
              NOVELL TECHNICAL INFORMATION DOCUMENT

TITLE:              v2.11 NetWare Client for OS/2 Patches
DOCUMENT ID:        TID021975
DOCUMENT REVISION:  A
DATE:               09JAN95
ALERT STATUS:       Yellow
INFORMATION TYPE:   Symptom Solution
README FOR:         R211FT.EXE

NOVELL PRODUCT and VERSION:
NetWare Client for OS/2 2.11

ABSTRACT:

This file contains the latest field test patches for the NetWare OS/2
Requester. These patches have not been submitted to Novell system test.
Patched NetWare OS/2 utilities are no longer contained in this file. NetWare
v3.x & v4.x users can get OS2UTP.EXE which contains the latest patched OS/2
utilities. A hybrid set of OS/2 utilities from v3.12 NetWare can be found in
OS2UTA.EXE & OS2UTB.EXE. NetWare v3.11 users should consider these utilites.
These files are found in NOVLIB/06.

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SYMPTOM

Saving a file while using IBM Works generates a Trap 00D.

SYMPTOM

The commit NCP 59 was not being properly handled by the Requester.  When a
DosBufReset() call was made from the application the info was not being fully
committed to disk at the file server.

SOLUTION

Apply NWIFS.IFS, 41220 bytes, 1-5-95.


SYMPTOM

Cannot disable all (error) messages from appearing on workstation.

SOLUTION

Apply NWDAEMON.EXE, 36267 bytes, 12-19-94. Once installed edit the NetWare
section of your config.sys as follows:

C:\NETWARE\NWDAEMON.EXE NOMESSAGES

The NOMESSAGES parameter must be upper case and one continous string. Using
this option eliminates the need to use the Display Hard Errors Off parameter
in the NetWare Requester section of the NET.CFG.


SYMPTOM

SPX applications in VDMs would lose connections.

SYMPTOM

When running with Pentium or other SL-Enhanced processors IPX activity would
occur even when interrupts had been disabled for the VDM.

SOLUTION

Apply VIPX.SYS, 53248 bytes, 11-08-94.
Apply DOSVIPX.SYS, 10560 bytes, 11-08-94.


SYMPTOM

Under certain circumstances, if VSHELL.SYS failed when creating a connection
it would terminate the primary connection.

SOLUTION

Apply VSHELL.SYS, 36864 bytes, 12-20-94.


SYMPTOM

Named Pipes communication in a VDM would fail shortly after a DOS open was
communicated to the Named Pipe server.

SOLUTION

Apply  NMPIPE.SYS, 17792 bytes,  11-11-94.


SYMPTOM

Install.exe could not correctly identify different versions of OS/2, 3.x vs
2.x, full pack vs OS/2 for Windows etc.  This will specifically resolve issues
involving a RIPL'd environment including the Launch Pad in v3.x and whether
Windows software in found in C:\WINDOWS or C:\OS2\MDOS\WINOS2.

SOLLUTION

Apply INSTALL.EXE, 186032 bytes, 12-23-94.


SYMPTOM

Excess NetBIOS system traffic on network. The parameters VERIFY TIMEOUT and
LISTEN TIMEOUT now allow full 32-bit values to be specified.  Previously, they
were stored as 16-bit values.  ABORT TIMEOUT has always been a 32-bit value. 
This increases the upper limit for these parameters considerably.  It is not
advised to use the possible maximum of 4000000000 as this roughly equates to
46 days.

SOLUTION

Apply NETBIOS.SYS, 20100 bytes, 12-5-94.


SYMPTOM

Using login.exe to login from config.sys causes OS/2 v3.x machines to hang.

SOLUTION

Apply NWSTART.EXE, 8227 bytes, 12-6-94 in the following fashion:
     CALL=C:\NETWARE\NWSTART.EXE
     CALL=C:\NETWARE\LOGIN.EXE


SYMPTOM

Corrections were made so that large (greater than 64k in size) LAN drivers
could be remote loaded during RIPL process.

SOLUTION

Apply MINI.IFS, 8753 bytes, 12-21-94.


Self-Extracting File Name:  R211FT.EXE     Revision:  A

Files Included     Size     Date      Time

\
  R211FT.TXT         (This File)
    MINI.IFS       8753   12-21-94   10:15a
    VIPX.SYS      53248   11-08-94    4:46p
   NWIFS.IFS      41220   01-05-95    2:15p
  NMPIPE.SYS      17792   11-11-94   11:45a
  VSHELL.SYS      36864   12-20-94    9:40a
 DOSVIPX.SYS      10560   11-08-94    4:46p
 INSTALL.EXE     186032   12-23-94    8:45a
 NETBIOS.SYS      20100   12-05-94   10:04a
 NWSTART.EXE       8227   12-06-94    2:02p
NWDAEMON.EXE      36267   12-19-94    3:24p


Installation Instructions:

* Create a directory called INSTALL$.NEW under \NETWARE.  Copy all files into
\NETWARE\INSTALL$.NEW and reboot.

* NWIPXSPX.DLL will need to be manually copied to C:\OS2\MDOS\WINOS2\SYSTEM.

* MINI.IFS should be manually copied to the SYS:RPL2 subdir on your NetWare
server if you are using Remote Program Load.

** It is a good idea to make sure you have backups of all files being
replaced.


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