
LANtastic LTBOOT.CMD LANtastic OS/2 Boot Disk utility
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This REXX program helps you create a set of boot disks for your
OS/2 computer.	These boot disks contain the drivers and programs
necessary to attach your computer to a LANtastic network.

This program does the following:

    1.	Calls the system DISKCOPY command to make a copy of your
	original OS/2 Installation diskette.

    2.	Calls the system DISKCOPY command to make a copy of your
	original OS/2 Diskette 1, and then modifies it, removing
	unneeded files, adding LANtastic for OS/2 drivers, and
	modifying the diskette CONFIG.SYS file.

    3.	Calls the system FORMAT command to reformat a Utility
	diskette, then copies a number of LANtastic and system
	programs to the diskette.  It also creates a STARTUP.CMD
	file on the Utility diskette that can be used to attach
	the computer to the LANtastic network after boot.

The original OS/2 diskettes are only copied, not modified in any
way.  The OS/2 diskettes must be the same version used on the
computer, and the computer must have LANtastic for OS/2 installed.


Contents of this package:
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    LTBOOT.TXT	    - this file.
    LTBOOT.CMD	    - the REXX command file.


To create your OS/2-LANtastic boot disks
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If you received this package as a .ZIP file, use PKWare PKUNZIP
version 2.04g or later to unzip it, for example:

    PKUNZIP LTBOOT.ZIP <and press the Enter key>

Now, type:

    LTBOOT		  <and press the Enter key>

The program will display:

    LANtastic for OS/2 Boot Disk Utility, V1.00
    Copyright (c) 1995, Artisoft.

It search for your LANtastic installation profile, then display:

    You will need three blank or reusable 3-1/2" HD diskettes to use
    as "Target" disks for copying.  Make sure that the write enable
    tab is in place.

and:

    Copy your ORIGINAL OS/2 Installation Diskette...
    Insert the source diskette in drive A:

    Press Enter to continue.

Make sure the write enable tab on your original OS/2 Installation
diskette is OPEN (write protected), and place it in drive A:, then
press the Enter key.  When it has read the disk, the program will
prompt:

    Insert the target diskette in drive A:

    Press Enter to continue.

Take one of your Target diskettes, place it in drive A: and press
the Enter key.	When it has written the disk, the program will say:

     The Volume Serial Number is ...
    Copy has ended.

    copy another diskette (Y/N)?

Press N, and then the Enter key.  The program will now say:

    Remove the Target disk and label it "LANtastic OS/2 Boot, Disk 0"

    Copy your ORIGINAL OS/2 Disk 1...
    Insert the source diskette in drive A:

    Press Enter to continue.

Proceed as with the Installation diskette.  When the copy is done,
the system will make several modifications to the copy.

If the boot disks are from a CD-ROM version of OS/2, the boot disks
WILL NOT have CD-ROM support included, because there is insufficient
disk space for both the LANtastic drivers and all of the CD-ROM
drivers on the original Diskette 1.  If you wish, you can manually
add support for your CD-ROM afterwords by referring to Appendix A
of this file.

Finally, the program will prompt:

    Insert the remaining Target disk in drive A:
    Press Enter to continue, "Q" then Enter to quit...

Place the Target disk in the drive, and press Enter.  LTBOOT will
call the system FORMAT command reformat the disk.  When complete
the system will copy several programs from the OS/2 and LANTASTI
directories to the disk, then say:

   Remove the Target disk and label it "LANtastic OS/2 Boot, disk 3"
   Press any key to continue...'

Finally, directions for using the disks to reboot your system and
place it on the network will be displayed.  You may want to test the
disks before relying on them in an emergency.


   NOTE:

   If you created your LANtastic-OS/2 boot disks from a computer
   with a "Single User" LANtastic license, you should be aware that
   only one copy of that machine's network software can be active
   on the network at a time.  For this reason, if you boot another
   computer with single-user disks while the original single-user
   computer is on the network, the NET START command will fail.


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Appendix A:  CD-ROM support
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Installation diskettes provided with CD-ROM versions of OS/2 contain
drivers for all of the CD-ROMs supported by the OS/2 installation
program.

The copies made by LTBOOT do not contain these drivers, due to space
restrictions on Diskette 1.

Experienced users who wish to manually add CD-ROM support back to
Diskette 1 can do so if space permits.	The following instructions
assume that you are familiar with the OS/2 system editor, E.EXE and
basic OS/2 command-line functions.


1. Copy the following files from your computer to the COPY of
   Disk 1:

      COPY \OS2\CDFS.IFS   A:\
      COPY \OS2\OS2CDROM.DMD A:\
      COPY \OS2\OS2SCSI.DMD A:\

2. Find your computer's .ADD or .FLT file(s) for your CD-ROM drive(s):

      DIR \OS2\*.ADD \OS2\*.FLT

   You will see several files, like IBMxFLPY.ADD, IBMxS506.ADD,
   XDFLOPPY.FLT etc. that are NOT CD-ROM drivers.  Any of following
   files ARE CD-ROM drivers:

      AHA???X.ADD    FD??????.ADD   DPT???????.ADD
      HIT?????.FLT   SONY????.FLT   NEC?????.FLT    SONY????.FLT

   Copy your computer's CD-ROM .ADD or .FLT file(s) to the COPY of
   Disk 1:

      COPY \OS2\xxxx.ADD A:\	 <or>
      COPY \OS2\xxxx.FLT A:\


3. Open the System Editor with file A:\CONFIG.SYS.  Move the cursor
   to the line above the first LANtastic driver statement, and
   enter the following lines:

      IFS=CDFS.IFS /Q
      BASEDEV=xxxxx.ADD     <If you copied an .ADD file. Use its name.)
      BASEDEV=OS2SCSI.ADD
      BASEDEV=xxxxx.FLT     <If you copied an .FLT file. Use its name.)
      DEVICE=\OS2CDROM.DMD

4. Use the editor File Save command to save your changes to the file,
   and exit.

Disk 1 should now load the CD-ROM drivers.

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