NetWare Client for DOS and MS Windows User Guide

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Installing or Upgrading NetWare Client Software

Running the NetWare Client Installation Program

1 Select the directory path field in Step 1 on the installation program opening

screen and press <Enter>.

A blinking cursor appears at the end of the path statement in the ﬁeld.

2 Edit the field for your specific target directory and press <Enter>.

The installation program automatically jumps to Step 2 on the screen (which is

explained in the procedure).

Updating System Files on Your Workstation

To allow for changes to be made to your AUTOEXEC.BAT and

CONFIG.SYS ﬁles, follow these steps:

1 Select the “Allow Changes? (Y/N)” field in Step 2 on the installation program

opening screen and press <Enter>.

A blinking cursor appears at the end of the path statement in the ﬁeld.

2 To continue type “Y” or “N” and then press <Enter>.

The installation program automatically jumps to Step 3 on the screen. .

If you allow for changes, the original system ﬁles are saved as

AUTOEXEC.BNW and CONFIG.BNW.

If you do not allow for automatic changes to these ﬁles during installation, a

copy of the necessary changes is saved to the destination directory (NetWare

Client directory). The ﬁles are named CONFIG.NEW and AUTOEXEC.NEW.

You will be required to make these changes manually after the installation. (See

“Creating or Modifying Conﬁguration Files” for more information.)

NOTE: If previous versions of CONFIG.NEW and AUTOEXEC.NEW exist, the installation

program overwrites them with the newer information.

You are prompted before any system files set as read-only are copied over. If you

choose not to write over the read-only files, the installation program tries to save the

files as CONFIG.NEW and AUTOEXEC.NEW files. If these .NEW files already

exist and are set as read-only, then the installation program does not save changes to

any file.

Changes Made to Your AUTOEXEC.BAT File

Your path statement is modiﬁed to add the NetWare Client directory and a

line is added to call the start-network batch ﬁle from the same directory.