIR servername/volume:
-
- DIR servername/volume:
-
- CD servername/volume:
-
- This is because DOS treats "/" as an option specifier
- when it does its preprocessing. Users can instead map a
- drive and use drive letters instead of the server/volume
- syntax.
-
- If Your Windows SYSTEM Directory Is on the Network
-
- The workstation installation creates a SYSTEM directory
- on the workstation and copies files into that directory.
-
- Make sure after installation that you copy those files
- to the Windows SYSTEM directory on the network.
-
- DOS Current Directory Structures Aren⌐t Updated with RENDIR.EXE
-
- NCPs that use a path won⌐t function properly. To fix
- this problem, RENDIR.EXE will be changed to back up a
- directory before renaming the current one and will then
- forward to it.
-
- IPXODI.COM Version 2.0 or Greater Required
-
- To support the packet burst ODI, the SFT III checksums,
- and the NetWare management responder, IPXNCP.VLM
- requires IPXODI.COM version 2.0 or greater to be loaded
- with support for checksums and GNMA enabled (the version
- and the API support level are treated separately in
- IPXODI).
-
-