Chapter 1: Welcome This manual will try to ease the installation process of eComStation 1.0 onto your system. Please refer to it if you have questions or problems during your install. Especially important are the sections on LVM and the Preboot Menu. Make certain you understand how LVM functions before you make changes to your harddisk. eComStation 1.
If you are unable to boot from one of the installation CD's you will have to create BOOT diskettes. Chapter 2: Installing eComStation This chapter will describe in some detail the several installation options you have and guide you step by step through the installation process of eComStation.
other drivers. You can add a driver by dragging and dropping it in the lower window (from a folder off the running system) Step-by-step: Booting and installing from CD #1 If you want to enable USB support or other features, please refer to at Appendix D (preboot menu). Features you select in the preboot menu will not only be used during the boot process but will also be added to the installation on your harddisk.
If the installer requests the CD rom with \OS2IMAGE you should (temporarily) insert eCS CD#2. 4) The fourth option is for TCP/IP and Netbios (file and printer sharing). Click on continue and make sure you read the instructions. Click on continue when finished. No network If your computer does not have a networkcard installed, press Cancel then OK to confirm.
and your name. Both are case-sensitive! You should have received your registration key by email and it is most convenient to save that key to a floppy disk, so you do not have to type it. You can read it from floppy by pressing Import From File. After succesful registration, please wait for the desktopbuild process to finish. Ready! This concludes the basic installation of eComStation.
If you have installed a bootmanager from Warp 4, please remove it and reinstall it! You need to this because older bootmanagers of OS/2 are not LVM aware. If you are performing an upgrade from a previous installation, you are asked to confirm the volume to which you want to install and if it needs to be formatted. Choose to NOT format the partition. The IBM installer will now scan your system.
File and Printer Sharing If you have selected to also install the file and printer sharing, you need to fill in an userid and password. Please make certain you do not loose this information! The option at the top is important; the name given to system is as it shows up in your network browser. This name must be unique! Also assure the domain name is the same as your other eComStation and/or Windows (Workgroup name) machines if you want to share files and printers between all machines.
Chapter 3: What's Next? Printer After finishing the initial installation, described in Chapter 2, you will be presented with what are called 'eCSGuides' that are meant to easily install some of the many applications included with eComStation. Select which applications you wish and follow the instructions on the screen to install them.
These are the basic USB support drivers They support motherboards with an Intel or VIA chipset. If you do not have an Intel or VIA chipset on your motherboard you may need to install the so called USBOHCI USB driver. You can find this driver on CD#1 in \Softwarechoice\USB\basic\. Install it by copying the file usbohci.exe to an empty directory on your hard disk and start the file to begin extracting. Please read the accompanying readme.txt on how to upgrade your USB configuration.
Please see the readme.txt on the CD in the directory \DRIVERS\PCCARD for the a list of supported PCMCIA chipsets. Chapter 4: Getting Connected Internet Miscellaneous FAT32 support If you have FAT32 partitions on your hard drive you can enable support under eComStation by using the driver available on CD#3 in the directory \THIRDPARTY\Fat32\. Please read the document fat32.txt! You are NOT required to install partfilt.flt or replace os2dasd.dmd.
If you use a so called 'serial modem' to access the Internet you have to configure one of two options, which are explained below. have a positive effect, but a lower setting will seriously slow down your connection.
One notable selection is 'Auto Connect' - when you enable this feature, the connection will be created at the moment you start InJoy, this can be very usefull for unattended login procedures when combined with Dial On Demand (Available at the 'Disconnect Actions' screen) The other interesting feature, as described above, is the NAT option. Select this if you would like to share your connection with other PC's in your LAN.
called requester's. The requester's are specified in the config.sys file and loaded at boot. Network communication is provided to and from the requester's and protocol's using NDIS (Network Driver Interface Specification). eComStation ships with these requesters: IBM LAN, 3270 Emulation, Netware (via ThirdParty eCSGuide) and IBM TCP/IP. These requester's also have their associated protocol drivers as described previously (TCP/IP, 802.2, etc.).
