ID Number: Q76259
2.00
OS/2
Summary:
The application note below describes how to install and set up a
server for remote booting of OS/2 version 1.21 under LAN Manager
version 2.0.
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LM0424: REMOTE BOOTING AN OS/2 WORKSTATION
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Revision Date: 8/91
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The following information covers installing and setting up a server
for remote booting of OS/2 version 1.21 under LAN Manager version 2.0.
This information assumes that LAN Manager version 2.0 is installed in
C:\LANMAN, and that the workstation to be booted is named DEFAULT.
1. Make sure that there is at least 30.5 megabytes (MB) free on the
server's hard drive for the initial setup, and that there is one
RPL (remote program load) workstation (you will need more than 5.5
MB for each additional RPL workstation).
2. On the server, use LAN Manager's Setup program to add the
REMOTEBOOT protocol, along with NetBEUI, to the Token-Ring driver.
3. Create a directory named TMP by typing
md c:\tmp
and add the following to the CONFIG.SYS file:
set tmp=c:\tmp
4. Add C:\LANMAN\DRIVERS\PROTOCOL\RPL to the front of the LIBPATH in
CONFIG.SYS.
5. Make sure the COM0?.SYS driver is listed before RDRHELP.SYS in
CONFIG.SYS.
6. Copy the entire OS/2 directory tree from C:\OS2 to
C:\LANMAN\RPL\OS2. The best way to do this is to type the
following:
xcopy /s c:\os2 c:\lanman\rpl\os2
7. Manually copy C:\OS2\OS2.INI and C:\OS2\OS2SYS.INI to
C:\LANMAN\RPLUSER\DEFAULT\OS2.
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 the files.
8. Copy the following files from the root directory to
C:\LANMAN\RPL\OS2:
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.
9. Using the File Manager, copy C:\OS2KRNL and C:\OS2LDR to
C:\LANMAN\RPL\OS2.
Note: To view hidden files in the File Manager, choose Include
from the View menu, then choose Show Hidden.
10. Copy DISK0?.SYS from C:\LANMAN\NETPROG to C:\LANMAN\RPL\OS2.
11. If the RPL WKSTA (remote-boot workstation) has a different video
system than the server, copy the video DLLs from the OS/2
installation disks.
12. Edit C:\LANMAN\RPL\DEFAULT.FIT so that all occurrences of RPLSERVR
are changed to the server's machine name.
13. Edit C:\LANMAN\RPL\RPL.MAP so that all occurrences of RPLSERVR are
changed to the server's machine name. Change all occurrences of
D_OS2 to R_OS2.
14. Edit C:\LANMAN\LANMAN.INI:
a. For MAXOPENS, add 50 for each RPL WKSTA.
b. Set MAXCONNECTIONS to twice the value of MAXOPENS.
c. Set MAXLOCKS to the value of MAXOPENS.
d. Set MAXSESSOPENS to 100.
15. Stop the workstation on the server and detach LAN Manager using
Setup.
16. Restart the server. After OS/2 is up and running again, run
A:\SETUP from the LAN Manager Setup disk. If the RPL WKSTA will
run HPFS386, install LAN Manager on C:\LANMAN\RPL\LANMAN. If the
WKSTA will run FAT or HPFS, install LAN Manager on C:\RPLLAN, and
after the installation is finished, type:
move c:\rpllan c:\lanman\rpl\lanman
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.)
17. Restart the server. Run LAN Manager Setup from the directory that
it was just installed in and choose Detach from the Actions menu.
18. Restart the server again, run LAN Manager Setup from C:\LANMAN,
and choose Attach from the Actions menu. Restart the server one
last time.
19. If Peer services was chosen, type:
xcopy /s c:\lanman\rpl\lanman\accounts
c:\lanman\rpluser\default\lanman\accounts
20. Edit C:\LANMAN\RPL\MACHINES\DEFAULT\LANMAN\LANMAN.INI by changing
the DOMAIN= entry to the server's domain.
21. Edit C:\LANMAN\RPL\MACHINES\DEFAULT\CONFIG.SYS making sure that
C:\LANMAN\NETLIB; is the first entry in LIBPATH=.
22. 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
Enter the Net Admin screen and assign the following permissions
for DEFAULT to the following trees:
Permission Tree
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RWCDXA C:\LANMAN\RPLUSER\DEFAULT
RX C:\LANMAN\RPL\MACHINES\DEFAULT
Give the following trees these permissions to the group RPL:
Permission Tree
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RX C:\LANMAN\RPL\RPL\OS2
RX C:\LANMAN\RPL\LANMAN
23. If the RPL WKSTA has a hard drive, run RPLENABL.EXE on the
workstation.
24. On the server, type:
net load rpl
25. Start the remote boot service on the server by typing:
net start rpl
26. Power up the RPL workstation.
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