NOVELL TECHNICAL INFORMATION DOCUMENT TITLE: PERSONAL NetWare Update Files DOCUMENT ID: TID021588 DOCUMENT REVISION: A DATE: 15JUL94 ALERT STATUS: Yellow INFORMATION TYPE: Symptom Solution README FOR: P10U04.EXE NOVELL PRODUCT and VERSION: PERSONAL NetWare 1.0 ABSTRACT: This document contains the following PERSONAL NetWare 1.0 Update files: DOSINST.OVL, DPMS.EXE, PNWDIAG.EXE, PRINT.VLM and SERVER.EXE. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- SYMPTOM While installing PERSONAL NetWare from DOS, the user's workstation hung; however, the user could install PERSONAL NetWare through Windows just fine. SOLUTION Overwrite the DOSINST.OVL on Installation and Utilities 1 disk with the new DOSINST.OVL file. (PERSONAL NetWare disks only and not Novell DOS 7 disks.) SYMPTOM The Workgroup Traffic Screen stops updating at midnight. SOLUTION Overwrite the PNWDIAG.EXE on NWCLIENT directory with the new PNWDIAG.EXE file. SYMPTOM User's station hangs while doing print screen. SOLUTION Overwrite PRINT.VLM on NWCLIENT directory with the new PRINT.VLM file, then reboot the station. SYMPTOM After the server has been rebooted, users are having problem reconnecting to server. SYMPTOM If a COMx port is accessed, SERVER or VLM will hang or the sequence does not reboot the machine. SYMPTOM Third-party AUTOCAD 12C1 TSR called SPEED.COM where in the system hangs loading or unloading the TSR. SYMPTOM Also SERVER version 1.23 contains the following fixes: Client can no longer write to a file on a readonly drive. Client can no longer overwrite files on a write only drive. You can now install a server into a workgroup with the ALTERNATE CALLDOS = ON set The timer interrupt now sets and reads the PIC correctly. SOLUTION Overwrite SERVER.EXE on NWCLIENT directory with the new SERVER.EXE file. SYMPTOM Users are experiencing problems with the DPMS.EXE file that ships with PERSONAL NetWare. 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 If you try to map a drive after you captured a port, the following redirection error is returned: MESSAGE DOS ERROR 85 SOLUTION Overwrite the existing NET.EXE file in NWCLIENT directory with the new NET.EXE file. Self-Extracting File Name: P10U04.EXE Revision: A Files Included Size Date Time \ P10U04.TXT (This File) NET.EXE 407232 04-04-94 3:22p DPMS.EXE 47375 03-16-94 8:18a PRINT.VLM 7957 02-22-94 2:40p SERVER.EXE 89462 07-14-94 2:35p DOSINST.OVL 149733 01-13-94 12:48p PNWDIAG.EXE 451584 03-16-94 5:04p Installation Instructions: Make a backup copy of each file being replaced before copying the new file into that same directory. ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ Any trademarks referenced in this document are the property of their respective owners. Consult your product manuals for complete trademark information. ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ ÿ