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60 lines
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AST RESEARCH TECHNICAL BULLETIN TB-0223 08/29/86
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NETWORK BOOT DISKS FOR SINGLE FLOPPY PC'S
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Installation procedures for AST-NETBIOS and AST-NETWORK require
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more disk space than is available on a 360K byte floppy disk.
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The following provides instructions to install all necessary
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files on a single floppy disk for network operation.
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REQUIRED SOFTWARE:
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1. AST-NETBIOS Version 1.1 or later
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2. AST-NETWORK Program Version 1.0
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3. PC-DOS Version 3.10 or later
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INSTRUCTIONS:
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1. Format a floppy disk with the /S option to transfer the DOS
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system. Insure that once formatted, the disk has no bad
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sectors, etc. as these decrease available disk space.
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2. Install AST-NETBIOS as per the User's Manual.
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3. Run and save ASTPRO to create the ASTNET.PRO FILE.
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4. Delete all but the following files:
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A. COMMAND.COM
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B. CONFIG.SYS
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C. ASTNET.PRO
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D. ASTNET.COM
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E. ASTSTAT.COM
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5. Copy ANSI.SYS from DOS to the floppy boot disk.
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6. Run INSTALL from the ASTNETWORK Program disk as per
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instructions given in the Manager's Manual. Be sure to
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indicate that your boot drive and your utility drive are
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Drive A. Failure to do so will cause the ASTNP.INI file to
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contain paths to the wrong drive. This can be corrected by
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line editor type programs. Simply remove all reference to
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all drives except A.
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7. Once INSTALL has finished, the boot disk is ready for use.
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Insert the prepared boot disk into Drive A of the single
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floppy PC, and reboot the system to activate the network.
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PLEASE NOTE: The files that were deleted from the NETBIOS Boot
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Disk are test files and need not be present for normal operation
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of the network. Tests may be invoked from floppy if necessary.
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Boot disks do not need to be created on the PC where they will be
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run. Users will find it convenient to create Network Boot Disks
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on PC's that have two floppy drives and then transfer the disk to
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the PC with the single drive.
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