Microsoft KB Archive/68793

RPL Booting OS/2 1.21 ID Number: Q68793

2.00 OS/2

Summary:

The following information covers installing and setting up a server for remote booting of OS/2 version 1.21 under LAN Manager version 2.00.

More Information:

The following discussion assumes that LAN Manager 2.00 is installed in C:, and the workstation to be booted is named DEFAULT.

  Make sure that there is at least 30.5 MB free on the server’s hard drive for the initial setup and one RPL workstation (more than 5.5 MB for each additional RPL workstation).   On the server, use LAN Manager’s Setup program to add the REMOTEBOOT protocol, along with NetBEUI, to the Token Ring driver.   Add “SET TMP=C:” (without quotation marks) to the CONFIG.SYS, and create a directory named TMP (MD C:).   Add “C:” to the front of the LIBPATH in CONFIG.SYS.   Make sure the COM0?.SYS driver is before RDRHELP.SYS in CONFIG.SYS.   Copy the entire OS/2 directory tree from C: to C:. The best way to do this is to type the following: XCOPY /S C: C:   Manually copy C:2.INI and C:2SYS.INI to C:. Note: These files may be in use by OS/2. They may need to be copied by booting OS/2 from the Install floppy disk, escaping out of Setup, and then copying these files.   Copy the following files from the root to C:LANMAN: AUTOEXEC.BAT ABIOS.SYS F*.BIO BASEDD0?.SYS KBD0?.SYS (Note: Some of these files may not exist on your system. If this is the case, ignore the missing files). </li>  Using the File Manager, copy C:2KRNL and C:2LDR to C:. (Note: To view hidden files in the file manager, choose Include from the View menu, then select Show Hidden). </li>  Copy DISK0?.SYS from C:to C:. </li>  If the RPL WKSTA has a different video system than the server, copy the video DLLs from the OS/2 installation disks. </li>  Edit C:.FIT and change all occurrences of RPLSERVR to the server’s machine name. </li>  Edit C:.MAP and change all occurrences of RPLSERVR to the server’s machine name. Change all occurrences of D_OS2 to R_OS2. </li>  Edit C:.INI: <ul> For MAXOPENS, add 50 for each RPL WKSTA.</li> Set MAXCONNECTIONS to twice the value of MAXOPENS.</li> Set MAXLOCKS to the value of MAXOPENS.</li> Set MAXSESSOPENS to 100.</li></ul> </li>  Stop the workstation on the server and detach LAN Manager using Setup. </li>  Reboot the server. After OS/2 is up and running again, run A:from the LAN Manager Setup disk. If the RPL WKSTA will run HPFS386 and install LAN Manager to C:. If the WKSTA will run FAT or HPFS, install LAN Manager to C:, and after the installation is finished, type “MOVE C: C:” (without quotation marks). This setup will be the one used by the RPL WKSTA. Install only the OS2 WKSTA with or without Peer services. Use only the NetBEUI protocol. (Do not use the REMOTEBOOT protocol). </li>  Reboot the server. Run LAN Manager Setup from the directory that it was just installed to and choose Detach from the Actions menu. </li>  Reboot again, run LAN Manager Setup from C:and choose Attach from the Actions menu. Reboot one last time. </li>  If PEER services were chosen, type: XCOPY /S C: C: </li>  Edit C:.INI by changing the DOMAIN= entry to the server’s domain. </li> <li> Edit C:.SYS. Make sure that “C:;” is the first entry in LIBPATH=. </li> <li> For user-level security, type the following from the command line: NET ACCOUNTS /MINPWLEN:0 NET GROUP RPL /ADD NET USER DEFAULT /ADD /PASSWORDREQ:NO /WORKSTATIONS:DEFAULT NET GROUP RPL DEFAULT /ADD Go into the Net Admin screen and assign the following permissions for DEFAULT to the following trees: Permission Tree ———- —- RWCDXA C: RX C: Give the following trees these permissions to the group RPL: Permission Tree ———- —- RX C: RX C: </li> <li> If the RPL WKSTA has a hard drive, run RPLENABL.EXE on the workstation. </li> <li> On the server, type “NET LOAD RPL” (without quotation marks). </li> <li> Start the remote boot service on the server by typing: NET START RPL </li> <li> Power up the RPL Workstation. </li></ol>