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282 Installation Guide for Clients

⇔ To create a supplemental drivers disk

1. Set up the appropriate directory structure on a blank floppy disk.

2. Create a PROTOCOL.INI file for each driver to be added to the

supplemental drivers disk.

3. Copy each driver and its associated PROTOCOL.INI file to the

appropriate driver subdirectory on the supplemental drivers disk.

4. Create driver information files.

5. Copy driver information files to the supplemental drivers disk.

After you have created a supplemental drivers disk, you can use the

LAN Manager Setup program to install the drivers on LAN Manager

workstations.

Setting Up Directories

The first step in creating a supplemental drivers disk is to set up the

directory structure required by the LAN Manager Setup program. The

structure is identical to that of the LAN Manager installation disks, with

one exception: there is an added level at the top of the directory named

either MSLANMAN.OS2 or MSLANMAN.DOS, depending on which

operating system the drivers are for. If the disk contains drivers for both

OS/2 and MS-DOS, create a separate directory for each.

The figure at the end of this chapter, illustrates the proper base directory

tree for a supplemental drivers disk. The tree must include

MSLANMAN.OS2\DRIVERS or MSLANMAN.DOS\DRIVERS (the

two top levels) and either the NIF or XIF subdirectories (NIF for

network adapter drivers, XIF for protocol drivers). All other

subdirectories are optional.

For example, by convention, Ethernet drivers are placed in an

ETHERNET directory, and token-ring drivers in a TOKENRNG

directory. You can name these subdirectories whatever you like, or you

can avoid creating additional subdirectories and place the drivers in the

DRIVERS directory. As long as you include the correct pathname for

the drivers in their associated information files, the LAN Manager

Setup program will locate the drivers and install them correctly. Placing

each driver in its own subdirectory, however, makes it easy for users to

determine which drivers are on the disk.