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- Artware Year 2000 Survival Kit - Installation Instructions for NetMgr
- =====================================================================
-
- Revision 0004, released by Wilfried Brinkmann and Tobias Ernst.
-
- Eine deutsche Anleitung findet sich in INSTALL.DOK.
-
- 1. Preface
- ----------
-
- Please read ..\README.DOC before installing this patch!
-
- This directory contains the following files:
-
- INSTALL.DOC - You are reading it :-).
- INSTALL.DOK - The German edition
- NETMGR.ASM - Assembler source code for NETMGR.COM, only for those that are
- interested in it.
- NETMGR.COM - This program contains service routines for the patched DOS
- executable. It is the "launcher application" for the patched
- 16-bit DOS executable.
- NETMGR.PSC - Patch script for Wilfried Brinkmann's PATCH program and the
- 16-bit DOS exeuctable. In addition to the binary code for the
- patches, the .PSC script files also contain some quite useful
- information for interested assembler programmers.
- NETMGRP.PSC - Patch script for the OS/2 executable.
- NETBUGS.DOC - List of bugs fixed by this patch.
- NETBUGS.DOK - The german edition
-
- 2. Installing the patch for the 16-Bit DOS version (NETMGR.EXE)
- --------------------------------------------------------------
-
- a) If you are applying a patch to NETMGR.EXE for the first time, skip to
- step d).
-
- b) If you have previously installed the experimental patch for
- Netmgr from ARTFIX02.ZIP or ARTFIX03.ZIP, you must now delete the
- patched executable and replace it by an unmodified original
- NETMGR.EXE executable such as the one contained in NET100.ZIP.
-
- c) If you have previously installed the ARTFIX TSR (only if you were
- using ARTFIX02.ZIP), you should now delete the ARTFIX.COM file and
- remove all references to ARTFIX.COM from your batch files.
-
- d) The NetMgr 1.00 executable is in a compressed executable format, and you
- have to uncompress it before you can apply the patch. There are
- numerous ways to expand such executables. One of them is to use the
- PKLITE program. You will need version 2.01 or greater. You can f'req
- PKLTS201.EXE from systems including mine (2:2476/418). In order to
- uncompress NETMGR.EXE, enter "PKLITE -X NETMGR.EXE". The size of the
- uncompressed executable should be 180214 bytes.
-
- e) Change to the directory containing the NETMGR.PSC file and start
- the "patch" program by typing a command such as "..\PATCH\PATCH"
- at a DOS command prompt.
-
- g) You will be asked for the name of the executable that you want to
- modify. Enter netmgr.exe with its full path name, for example
- "C:\MAILBOX\NETMGR\NETMGR.EXE". If you get an error message on a file
- size mismatch, refer to step c). After the patch has been applied,
- confirm the "info" dialog box.
-
- f) After the patch is applied, the file "NETMGR.EXE" is renamed to
- "NETMGR.OVL", because the patched executable cannot be executed as a
- standalone application. Copy the file named "NETMGR.COM" (also in the
- directory containing this install.doc file) to the directory where
- "NETMGR.OVL" resides by entering a command such as "COPY NETMGR.COM
- C:\MAILBOX\NETMGR\NETMGR.COM".
-
- g) If your batch files, OS/2 or Windows desktop, PIF files or others
- contain explicit references to "NETMGR.EXE", you will have to alter
- these to refer to "NETMGR.COM". However, if you have always started
- NetMgr by simply typing "NETMGR", nothing will change.
-
-
- 3. Installing the patch for the OS/2 version
- --------------------------------------------
-
- a) These instructions only refer to "NETMGRP.EXE". For instructions
- on patching "NETMGR.EXE", see section 2.
-
- b) Open an OS/2 command window. Change to the directory containing
- the file NETMGRP.PSC.
-
- c) Start the patch program, which is located in the PATCH subdirectory of
- this archive. E.g., type "..\PATCH\PATCHP".
-
- d) Enter the name of the executable that you want to modify, including
- full path name information. For example, type
- "C:\MAILBOX\TIMED\TIMEDP.EXE". Confirm the "Info" dialog box that
- appears after the patch has been performed.
-
- e) That's it! No other changes are required for the OS/2 executables!
-
-