Microsoft KB Archive/69134

Updating from DOS LAN Manager Version 2.00 to Version 2.00b ID Number: Q69134

2.00b MS-DOS

Problem:

I am updating DOS LAN Manager using the version 2.00b update disks sent to me. The update went smoothly and my server is running, but when I create and use the UPDATE share, I cannot seem to get my DOS workstation to update to version 2.00b. The following error message is returned:

You must be running OS/2 to update to Lan Manager OS/2

Response:

The problem described above generally occurs when updating from DOS LAN Manager version 2.00 to 2.00b. Although this problem can occur when updating from version 2.00a to 2.00b, no reports of this happening have been recorded.

The only way to update a DOS workstation from the update disks is to update over the network with the UPDATE share created by the SHAREUPD.EXE program on the server.

UPDATE will look for the following files to determine which version of DOS LAN Manager is running:

DOS ENHANCED: .dos.320 DOS BASIC : .dos.320 OS/2 SERVER : .exe

If UPDATE doesn’t find any of the above files, it will assume you are running OS/2 LAN Manager.

If UPDATE finds NETAPI.DLL on the workstation, it will assume you are running Windows and will return the following error message:

Cannot update while Lan Manager is running under windows. Exit windows and restart UPDATE.EXE.

You can work around this problem by copying the appropriate files over to the workstation and running UPDATE again.