NetWare Client for DOS and MS Windows User Guide

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Installing or Upgrading NetWare Client Software

Setting Up an MS Windows Shared Network Directory for NETX and VLM Client Workstations

Setting Up an MS Windows Shared Network Directory

for NETX and VLM Client Workstations

To set up a network copy of MS Windows to support individual users that

operate multiple client workstations running the current NetWare DOS

Requester (VLM) or the NetWare Shell (NETX) software, you need to

complete the following procedures.

• Setting Up Network Directories and Files

• Setting Up Individual Client Workstations and User Directories

Setting Up Network Directories and Files

Prerequisites

• A client workstation logged in to the network, running Novell DOS™ 7 or later,

DR DOS® 5 or later, MS-DOS 3 or later, or PC-DOS 3 or later

• Rights to modify a system login script

• A search drive mapped to SYS:PUBLIC

Procedure

1 Install MS Windows using the SETUP /A option and create a shared network

directory for the MS Windows System files.

For example, you could create a directory such as

F:\APPS\WINSYS

2 Create a directory for NetWare Shell versions of the NETWARE.DRV and

NETWARE.HLP files.

For example, you could create a directory such as

F:\APPS\WINSYS\NETXDRV

3 Copy the previous NETWARE.DRV and NETWARE.HLP files that support the

NetWare Shell software (NETX) to the NETXDRV subdirectory.

4 Run the NetWare Client installation program for DOS and MS Windows and

install to the network copy of MS Windows created in Step 1.

See “Modifying MS Windows Conﬁguration Files on a Network Directory” for

procedures.