NOVELL TECHNICAL INFORMATION DOCUMENT TITLE: Patches for v2.12 NetWare Client for OS/2 README FOR: OS2PT1.EXE NOVELL PRODUCTS and VERSIONS: NetWare Client for OS/2 2.12 ABSTRACT: This file contains the latest patches for the v2.12 NetWare OS/2 Requester. ----------------------------------------------------------------- DISCLAIMER THE ORIGIN OF THIS INFORMATION MAY BE INTERNAL OR EXTERNAL TO NOVELL. NOVELL MAKES EVERY EFFORT WITHIN ITS MEANS TO VERIFY THIS INFORMATION. HOWEVER, THE INFORMATION PROVIDED IN THIS DOCUMENT IS FOR YOUR INFORMATION ONLY. NOVELL MAKES NO EXPLICIT OR IMPLIED CLAIMS TO THE VALIDITY OF THIS INFORMATION. ----------------------------------------------------------------- ISSUE: Symptom: Previous revisions of VIPX used a different method of determining when an SL-enhanced 486 (and all Pentiums) had enabled interrupts in a VDM. It was possible for a Dos or Windows application to hang OS2 because VIPX believed the VDM's interrupts were disabled when in fact they were not. This was most often reported with (Excel) but possible with any Dos/Win application. Solution: Apply VIPX.SYS and DOSVIPX.SYS dated 6-05-97 or later Symptom: Previous revisions of the v2.12 IFS could halt OS2 when reading corrupt extended attributes. Solution: Apply NWIFS.IFS dated 7-30-97 or later Symptom: Previous revisions of the requester did not support long UNC filenames for volumes whose server-assigned volume number was greater than 31. Solution: Apply NWIFS.IFS dated 1-29-97 or later. Symptom: Revisions of the v2.12 IFS prior to 1-27-97 did not spool captured print data correctly, causing kernel traps. Solution: Apply NWIFS.IFS dated 1-27-97 or later. Symptom: The version v2.12 OS/2 Requester for NetWare has been fixed to commit files to disk on the NetWare server when OS/2 requests it to do so. This can manifest itself in slower performance depending on the circumstances. Solution: Apply NWFS.IFS dated 11-08-96 or later. Apply NWREQOS2.MSG dated 11-07-96 or later. Apply The new NET.CFG setting as follows: Netware Requester True Commit 0 (0 = Off / 1 = On) Symptom: When attempting to do a directory on a NetWare server using UNC syntax, the user would get the following error: SYS0003: The system cannot find the path specified. Solution: Apply NWIFS.IFS dated 12-10-96 or later. SYMPTOM When NWStop is typed the OS/2 client continues to RIP the network and create a service connection to anything that responds. This manifests itself in Not-Logged-In connections on the server. One workstation can eat up all the connections on a v3.x server. SOLUTION Apply NWREQ.SYS, dated 2-13-97. SYMPTOM Previous revisions of SPX had an incomplete method for verifying access to memory specified by SPX applications. Revisions of SPX (in the 2.12 requester) prior to 3-04-97 had session table pages where table entries overlapped a control structure. This could cause system GP faults and other undefined behaviors. SOLUTION Apply SPX .SYS, dated 6-26-97 or later SYMPTOM Previous revisions of SPX did not return LSL buffers when hangup ACK packets arrive whose connection is no longer valid. This would eventually cause the entire ODI system to stop functioning. Revisions of SPX prior to 1-29-97 did not return LSL buffers when hangup ACK packets arrive whose connection is no longer valid. This would eventually cause the entire ODI system to stop functioning. Note: OS2IT1.EXE shipped with the incorrect version of SPX.SYS dated 2-04-97. SOLUTION Apply SPX.SYS, dated 3-04-97 or later SYMPTOM IBM's DB2 works fine except when the client accessing it is a Win95 machine. If that is the case, during a large query, after the OS/2 box transmits 32k of data the connection will hang and will get a SYS3175 error in TLI_SPX.DLL at 1:a4a6. This causes the client to lose connection to the server and sometimes causes the DB2 database to crash and can corrupt the data. SOLUTION Apply TLI_SPX.DLL, dated 12-11-96 or later SYMPTOM Revisions of SPX prior to 1-29-97 did not return LSL buffers when hangup ACK packets arrive whose connection is no longer valid. This would eventually cause the entire ODI system to stop functioning. SOLUTION Apply IPX.SYS ,dated 4-25-97 or later SYMPTOM One of the menus of the NetWare Requester install program documented and allowed editing of the OS/2 NET.CFG. Parameters that were incorrect or not documented at all have been included or fixed. SOLUTION: Apply INSTALL.DOC dated 5-20-97 or later. SYMPTOM: If you try the OS/2 help on a NetWare Requester error no help will be found. (IE "HELP REQ0815") Help files for the OS/2 Requester are included with this patch kit. SOLUTION: Apply REQ.MSG and REQH.MSG dated 8-27-97 or later. Self-Extracting File Name: os2pt1.exe Files Included Size Date Time ..\ OS2PT1.TXT (This file) DOSVIPX.SYS 10560 6-5-97 9:00:16 pm INSTALL.DOC 76326 5-20-97 6:13:54 pm IPX.SYS 11828 4-25-97 10:16:52 pm NWIFS.IFS 43988 7-30-97 9:31:34 pm NWREQ.SYS 37476 2-13-97 10:33:48 pm NWREQOS2.MSG 16815 12-9-96 8:44:10 pm REQ.MSG 13771 8-27-96 7:01:16 pm REQH.MSG 61738 8-27-96 7:01:18 pm SPX.SYS 17156 6-26-97 9:08:56 pm TLI_SPX.DLL 55859 12-11-96 6:09:24 pm VIPX.SYS 53248 6-5-97 9:00:10 pm Installation Instructions: Create a directory called INSTALL$.NEW under \NETWARE. Copy all files into \NETWARE\INSTALL$.NEW and reboot. During boot up, all files in the INSTALL$.NEW directory will be moved automatically to the \NETWARE directory. Existing files in the \NETWARE directory will be overwritten, and the INSTALL$.NEW directory will be removed. Specific instructions for INSTALL.DOC: 1. Rename \NETWARE\NLS\ENGLISH\INSTALL.DOC 2. Copy the new INSTALL.DOC to \NETWARE\NLS\ENGLISH * It is a good idea to make sure you have backups of all files being replaced. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Any trademarks referenced in this document are the property of their respective owners. Consult your product manuals for complete trademark information. -----------------------------------------------------------------