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- ID:SF QEMM: Install on a single floppy system
- Quarterdeck Technical Note #193
- By Yasser Taima
-
- Q: I have a workstation with a single floppy and no hard
- drive. How do I install QEMM?
-
- A: Run the INSTALL procedure and put the files on
- the network or on another machine's hard disk, then copy the
- necessary files from the network or the hard disk to a
- startup disk, as shown below.
-
- QEMM refers to any of the following Quarterdeck products:
-
- QEMM-386 for 386, 386SX, and i486 compatible PC's.
- QEMM-50/60 for IBM PS/2 models 50, 60 and 50Z.
-
- The QEMM Install program was written to make QEMM's
- installation as quick and as simple as possible. You can
- directly install on any drive you have EXCEPT the one housing
- the QEMM diskette you're running the Install from.
-
- This means that you cannot run the Install program on a PC
- with only one diskette drive and install to the same drive, a
- problem if you are on a diskless workstation and need to
- install QEMM to a startup disk. Whether you are on a
- networked or stand alone PC, a different approach to
- installation is required.
-
- 1. If your PC is on a network:
-
- a. Put the QEMM diskette in the diskette drive (usually A:)
- and run INSTALL. Proceed with the installation steps.
-
- To the question, "Where should QEMM and Manifest be
- installed?" answer "F:\QEMMDISK", without the quotation
- marks. If F: is not a network drive on your system, you
- must use one of your other network drives. This will
- install QEMM on the network.
-
- b. Remove the QEMM diskette and put your network startup
- diskette in the diskette drive.
-
- i. Create a QEMM directory on the startup diskette and copy
- all of the files in F:\QEMM to the A:\QEMM directory:
-
- A:\>mkdir QEMM
- A:\>cd \QEMM
- A:\QEMM>copy F:\QEMM\*.* *.*
-
- Note: If there isn't enough space on the startup diskette
- for all the files, only copy the QEMM file:
-
- A:\QEMM>copy F:\QEMM\QEMM*.SYS *.*
-
- ii. Use your text editor to modify the config.sys file on the
- startup diskette. You'll need to add the following line
- to the beginning of the config.sys:
-
- DEVICE=A:\QEMM\QEMM386.SYS
-
- 2. If your PC is not on a network:
-
- Install the QEMM on another PC with a hard disk, then
- follow the above instructions for paragraph 1.b, using C
- instead of F for the drive letter.
-
- Your startup diskette is now ready to go!
-
- Again, please note that F: refers to a typical network drive.
- If you normally use G: or H: or any other letter, replace F:
- with G: or H: or that other letter.
-
- The same applies to the non-network installation. If you use
- D: or any other letter for the PC with the hard disk, replace
- C: with D: or that other letter.
-
- Copyright (C) 1991 by Quarterdeck Office Systems
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