NOVELL TECHNICAL INFORMATION DOCUMENT

TITLE:              Novell DOS 7 Update Files
DOCUMENT ID:        TID015592
DOCUMENT REVISION:  A
DATE:               05APR94
ALERT STATUS:       Yellow
INFORMATION TYPE:   Symptom Solution
README FOR:         D70U02.EXE

NOVELL PRODUCT and VERSION:
Novell DOS 7

ABSTRACT:

This document contains the Novell DOS 7 Update files:  CHKDSK.EXE, NWCDEX.EXE,
DPMS.EXE and SETFIFIO.EXE.

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SYMPTOM

     CHKDSK is not compatible with Stacker 4.0 drives.

SOLUTION

     Overwrite the CHKDSK.EXE file on NWDOS directory with the new CHKDSK.EXE
     file.

     This version of CHKDSK.EXE includes a /NS command line parameter that you
     can use to instruct CHKDSK not to do internal Stacker checking.  This can
     be used so that CHKDSK is compatible with Stacker 4.0 drives.

SYMPTOM

     Speed issues NWCDEX CD-ROM extension driver are occurring.

SOLUTION

     Overwrite the NWCDEX.EXE file on NWDOS directory with the new NWCDEX.EXE
     file.

     This is a German version of NWCDEX that can help with some speed issues
     with NWCDEX CD-ROM extension driver.  This file also fixes some other
     minor issues.

SYMPTOM

     Users are experiencing problems with the DPMS.EXE file that ships with
     Novell DOS 7.

SOLUTION

     This DPMS.EXE file is a more current version of the DPMS.EXE file than
     the one that ships with PERSONAL NetWare or Novell DOS 7 (PNW or NWDOS7).

SYMPTOM

     Users are experiencing loss of characters and speed of transmission
     during modem communications.

SOLUTION

     Use the SETFIFIO.EXE utility.  This utility allows the user to set the
     16550 FIFO buffers to 1, 4, 8, or 14 bytes.  This is only possible on a
     16550 UART chip.  This affects the speed of data transmission on serial
     ports.

     The higher value (up to 14) the better the speed of transmission.  This
     can solve both speed problems and some problems with a loss of characters
     during modem communications.

     Self-Extracting File Name:  D70U02.EXE     Revision:  A

     Files Included     Size     Date      Time

     \
       D70U02.TXT         (This File)
         DPMS.EXE      47375   03-16-94    8:18a
       CHKDSK.EXE      59435   03-23-94   12:35p
       NWCDEX.EXE      20446   03-23-94   12:35p
      SETFIFO.EXE       1982   04-01-94    8:55a

     Installation Instructions:

     Make a backup copy of each file being replaced before copying the new
     file in to that same directory.




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