This setting will have to be changed from the default of 0 to 1. The regedt32.exe program will have to be used for the above procedure. It is located in \WINNT\SYSTEM32. To enhance the performance of an eComStation workstation in a Windows NT Network you can change the default settings of MAXIN and MAXOUT from 1 to 3 in eComStation, either by using MPTS or directly in \IBMCOM\PROTOCOL.INI Chapter 5: Getting Involved eComStation allows the user to get involved on several levels.
This list may sound a bit intimidating, but the process is usually easier than it looks like at first sight. Of course if you run into trouble we are glad to help you complete the adoption process. For the process you will need the following programs: The program you want to adopt, or a fully functional demo version; Object Desktop (or its trial version); Graphical File Compare.
Development of new programs Included with eComStation are the basic tools needed to develop new programs. On the CD#3 you will find the Toolkits for Java (both the Java 1.1.8 and Java 1.3 versions) and the OS/2 Developers Toolkit (version 4.5). Also included with the system is the powerful REXX language, which can be used to make text mode applications, or with some extensions can also be used to develop PM applications (see below).
Appendix A: License Agreement eComStation End User License Agreement READ THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THIS LICENSE AGREEMENT CAREFULLY BEFORE INSTALLING AND USING THIS COMPUTER SOFTWARE AND THE ACCOMPANYING USER DOCUMENTATION (THE "PROGRAM"). THE PROGRAM IS COPYRIGHTED AND LICENSED (NOT SOLD). BY INSTALLING THE PACKAGE CONTAINING THE PROGRAM, YOU ARE ACCEPTING AND AGREEING TO THE TERMS OF THIS LICENSE AGREEMENT.
agree that the foregoing constitutes your sole and exclusive remedy for breach by Licensor of any warranties made under this Agreement. EXCEPT FOR THE WARRANTIES SET FORTH ABOVE, THE PROGRAM, AND THE SOFTWARE CONTAINED THEREIN, ARE LICENSED "AS IS," AND LICENSOR DISCLAIMS ANY AND ALL OTHER WARRANTIES, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. 6.
Appendix B: Trademarks Acknowledgements eComStation is packaged on CD using Info-ZIP's compression utility. The installation program uses UnZip to read zip files from the CD. Info-ZIP's software (Zip,UnZip and related utilities) is free and can be obtained as source code or executables from http://www.cdrom.
As the picture shows, the Logical View is divided into two display areas: an upper area, and a lower area. Appendix C: LVM This section takes you through the LVM program and explores its user interface. LVM has two display modes, or 'views': the Logical View and the Physical View. These are described in detail below. You may switch between views by pressing the 'F5' key on your keyboard. The Logical View When the LVM program is run, it starts up in what is called the Logical View.
use the next letter available. The letter shown is the one currently being used, which may change if that letter is assigned to a different volume. Type This column indicates whether the volume is a compatibility volume or LVM volume. Status This indicates whether a volume is startable, bootable, installable, or none of these. File System Indicates the type of file system which the volume is using. LVM itself does not create or alter file systems.
The Physical View The Physical View does for physical disks what the Logical View does for logical volumes. It allows you to view all disks and partitions present in the system, and to manipulate them in a number of ways. Like the Logical View, the Physical View is divided into upper and lower display areas. Size (MB) This indicates the physical disk's total size, in megabytes.
Logical Volume This column indicates the name of the volume to which the partition belongs, if any. To select a partition, you must first select the disk on which it exists. With the desired disk selected, press the 'Tab' key, and a selection bar will appear in the disk partition list, allowing you to select partitions using the up and down arrow keys. To return focus to the disk list, press the 'Tab' key again.
Note: We cannot, however, guarantee that no data will be lost. Partition management is an inherently risky business. Always back up any and all existing data on the computer, before working with disk partitions: whether through LVM, FDISK, Partition Magic, or any other means. The situation alters, however, if the system contains any "LVM volumes".
Please note that selections made in the "Boot Options Menu" will be used to configure the installation which will be created on your harddrive. Navigating the eComstation Boot Options Menu The controls you use to change the various settings on the screen are the arrow keys, the «Tab» key, and the «Spacebar». Once you have configured the devices, you can use the «Enter» key to continue the boot.
