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          TITLE: DR NET Installation
   DOCUMENT ID#: FYI-M-1911
           DATE: 08-04-92
        PRODUCT: DR NET
PRODUCT VERSION: 2.x
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ISSUE/PROBLEM
DR NET Installation 

DR NET is a peer-to-peer network operating system designed for use
on 386 systems running DR Multiuser DOS or Concurrent DOS.  Here is
the step-by-step installation procedure.

These instructions are the result of installation on two 386
machines running MDOS 5.1, with Arcnet SMC cards; different
hardware may require alterations to these instructions.  To install
DR NET on a Concurrent DOS system, substitute C:\CDOS for the
C:\OSUTILS subdirectory in each step.  If you are using a DSP card
rather than an SMC card, substitute DSP everywhere that SMC appears
in these instructions.  These instructions are intended to allow
for only the most basic of installations.  Once the network
connection has been verified with these, the network administrator
might generate the network files, name the servers, and so forth.

1.  Install network cards, and cable the nodes together.

2.  Create a DRNET subdirectory off of the Multiuser operating
system directory.  Typically, this would be C:\OSUTILS\DRNET.

3.  On the DR NET diskette, there is a subdirectory called
ARCNET.SMC and one called ARCNET.DSP.  If the network card you are
using is an SMC card, you need to use the files in A:\ARCNET.SMC;
if it is a DSP card, use the files in A:\ARCNET.DSP.  Copy these
files into C:\OSUTILS\DRNET. 
COPY A:\ARCNET.SMC\*.* C:\OSUTILS\DRNET 

4.  From the DR NET diskette, copy the files in A:\ARCSTAT into
C:\OSUTILS. 
COPY A:\ARCSTAT\*.* C:\OSUTILS

5.  Copy NETSYS.SMC (or .DSP) from C:\OSUTILS\DRNET into the root
directory of drive C. 
COPY C:\OSUTILS\DRNET\NETSYS.* C:\

6.  Edit the CCONFIG.SYS file in C:\ to have as its first line
NETWORK=NETSYS.SMC.

7.  Boot the computer.  When NETSYS.SMC is loaded, you will see a
message showing the Node, IRQ, Port, and Memory address detected
for your network card.  (An example would be Node 3F::, IRQ 9, Port
2E0h, and Memory address D000. This address will generally be
detected by MDOS's Autoscan.)

8.  By default, DR NET will try to use IRQ2 or IRQ9 on an
AT-compatible computer.  

9.  If these IRQs do not work use IRQ5 instead.  To do this, you
need to create a file called NIOSCONF.SYS in the root directory of
drive C.  This file should contain the following four lines.  Case
is important; type the file in capital letters. 
NODE   = __             (the node detected in step 7)
IRQ    = 5  
PORT   = __             (the port detected in step 7)
MEMORY = ____           (the address detected in step 7)

10. Add the path C:\OSUTILS\DRNET to the PATH statement in
AUTOEXEC.BAT.

11. Boot the computer again.  When NETSYS is loaded, you should see
that it is using the same node, port, and memory address as before,
and the IRQ used is 5.

12. At the prompt type NETON.  The response should be "This Console
is now attached to the Network."

13. At the prompt, type LOGON followed by the name of the remote
node (e.g., LOGON C0:: or LOGON 3F::).  The response should be
"Logging on node xx::
...Successful."

14. To map a drive to the remote node, use the NET command.  For
example, NET E:=C: C0:: would map drive "E" on the local system to
drive C on the remote node.  Type DIR E: to test that you can see
the contents of the remote drive C.  Once this is accomplished, the
hardware connections and network software have been tested and are
working correctly.
