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AST RESEARCH TECHNICAL BULLETIN TB-0223 08/29/86
NETWORK BOOT DISKS FOR SINGLE FLOPPY PC'S
Installation procedures for AST-NETBIOS and AST-NETWORK require
more disk space than is available on a 360K byte floppy disk.
The following provides instructions to install all necessary
files on a single floppy disk for network operation.
REQUIRED SOFTWARE:
1. AST-NETBIOS Version 1.1 or later
2. AST-NETWORK Program Version 1.0
3. PC-DOS Version 3.10 or later
INSTRUCTIONS:
1. Format a floppy disk with the /S option to transfer the DOS
system. Insure that once formatted, the disk has no bad
sectors, etc. as these decrease available disk space.
2. Install AST-NETBIOS as per the User's Manual.
3. Run and save ASTPRO to create the ASTNET.PRO FILE.
4. Delete all but the following files:
A. COMMAND.COM
B. CONFIG.SYS
C. ASTNET.PRO
D. ASTNET.COM
E. ASTSTAT.COM
5. Copy ANSI.SYS from DOS to the floppy boot disk.
6. Run INSTALL from the ASTNETWORK Program disk as per
instructions given in the Manager's Manual. Be sure to
indicate that your boot drive and your utility drive are
Drive A. Failure to do so will cause the ASTNP.INI file to
contain paths to the wrong drive. This can be corrected by
line editor type programs. Simply remove all reference to
all drives except A.
7. Once INSTALL has finished, the boot disk is ready for use.
Insert the prepared boot disk into Drive A of the single
floppy PC, and reboot the system to activate the network.
PLEASE NOTE: The files that were deleted from the NETBIOS Boot
Disk are test files and need not be present for normal operation
of the network. Tests may be invoked from floppy if necessary.
Boot disks do not need to be created on the PC where they will be
run. Users will find it convenient to create Network Boot Disks
on PC's that have two floppy drives and then transfer the disk to
the PC with the single drive.