! eCS CD drive: This is the driveletter that will be assigned to the CD drive where your eComStation boot CD resides in. Normally this would be the letter following the Reserved drive letter assigned before. If you have more than one CD device however, you would need to check what letter is assigned to your eCS CD boot drive. To do this, press ALT-F1 during the boot process (from CD#1) and at the blue screen that appears, press 'S' - search for eCS CD.
! ! ! ! ! ! Load ATA before SCSI: Check this option if you have both IDE and SCSI devices in your system and are booting from an IDE CD-ROM. If you have a mixed IDE and SCSI system and are booting from a SCSI CD-ROM, then make sure this option is unchecked. If you try to boot your computer and it doesn't work, changing this option is probably the first thing you should try. MO disk large sector: This setting is required for (large) MO devices/disks with sector sizes other than 512 bytes.
BusLogic I2O Storage Initio Qlogic ABP930/U, ABP940/U, ABP950, ABP960/U, ABP970/U Iomega: ABP-960U, Jaz Jet Iwill: SIDE-2930/C/CR/U/U+ SIIG: i540 SpeedMaster, i542 SpeedMaster, Fast SCSI Pro PCI FLASHPT.ADD BusLogic: BT-/KT-440/C, BTSCSI.
Tekram TMSCSI Tekram TRM3X5 LSI/SYM8751D/SP/SPE, LSI/SYM8951U, LSI/SYM8952U, LSI/SYM8953U NCR: NCR8100S, NCR8150S, NCR8250S, NCR8251S Tyan: Yorktown OEM: NCR53C810, NCR53C815, NCR53C825, LSI/SYM53C810/A/AE, LSI/SYM53C815, LSI/SYM53C825, LSI/SYM53C825A, LSI/SYM53C860/AE, LSI/SYM53C875/E, LSI/SYM53C876, LSI/SYM53C885, LSI/SYM53C895/A TMSCSIW.ADD Tekram: DC-310/U, DC-390F/U/U2B/U2W/W TRM3X5.ADD Tekram: DC-305E/I, DC-315U, DC-395U/UW This list can also be found on the eComStation CD#1 in \eCS\SCSI.
Q: At the end of phase 1 of the installation, a command window came up with endless rolls of command prompts. For example:[A:\][A:\][A:\][A:\][A:\][A:\] I can not kill it. What do I do? A: This is a result of some combinations of video adapter and the mouse driver which surface under certain conditions when booted from the CD. If the installer displayed a screen indicating "eCS installation completed.", try rebooting the machine.
Q: I have an Adaptec SCSI Adapter and SCSI CD-ROM and I could not get it to boot the eCS bootable CD. A typical scenario for this problem is that the system is able to load the basedev drivers but not the device drivers. You would get messages like this: device=s:\ecs\boot\testcfg.sys specified in the device statement is not valid A: The system needs to have assigned drive letters to the cd-rom in order to be able to load device drivers. Try using the JJSCDROM driver.
up config.sys, desktop ICONs, and any entries in systems files relating to this particular application. However, the actual directory containing the application code is NOT removed. (This is intentional. If you DO want to remove the application code, you can do so by manually deleting the files). After removal, you can re-deploy that application by pointing the "source" to the original location, and set the "destination" to the new location.
Recovery and Diagnostic Tools - CD1 grahamutil\graham20.inf Documentation for the Graham Utilities - Filesystem and Recovery tools. Please note that the Graham Utilities can be run directly from CD to provide maintenance possibilities for your system TVoice\WiseProg\wptool32\*.txt important warnings and documentation about the use of WPTools Application documentation - CD1 ecs\thememgr\readme.txt Documentation for the ThemeManager ecs\eCSStyler\readme.txt Documentation for eStylerLite ecs\books\wise.
Appendix G: Coexisting with other OSes eComStation is very well capable of coexisting with other Oses on your computer. This can be convenient in some situations, where you may want to use certain applications which are not able to run on eComStation. There are some details you should pay attention to, which are listed below. If you want to exchange data between Oses, make sure you have a volume which is read/writeable by these systems.
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