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From: slimer@trsvax.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: problem with Novell ELS II...
Message-ID: <216100144@trsvax>
Date: 16 Sep 89 17:13:00 GMT
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Nf-From: trsvax.UUCP!slimer    Sep 16 12:13:00 1989


  As an advid Novell Network user, system operator, installer, etc. I can
  say that many problems being noted a related to not reading the manuals.
  It is best to not to hard code in a version of command.com into any
  workstation login script. You should use the novell supplied identifiers
  to access different versions of DOS.

  By this I mean that you should create a directory structure similiar to
  the following:

  sys:\public\dos\v2.11
  sys:\public\dos\v3.00
  sys:\public\dos\v3.20
  sys:\public\dos\v3.30

  etc.

  In this manner, you will have four+ versions of command.com on the
  server. From this point, in the login script you should use the command

  DOS SET COMSPEC=SYS:\PUBLIC\DOS\%OS_VERSION\COMMAND.COM

  Aha! Now we have a workstation independent comspec statement that will
  work for any version of DOS that is out on the network. You must be
  careful to have a version of command.com for each version of DOS being
  run on the network. I would also recommend that the non-dedicated server
  comspec be set to a local drive somewhere and not to the network.

  My reason is simple, if you do log out from the network you will lose
  your drive mappings, as noted earlier by another writer. At this moment,
  your novell network comspec statement will be invalid. Oh No! Suddenly,
  your non-dedicated workstation needs command.com, where to go?
  If you leave this workstations comspec to a local drive, then the comspec
  statement will always be valid.

  It is also nice to have this setup for using search drives like,

  MAP S2:=SYS:\PUBLIC\DOS\%OS_VERSION

  Now you don't need a full copy of DOS on every workstation. 

  EMAIL me directly for more assistance.

  Oh! BTW, this information is from my home network.


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